The universe is a lot more complicated than you might…

The universe is a lot more complicated than you might think even if you start from a position of thinking that its pretty damn complicated to begin with. - Mostly Harmless, The Guide, Mark II, c. ?

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Yeah, well that’s a very sweet thought Trillian,” complained Zaphod, “but do you really think it’s wise under the circumstances? I mean, here we are on the run and everything, we must have the police of half the Galaxy after us by now, and we stop to pick up hitch hikers. OK, so ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking, yeah? - View Quote Details on Yeah, well that’s a very sweet thought Trillian,” complained Zaphod,…
Who said anything about panicking?” snapped Arthur. “This is still just the culture shock. You wait till I’ve settled down into the situation and found my bearings. Then I’ll start panicking! - View Quote Details on Who said anything about panicking?” snapped Arthur. “This is still…
When you’re cruising down the road in the fast lane and you lazily sail past a few hard driving cars and are feeling pretty pleased with yourself and then accidentally change down from fourth to first instead of third thus making your engine leap out of your bonnet in a rather ugly mess, it tends to throw you off your stride in much the same way that this remark threw Ford Prefect off his. - View Quote Details on When you’re cruising down the road in the fast lane…
It doesn’t necessarily do it in chronological order, though. - View Quote Details on It doesn’t necessarily do it in chronological order, though.
“This Arthur Dent,” comes the cry from the farthest reaches of the galaxy, and has even now been found inscribed on a deep space probe thought to originate from an alien galaxy at a distance too hideous to contemplate, “what is he, man or mouse? Is he interested in nothing more than tea and the wider issues of life? Has he no spirit? Has he no passion? Does he not, to put it in a nutshell, fuck?”
Those who wish to know should read on. Others may wish to skip on to the last chapter which is a good bit and has Marvin in it. - c. 25 - View Quote Details on “This Arthur Dent,” comes the cry from the farthest reaches…
Ford: “Life,” he said, “is like a grapefruit.”
Creature: “Er, how so?”
Ford: “Well, it’s sort of orangey-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It’s got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have half a one for breakfast.” - View Quote Details on Creature: "Er,...">Ford: “Life,” he said, “is like a grapefruit.”
Creature: “Er,…
The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed to beat about the bush. “Make it evil,” he’d been told. “Make it totally clear that this gun has a right end and a wrong end. Make it totally clear to anyone standing at the wrong end that things are going badly for them. If that means sticking all sort of spikes and prongs and blackened bits all over it then so be it. This is not a gun for hanging over the fireplace or sticking in the umbrella stand, it is a gun for going out and making people miserable with.” - View Quote Details on The designer of the gun had clearly not been instructed…
“How can I tell,” said the man, “that the past isn’t a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?” —The Ruler of the Universe - View Quote Details on “How can I tell,” said the man, “that the past…
“My capacity for happiness,” he added, “you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first.” —Marvin - View Quote Details on “My capacity for happiness,” he added, “you could fit into…
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…