Anything that happens, happens.

Mostly Harmless, Preface

Other The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Quotes

The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79. - c. 2 - View Quote Details on The last time anybody made a list of the top…
Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner. - (From the TV Series, 1st Episode) - View Quote Details on Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite…
“Some factual information for you. Have you any idea how much damage that bulldozer would suffer if I just let it roll straight over you?”
“How much?” said Arthur.
“None at all,” said Mr Prosser. - View Quote Details on “Some factual information for you. Have you any idea how…
What’s up?”
“I don’t know,” said Marvin, “I’ve never been there. - View Quote Details on "I don't know," said Marvin, "I've never been...">What’s up?”
“I don’t know,” said Marvin, “I’ve never been…
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. - c. ? - View Quote Details on A common mistake that people make when trying to design…
“Simple. I got very bored and depressed, so I went and plugged myself in to its external computer feed. I talked to the computer at great length and explained my view of the Universe to it,” said Marvin.
“And what happened?” pressed Ford.
“It committed suicide,” said Marvin [...]. - View Quote Details on “Simple. I got very bored and depressed, so I went…
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy [...] says of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation products that ‘it is very easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of them by the sense of achievement you get from getting them to work at all.’
‘In other words - and this is the rock solid principle on which the whole of the Corporation’s Galaxy-wide success is founded - their fundamental design flaws are completely hidden by their superficial design flaws.’ - c. 35 - View Quote Details on The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy [...] says of the…
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much - the wheel, New York, wars and so on - whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man - for precisely the same reasons. - View Quote Details on For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed…
Old woman Oracle: “Can you help me pull out the photocopier?”
Arthur: “What?”
OWO: “The photocopier. It’s solar-powered, but I have to keep it in the cave so the birds don’t shit on it.” - c. ? - View Quote Details on Old woman Oracle: “Can you help me pull out the…
Funny, how just when you think life can’t possibly get any worse it suddenly does. - View Quote Details on Funny, how just when you think life can’t possibly get…