"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
— Douglas Adams

"Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand"
— Kurt Vonnegut

"The major problem- one of the major problems, for there are several- one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of whom manages to get people to let them do it to them.

To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.

To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."
— Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)

"You live and learn. At any rate, you live."
— Douglas Adams

"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"
— Douglas Adams