Quotes by Douglas Adams

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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?

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People will then often say, ‘But surely it’s better to remain an Agnostic just in case?’ This, to me, suggests such a level of silliness and muddle that I usually edge out of the conversation rather than get sucked into it. (If it turns out that I’ve been wrong all along, and there is in fact a god, and if it further turned out that this kind of legalistic, cross-your-fingers-behind-your-back, Clintonian hair-splitting impressed him, then I think I would choose not to worship him anyway.)

religion

I refuse to prove that I exist,” says God, “for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.

religion