“It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..." "You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?" "No," said Ford, who… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Will you stop counting!' snarled Zaphod. 'Yes,' said Ford Prefect, 'in three minutes and thirty-five seconds. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Life is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangy-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“All right," said Ford. "How would you react if I said that I'm not from Guildford at all, but from a small… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Six pints of bitter, said Ford Prefect. And quickly please, the world's about to end. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about human beings was their habit of continually stating and… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button? Ford Prefect: I wouldn't- Arthur Dent: Oh. Ford Prefect: What happened? Arthur Dent:… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“As soon as a predetermined quantity had been consumed, the final loser would have to perform a forfeit, which was usually obscenely… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is." (Sass: know, be aware of,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“He picked up the letter Q and hurled it into a distant privet bush where it hit a young rabbit. The rabbit… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Ford!" he said, "there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Ford Prefect suppressed a little giggle of evil satisfaction, realized that he had no reason to suppress it, and laughed out loud,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“If," ["the management consultant"] said tersely, “we could for a moment move on to the subject of fiscal policy. . .” “Fiscal… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating the obvious...… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“At that moment the dull sound of a rumbling crash from outside filtered through the low murmur of the pub, through the… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Good evening," it lowed and sat back heavily on its haunches, "I am the main Dish of the Day. May I interest… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
When you're cruising down the road in the fast lane and you lazily sail past a few hard-driving cars and are feeling… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Goosnargh," said Ford Prefect, which was a special Betelgeusian word he used when he knew he should say something but didn't know… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
What a wonderfully exciting cough,' said the little man, quite startled by it, 'do you mind if I join you?' And with that he… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The technology involved in making anything invisible is so infinitely complex that nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Eight hours West sat a man alone on a beach mourning an inexplicable loss. He could only think of his loss in little packets… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“The Universe, the whole infinite Universe. The infinite suns, the infinite distances between them, and yourself an invisible dot on an invisible dot, infinitely… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
People always make this totally artificial distinction between what is commercial and what is good. They quote that maxim "Nobody ever lost money underestimating… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
"Does God know he [exists]?" "Of course he does. Otherwise, you could not have asked the question, and I could not have answered." — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“When we told our guide that we didn't want to go to all the tourist places he took us instead to the places where… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image