129 Inspirational Graduation Quotes for the Class of 2024

42 Douglas Adams Quotes To Live By

"You live and learn. At any rate, you live." The author of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy knew a thing or two about life, the universe and everything. As BBC Radio 4 Extra celebrates the 42nd anniversary of the radio debut of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, here are some of Douglas Adams's finest words of wisdom, from potatoes to peer groups, Bach to bullies.

The very first episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 8 March 1978.

1. "A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.'"

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.

2. "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be."

3. "Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all."

4. "The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead."

5 "I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer."

6. "It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes."

Douglas Adams on the set of the filming of the TV version of A Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

7. "All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others."

I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

8. "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by."

9. "The idea was fantastically, wildly improbable. But like most fantastically, wildly improbable ideas it was at least as worthy of consideration as a more mundane one to which the facts had been strenuously bent to fit."

10. "I'd far rather be happy than right any day."

11. "Only a child sees things with perfect clarity, because it hasn't developed all those filters which prevent us from seeing things that we don't expect to see."

12. "Reality is frequently inaccurate."

13. "What I need... Is a strong drink and a peer group."

14. "It is folly to say you know what is happening to other people. Only they know, if they exist. They have their own Universes of their own eyes and ears."

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These microscopic animals are probably the closest thing to an alien to exist on Earth.

Various editions of Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy novels (Pan Macmillan)

15. "There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened."

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

16. "One is never alone with a rubber duck."

17. "Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe."

18. "Anything that thinks logically can be fooled by something else that thinks at least as logically as it does."

19. "Let the past hold on to itself and let the present move forward into the future."

20. "I don't accept the currently fashionable assertion that any view is automatically as worthy of respect as any equal and opposite view."

21. "Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."

22. "The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely improbable lacks."

23. "Life is wasted on the living."

24. "There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to like in the fullness of time, and some that you simply want to push away from you with a sharp stick."

25. "I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day."

26. "All you really need to know for the moment is that the universe is a lot more complicated than you might think, even if you start from a position of thinking it's pretty damn complicated in the first place."

27. "Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things."

28. "A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment."

29. "If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a non-working cat."

30. "People who need to bully you are the easiest to push around."

31. "We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem."

32. "Beauty doesn't have to be about anything. What's a vase about? What's a sunset or a flower about? What, for that matter, is Mozart's Twenty-third Piano Concerto about?"

33. "Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

34. "Even a manically depressed robot is better to talk to than nobody."

35. "My universe is my eyes and my ears. Anything else is hearsay."

36. "If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands."

37. "A cup of tea would restore my normality."

It can be very dangerous to see things from somebody else's point of view without the proper training.

38. "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."

39. "It can be very dangerous to see things from somebody else's point of view without the proper training."

40. "You live and learn. At any rate, you live."

41. "Don't believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose."

42. "Don't Panic."

Life, the universe and everything

67 Witch Quotes That Will Leave You Spellbound

When you think of witches, William Shakespeare's enduring witch quote, "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble" probably comes to mind.

Thanks to the legendary playwright and other pop culture portrayals of the mythological figures, we've come to associate witches with pointy hats, black cats, magic spells and, yes, bubbling cauldrons.

Whether or not those things actually represent the modern-day people who practice witchcraft is another matter entirely. Either way, throughout history, witches have been the subject of endless fascination.

We dress up like them for Halloween, watch them in witchy movies like "Hocus Pocus" and "Practical Magic," and, in some cases, even give ourselves witch names.

In honor of all things witch-related, we've gathered a collection of witch quotes that we think you'll find enchanting. In fact, you might just say they're spellbinding.

Taken from popular horror films, TV shows, books and classic poems, this compilation conjures up the very best scary quotes, funny quotes and pretty much any other witch-related saying you're looking for.

Whatever you decide on, one thing is guaranteed, all of these witch quotes are positively wicked.

Best Witch Quotes

"I know of witches who whistle at different pitches, calling things that don't have names." — Helen Oyeyemi, "White is for Witching"

"Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble." — William Shakespeare, "Macbeth"

"A witch never gets caught. Don't forget that she has magic in her fingers and devilry dancing in her blood." — Roald Dahl, "The Witches"

"I be the witch of the wood." — Thomasin, "The Witch"

"Careful the spell you cast, not just on children. Sometimes the spell may last past what you can see, and turn against you." — Witch, "Into the Woods"

"There's a little witch in all of us." — Aunt Jet Owens, "Practical Magic"

"For a witch stands on the very edge of everything, between the light and the dark, between life and death." — Terry Pratchett, "The Shepherd's Crown"

"How brave the moon shines in her skin; outnumbered by the stars." — Angie Weiland-Crosby

"'Cause it's witchcraft, wicked witchcraft," — Frank Sinatra, "Witchcraft"

"For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble." — William Shakespeare, "Macbeth"

"We have nothing if not belief," C.S. Lewis, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"

"Must be the season of the witch." — Donovan, "Season of the Witch"

"Hocus, pocus, witching stick! Stand and stare, obey me, chick! — Engelbert Humperdinck, "Hänsel and Gretel"

"When I sleep my spirit slips away from my body and dances naked with the devil." — Thomasin, "The Witch"

"Everyone deserves a chance to fly." — Winnie Holzman, "Wicked"

Funny Witch Quotes

"You'd think they'd never seen a girl and a cat on a broom before." — Jiji, "Kiki's Delivery Service"

"Sorrow is such sweet parting." — Mary Sanderson, "Hocus Pocus 2"

"Dogs guard; cats watch ... And judge." — Salem, "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"

"You two could scare the hair off a cat. No demons dare drop by here." — Piper Halliwell, "Charmed"

"It's sort of exciting, isn't it? Breaking the rules." — Hermione Granger, " — "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"

"I usually find a blocking spell to be a lot more effective than yelling, 'Bad dog,' but maybe that's just me." — Rachel Hawkins, "Hex Hall"

"You know, I've always wanted a child. And now I think I'll have one on toast!" — Winifred Sanderson, "Hocus Pocus"

"Going so soon? I wouldn't hear of it. Why, my little party's just beginning." — The Wicked Witch of the West, "The Wizard of Oz"

"Come in, my child. We mustn't lurk in doorways. It's rude. One might question your upbringing." — Ursula, "The Little Mermaid"

"You're not melting, like, it worked in "The Wizard of Oz"! — Shaggy, "Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost"

"Don't get your knickers in a twist! We're just three kindly old spinster ladies." — Winifred Sanderson, "Hocus Pocus"

Witch Quotes from Movies

"You've always had the power, my dear. You just had to learn it for yourself." — Glinda, "The Wizard of Oz"

"She desires of my blood. She sends them upon me." — Caleb, "The Witch"

"Just try and stay out of my way. Just try! I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!" — The Wicked Witch of the West, "The Wizard of Oz"

"I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right. I'm the witch." — Witch, "Into the Woods"

"Oh, look. Another glorious morning. Makes me sick!" — Winifred Sanderson, "Hocus Pocus"

"You're not good, you're not bad, you're just nice / I'm not good, I'm not nice, I'm just right / I'm the witch." — Witch, "Into the Woods"

"Guess what? I'm a witch!" — Isabel Bigelow, "Bewitched"

"In the old days, if a witch betrayed her coven, they would kill her." — Nancy Downs, "The Craft"

"We all jump off the roof and fly." — Sally Owens, "Practical Magic"

"You know what it says on Love Potions … shake well but don't tell." — Nicky Holroyd, "Bell, Book & Candle"

"Relax … it's only magic." — Sarah Bailey, "The Craft" 

"On All Hallow's Eve, when the moon is round, a virgin will summon us from under the ground. Oh oh! We shall be back, and the lives of all the children of Salem will be mine!" — Winifred Sanderson, "Hocus Pocus"

"Careful the spell you cast, not just on children / Sometimes the spell may last past what you can see, and turn against you." — Witch, "Into the Woods"

"Flip the switch and let the cauldron bubble!" — Aunt Frances Owens, "Practical Magic"

"I find the fastest way to travel is by candlelight." — Tristan Thorn, "Stardust"

"Now is the time. This is the hour. Ours is the magic. Ours is the power." — Nancy, Rochelle, Bonnie "The Craft"

"Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?" — Black Phillip, "The Witch"

"Look what you've done! I'm melting! Melting! Oh, what a world! What a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness?" — The Wicked Witch of the West, "The Wizard of Oz"

"Come little children, I'll take thee away / Into a land of enchantment / Come little children, the times come to play / Here in my garden of magic." — Sarah Sanderson, "Hocus Pocus"

Witch Quotes from TV Shows

"I have to be a witch, I have to be a mortal, I have to be a teenager and I have to be a girl all at the same time." — Sabrina, "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"

"It begins with absence and desire. It begins with blood and fear. It begins with a discovery of witches." — "A Discovery of Witches"

"Death cannot be feared. For death, in time, comes to all witches." — Leo Wyatt, "Charmed"

