Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy

Quotes

• “For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achi...”
• “This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty muc...”
• “So this is it,"said Arthur, "We are going to die.""Yes,"said Ford, "except... no! Wait a minute!"He suddenly lunged acro...”
• “Arthur: If I asked you where the hell we were, would I regret it?Ford: We're safe.Arthur: Oh good.Ford: We're in a small...”
• “Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Man...”
• “The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galacti...”
• “Ford carried on counting quietly. This is about the most aggressive thing you can do to a computer, the equivalent of go...”
• “Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long wa...”
• “One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually statin...”
• “Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly he realized what it was."Is there an...”
• “The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist,"says God, "for proof denies faith, and without f...”
• “He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying...”
• “Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it t...”
• “What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any d...”
• “This must be Thursday,' said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer. 'I never could get the hang of Thursdays.”
• “Exactly!"said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means.”
• “Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
• “My capacity for happiness,"he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first”
• “What's up?"[asked Ford.]I don't know,"said Marvin, "I've never been there.”
• “Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?”
• “The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.”
• “The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is...42!”
• “We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!”
• “I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed.”
• “I'd far rather be happy than right any day.”
• “Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”
• “Ow! My brains!”
• “Don't Panic.”