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“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
“There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it wi...
“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”
“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we ...
“This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty mu...
“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
“It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty as an airport.”
“The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is...42!”
“The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without...
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nucle...
“Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?”
“He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoyin...
“So this is it," said Arthur, "We are going to die.""Yes," said Ford, "except... no! Wait a minute!" He suddenly lunged ...
“We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.”
“There's always a moment when you start to fall out of love, whether it's with a person or an idea or a cause, even if i...
“Your God person puts an apple tree in the middle of a garden and says, do what you like, guys, oh, but don't eat the ap...
“The story so far:In the beginning the Universe was created.This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely reg...
“The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yours...
“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it ...
“Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special la...
“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.”
“God's Final Message to His Creation:'We apologize for the inconvenience.”
“First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we though...
“I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people ...
“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
“Don't Panic.”
“A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.”
“I'd far rather be happy than right any day.”
“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...
“He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely...
“Just believe everything I tell you, and it will all be very, very simple.""Ah, well, I'm not sure I believe that.”
“Lovers of print are simply confusing the plate for the food.”
