Quote by: Douglas Adams

Religion... has certain ideas at the heart of it which we call sacred or holy or whatever... If someone votes for a party that you don't agree with, you're free to argue about it as much as you like; everybody will have an argument but nobody feels aggrieved by it. If somebody thinks taxes should go up or down you are free to have an argument about it. But on the other hand if somebody says 'I must [not] move a light switch on a Saturday', you say, 'I respect that'... Yet when you look at it rationally there is no reason why those ideas shouldn't be as open to debate as any other, except that we have agreed somehow between us that they shouldn't be.


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Author Bio


  • NameDouglas Adams
  • DescriptionEnglish writer and humorist
  • AliasesDouglas Noël Adams; Douglas Noel Adams
  • BornMarch 11, 1952
  • DiedMay 11, 2001
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Novelist; Children's Writer; Science Fiction Writer; Humorist; Playwright
  • WorksThe Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Pentalogy; Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency