Opening line of “The restaurant at the end of the universe”
"In the beginning.." Douglas Adams
"Man had always assumed that…" Douglas Adams
"Man had always assumed that…" Douglas Adams
"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
"…I really wish I’d listened to what my mother told me …" Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
really being genuinely stupid – Douglas Adams
"…how much power the President of the Galaxy actually wielded…" Douglas Adams OC
"Sir," I said to the universe, "I exist." Douglas Adams
"It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However,…" – Douglas Adams
It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the products of a deranged imagination.
Douglas Adams, The restaurant at the end of the universe.