It's unpleasantly like being drunk." "What's so unpleasant about being drunk?" "You ask a glass of water.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

How many roads must a man walk down?

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.

And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before--and thus was the Empire forged.

What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

To become successful, you have to let go of something to get something else of greater value.

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but, until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful.

There is new information.”“Are you going to share it?”“No.”Of course not. Because it would totally ruin his whole mysterious vibe. Can’t have that.

Sometimes I bust out and do things so permanent. Like tattoos and marriage.

Anything can be done, as long as you truly believe it.

I had to get my camera to register things that were more important than how poor they were--their pride, their strength, their spirit.

Tell that to the BTK killer,” I said. “He was a churchgoer, raised two kids, married, and resisted the urge to kill for decades. He was a person, but he was a monster, too

Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money off them.

If you only walk on sunny days you'll never reach your destination.

I'd to do more stuff with less sarcasm.