Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I like the cover," he said. "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
If you stick a Babel fish in your ear you can instantly understand anything said to you in any form of language. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
'Totally mad,' he said, 'utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.' — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Did I do anything wrong today," he said, "or has the world always been like this and I've been too wrapped up… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Exactly!" said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. — 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
Don't blame you," said Marvin and counted five hundred and ninety-seven thousand million sheep before falling asleep again a second later. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The waiter approached. 'Would you like to see the menu?' he said. 'Or would you like to meet the Dish of the… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
So the hours are pretty good then?' he resumed. The Vogon stared down at him as sluggish thoughts moiled around in the… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Hey, this is terrific!" he said. "Someone down there is trying to kill us!" "Terrific," said Arthur. "But don't you see what… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The first ten million years were the worst," said Marvin, "and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Please relax," said the voice pleasantly, like a stewardess in an airliner with only one wing and two engines one of which… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
'These things will become clear to you,' said the old man gently, 'at least,' he added with slight doubt in his voice,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Could be. I’m a pretty dangerous dude when I’m cornered.” “Yeah,” said the voice from under the table, “you go to pieces… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Arthur shook his head and sat down. He looked up. “I thought you must be dead …” he said simply. “So did… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Stomp stomp. Whirr. Pleased to be of service. Shut up. Thank you. Stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp. Whirr. Thank you for making… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Simple. I got very bored and depressed, so I went and plugged myself in to its external computer feed. I talked to… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
We're not obsessed by anything, you see," insisted Ford. "..." "And that's the deciding factor. We can't win against obsession. They care,… — 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… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
David Attenborough has said that Bali is the most beautiful place in the world, but he must have been there longer than… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Marvin trudged on down the corridor, still moaning. "...and then of course I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
You ARE Zaphod Beeblebrox?' 'Yeah,' said Zaphod, 'but don't shout it out or they'll all want one.' 'THE Zaphod Beeblebrox?' 'No, just… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Just supposing," he said, "just supposing" --he didn't know what was coming next, so he thought he'd just sit back and listen--"that… — 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
What's up?" [asked Ford.] I don't know," said Marvin, "I've never been there. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Imagine" he said, "never even thinking, 'We are alone,' simply because it has never occurred to you to think that there's any… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even more difficult to broach the subject the second time around. — 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
The Answer to the Great Question... Of Life, the Universe and Everything... Is... Forty-two,' said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
How do you feel?" he asked him. "Like a military academy," said Arthur. "Bits of me keep on passing out. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Listen, three eyes," he said, "don't you try to outweird me, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Sir,' I said to the universe, 'I exist.' 'That,' said the universe, 'creates no sense of obligation in me whatsoever. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Many respectable physicists said that they weren't going to stand for this -- partly because it was a debasement of science, but… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The light works," he said, indicating the window, "the gravity works," he said, dropping a pencil on the floor. "Anything else we… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
All through my life I've had this strange unaccountable feeling that something was going on in the world, something big, even sinister,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
How can I tell," said the man, "that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate… — 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
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
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
“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
“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
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
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
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
“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
“But Douglas was a genius, because he saw the world differently, and more importantly, he could communicate the world he saw.” — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“The bits which did mean anything were often so wonderfully buried that no one could ever spot them slipping past in the avalanche of… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
You come to me for advice, but you can't cope with anything you don't recognize. Hmmm. So we'll have to tell you something you… — Douglas Adams Copy Share