“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?”
"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss".
“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
“He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.
...some more from Douglas Adams.