“That is really amazing,” he said. “That really is truly…

“That is really amazing,” he said. “That really is truly amazing. That is so amazingly amazing I think I’d like to steal it.” –Zaphod

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (novel), Chapter 4

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The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair. - c. ? - View Quote Details on The major difference between a thing that might go wrong…
“Ford, there is an infinite number of monkeys outside, who wants to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they have worked out.” - The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Radio Shows- Fit the Second - View Quote Details on “Ford, there is an infinite number of monkeys outside, who…
Please do not be alarmed,” it said, “by anything you see or hear around you. You are bound to feel some initial ill effects as you have been rescued from certain death at an improbability level of two to the power two hundred and seventy-six thousand to one against – possibly much higher. We are now cruising at a level of two to the power of twenty-five thousand to one against and falling, and we will be restoring normality just as soon as we are sure of what is normal anyway. - View Quote Details on Please do not be alarmed,” it said, “by anything you…
It wasn’t merely that their left hand didn’t always know what their right hand was doing, so to speak; quite often their right hand had a pretty hazy notion as well. - c. 14 - View Quote Details on It wasn’t merely that their left hand didn’t always know…
The trouble with most forms of transport, he thought, is basically one of them not being worth all the bother. On Earth – when there had been an Earth, before it was demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypass – the problem had been with cars. The disadvantages involved in pulling lots of black sticky slime from out of the ground where it had been safely hidden out of harm’s way, turning it into tar to cover the land with, smoke to fill the air with and pouring the rest into the sea, all seemed to outweigh the advantages of being able to get more quickly from one place to another – particularly when the place you arrived at had probably become, as a result of this, very similar to the place you had left, i.e. covered with tar, full of smoke and short of fish. - View Quote Details on The trouble with most forms of transport, he thought, is…
“I think [...] I feel good about it.” - c. 40; the last words of Marvin, about God’s Final Message to His Creation. - View Quote Details on “I think [...] I feel good about it.” - c…
“Er…” he said, “hello. Er, look, I’m sorry I’m a bit late. I’ve had the most ghastly time, all sorts of things cropping up at the last moment.”
He seemed nervous of the expectant awed hush. He cleared his throat.
“Er, how are we for time?” he said, “have I just got a min—”
And so the Universe ended. - View Quote Details on “Er…” he said, “hello. Er, look, I’m sorry I’m a…
Space,” it says, “is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly hugely mindbogglingly big it is. I mean you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist, but that’s just peanuts to space. - View Quote Details on Space,” it says, “is big. Really big. You just won’t…
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“Where God Went Wrong”, “Some More of God’s Greatest Mistakes”, “Who is this God Person Anyway?”, and “Well That About Wraps It Up for God”. - The four books on God by ‘Oolon Colluphid’ - View Quote Details on “Where God Went Wrong”, “Some More of God’s Greatest Mistakes”,…