I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

—Douglas Adams

About Douglas Adams

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Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter. He wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which originated in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy, before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 14 million copies in...

More quotations from Douglas Adams

Anything that is in the world when you�re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that�s invented between when you�re fifteen and thirty- five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you�re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

—Douglas Adams

He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.

—Douglas Adams

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

—Douglas Adams

In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

—Douglas Adams

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

—Douglas Adams

More quotations tagged with “proof”

I show you doubt, to prove that faith exists.

—Robert Browning

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Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

choice proof changing your mind

America: a country where everything is done to prove life isn't tragic.

—Albert Camus

USA tragedy proof

The best proof of love is trust.

—Joyce Brothers

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A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.

—Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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