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- The car shot forward straight into the circle of light, and suddenly Arthur had a fairly clear idea of what infinity looked like. It wasn’t…
- Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly he realized what it was. "Is there any tea on this spaceship?"…
- But the plans were on display…” “On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.” “That’s the display department.” “With…
- Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button? Ford Prefect: I wouldn't- Arthur Dent: Oh. Ford Prefect: What happened? Arthur Dent: A sign lit…
- You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die…
- So this is it," said Arthur, "We are going to die." "Yes," said Ford, "except... no! Wait a minute!" He suddenly lunged across the chamber…
- How do you feel?" he asked him. "Like a military academy," said Arthur. "Bits of me keep on passing out.
- The waiter approached. 'Would you like to see the menu?' he said. 'Or would you like to meet the Dish of the Day?' 'Huh?' said…
- You cannot see what I see because you see what you see. You cannot know what I know because you know what you know. What…
- Arthur shook his head and sat down. He looked up. “I thought you must be dead …” he said simply. “So did I for a…
- Marvin trudged on down the corridor, still moaning. "...and then of course I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left hand…
- This man is the bee's knees, Arthur, he is the wasp's nipples. He is, I would go so far as to say, the entire set…
- I begged her, 'Please don't leave me stranded in the middle of some primitive zarking forest with no medical help and a head injury. I…
- I think we have different value systems." —Arthur "Well mine's better." —Ford
- On the delivery plate of the Nutri-Matic Drink Synthesizer was a small tray, on which say three bone china cups and saucers, a bone china…
- Arthur felt happy. He was terribly pleased that the day was for once working out so much according to plan. Only twenty minutes ago he…
- The Saab seethed off into the night. Arthur watched it go, as stunned as a man might be who, having believed himself to be totally…
- The only person for whom the house was in any way special was Arthur Dent, and that was only because it happened to be the…
- You barbarians!' he yelled. 'I'll sue the council for every penny it's got! I'll have you hung, drawn and quartered! And whipped! And boiled...until...until...until...until you've…
- What a wonderfully exciting cough,' said the little man, quite startled by it, 'do you mind if I join you?' And with that he launched…
- Hey, this is terrific!" he said. "Someone down there is trying to kill us!" "Terrific," said Arthur. "But don't you see what this means?" "Yes.…
More Arthur Quotes
- It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate… — Frederick Buechner
- Sir Arthur Eddington deduces religion from the fact that atoms do not obey the laws of mathematics. Sir James Jeans deduces it… — Bertrand Russell
- Part of what makes a language 'alive' is its constant evolution. I would hate to think Britain would ever emulate France, where… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
- Getting hold of illegal weapons is so easy that gun laws would not stop anyone who really wanted to kill. The gun… — David Icke
- [At high school in Cape Town] my interests outside my academic work were debating, tennis, and to a lesser extent, acting. I… — Allan McLeod Cormack
- Twelve years ago my mother gets her cataracts removed. So twelve years ago the doctor gives her these enormous sunglasses to wear… — Judy Gold
- Art is the last thing I'm worried about when I'm writing a song. As far as I'm concerned, art is just short… — Keith Richards
- I don't think rock n' roll songwriters should worry about art. I don't think it comes into it...as far as I'm concerned,… — Keith Richards
- I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a… — James Dean
- You end up with this succession of periods when everything was marvellous - from King Arthur to the medieval times, Ivanhoe, chivalry,… — Ian Hislop
- I photographed Arthur Coble and his sons Milton and Darrel as they did chores, but the vicious winds made it difficult to… — Arthur Rothstein
- King Arthur and his armored goons of the Round Table functioned as the Politburo of a slave state: Camelot. Of all who… — Edward Abbey