"Remember, 'Peace on earth, goodwill to men' includes witches." — Samantha Stephens, "Bewitched"

"The witch who says she's not scared in battle is a liar. The real witch is the one who fights." — Leo Wyatt, "Charmed"

"It can take years to develop a craft. Look at my aunts Hilda and Zelda." — Sabrina, "Sabrina the Teenage Witch"

"You got involved with a witch, and when you do that ... Weird stuff happens." — Uncle Arthur, "Bewitched"

"Silly witches. Tricks are for kids." — Demon of Illusion, "Charmed"

"Now when it comes to Santa Claus, most mortals don't believe he exists ... Just like they don't believe in witches." — Samantha Stephens, "Bewitched"

"Beware the witch with the blood of the lion and the wolf." — Meridiana, "A Discovery of Witches"

Witch Quotes from Books and Poems

"For all you know, a witch may be living next door to you right now." — Roald Dahl, "The Witches"

"For some, witchery was a choice, but not for them." — Alice Hoffman, "Magic Lessons"

"Invisible as new spring winds, fresh as the breath of clover rising from twilight fields, she flew." — Ray Bradbury, "The April Witch"

"Never put your faith in a Prince. When you require a miracle, trust in a Witch." — Catherynne M. Valente, "In the Night Garden"

"Let it be difficult and painful, as the sentence for crimes of witchery must be." — Alice Hoffman, "Magic Lessons"

"A witch is born out of the true hungers of her time." — Ray Bradbury, "Long After Midnight"

"She was unlike all the fairies and witches that had ever lived before her; she lived without consequence and lived on desire and desire alone." — Chris Colfer, "The Wishing Spell"

"Witches don't look like anything. Witches are. Witches do." — Franny Billingsley, "Chime"

"Cool it with a baboon's blood, Then the charm is firm and good." — William Shakespeare, "Macbeth"

"Down vith children! Do them in! Boil their bones and fry their skin! Bish them, sqvish them, bash them, mash them! — Ronald Dahl, "The Witches"

"Though words are witches' tongues, they do not lash as hers whom hell has sent." — Joseph Joel Keith, "The Sister of Witches"

"A real witch gets the same pleasure from squelching a child as you get from eating a plateful of strawberries and thick cream." — Roald Dahl, "The Witches"

90 Friendship Quotes To Share With Your Bestie

Celebrate your besties with friendship quotes

It's impossible to fully sum up what your best friends mean to you, but perfectly worded friendship quotes might be as close as you can get in a couple of sentences. Your friends have been there for you through the hard times and the good times, supported you through family drama and made you laugh until you cried, not to mention all the moments in between. Who else could have coached you through your breakups, told you when that halter top didn't really work for you (but it was the cut—you're perfect!) and cried proud tears of joy to rival your mom's when you reached your life goals? Only your besties!

When it comes to romance, love quotes can put your butterflies into words, and family quotes can remind you why your loved ones are awesome (and also challenging sometimes). But best friend quotes really sum up all the feelings for an unconditional love that can last a lifetime. Whether you're attached at the hip, live on opposite sides of the country, don't see each other as often as you would like to or talk every single day, there's a friendship quote on this list for everyone. After all, true best friends can always just pick up right where they left off.

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Best friendship quotes

1. "Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life—and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next." —Dean Koontz

2. "I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar." —Robert Brault

3. "There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate." —Linda Grayson

4. "Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one." —Oscar Wilde

5. "If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you." —A.A. Milne

6. "Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years." —Richard Bach

7. "Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." —Oprah Winfrey

8. "How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend depends how much you give 'em." —Shel Silverstein

9. "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." — Dr. Seuss

10. "Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes." —Henry David Thoreau

11. "I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than alone in the light." —Helen Keller

12. "Anybody can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success." —Oscar Wilde

13. "Don't walk in behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend." —Albert Camus

14. "It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends." —J.K. Rowling

15. "There is nothing I wouldn't do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature." —Jane Austen

16. "'Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected." —Charles Lamb

17. "I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy." —Charles R. Swindoll

18. "Close friends are truly life's treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves." —Vincent van Gogh

19. "Ooh you're the best friend that I ever had / I've been with you such a long time / you're my sunshine / and I want you to know that my feelings are true / I really love you / Oh you're my best friend." —Queen, "You're My Best Friend"

20. "Some people arrive and make such a beautiful impact on your life, you can barely remember what life was like without them." —Anna Taylor

21. "If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky. If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky." —S.E. Hinton

Share these funny friendship quotes with your bestie to get them giggling.

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