It is a mistake to think you can solve any…

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Life, the Universe and Everything, Chapter 24

Other The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Quotes

We live in strange times.
We also live in strange places: each in a universe of our own. The people with whom we populate our universes are the shadows of whole other universes intersecting with our own. Being able to glance out into this bewildering complexity of infinite recursion and say thing like, “Oh, hi, Ed! Nice tan. How’s Carol?” involves a great deal of filtering skill for which all conscious entities have eventually to develop a capacity in order to protect themselves from the comtemplation of the chaos through which they see the and world tumble. So give your kid a break, okay? - c. ?; Extract from Practical Parenting in a Fractally Demented Universe - View Quote Details on We live in strange times.
We also live in strange places:…
The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t. - View Quote Details on The ships hung in the sky in much the same…
[I've been] “In a deep dark hole. I climbed out because I started to like it too much” - View Quote Details on [I've been] “In a deep dark hole. I climbed out…
“Share and Enjoy” is the company motto of the hugely successful Sirius Cybernetics Corporation Complaints division, which now covers the major land masses of three medium sized planets and is the only part of the Corporation to have shown a consistent profit in recent years. - View Quote Details on “Share and Enjoy” is the company motto of the hugely…
One of the problems has to do with the speed of light and the difficulties involved in trying to exceed it. You can’t. Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. -c. 1 - View Quote Details on One of the problems has to do with the speed…
Old Thrashbarg was surprised at how many spaceship crashes he now had to weave into his stories to keep everyone from rushing off to watch Random’s wrist. - c. ? - View Quote Details on Old Thrashbarg was surprised at how many spaceship crashes he…
[about a Magrathean sunset that Arthur finds magnificent] “I’ve seen it. It’s rubbish.” - View Quote Details on [about a Magrathean sunset that Arthur finds magnificent] “I’ve seen…
I think you ought to know I’m feeling very depressed. - View Quote Details on I think you ought to know I’m feeling very depressed.
It doesn’t necessarily do it in chronological order, though. - View Quote Details on It doesn’t necessarily do it in chronological order, though.
Deep Thought: “The answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything is…”
Philosophers:”Yes?…”
Deep Thought:”IS…”
Philosophers (slightly higher):”Yes?…”
Deep Thought: “IS…”
Philosophers (really high):”Yes?…”
Deep Thought: 42.
Philosopher 1:”We are gonna get lynched y’know that?” - View Quote Details on Deep Thought: “The answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything…