The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Quote by Douglas Adams

Topics: Learning Quotes

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to...

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to...

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a...

If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a...

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have...

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have...

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where...

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where...

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have...

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have...

Time is bunk.

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously...

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously...

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot...

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot...

Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangy-yellow and dimpled on the outside,...

Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangy-yellow and dimpled on the outside,...

Man has always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved...

Man has always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved...

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with...

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with...

A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of...

A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of...

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a...

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a...

What makes the difference between wishing and realizing our wishes? Lots of things, and it...

What makes the difference between wishing and realizing our wishes? Lots of things, and it...

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on...

Everyone wishes to have truth on his side, but not everyone wishes to be on...

Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul...

Here the ways of men part: if you wish to strive for peace of soul...