"He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife."
- Douglas Adams

Source: Adams, Douglas. Quoted in The Quotations Page. Available Online from URL http://quotationspage.com/quotes/Douglas_Adams/ [Downloaded 2009-09-28]

"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."
- Douglas Adams

Source: Adams, Douglas. Last Chance to See. Online from URL http://quotationspage.com/quotes/Douglas_Adams/ [Downloaded 2009-09-28].

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
- Douglas Adams

Source: Adams, Douglas. Quoted in The Quotations Page. Available Online from URL http://quotationspage.com/quotes/Douglas_Adams/ [Downloaded 2009-09-28]