We follow the codes not because they bring gain, but because we loathe the people we would otherwise become.

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

Expectations were like fine pottery. The harder you held them, the more likely they were to crack.

In the end, all men die. How you lived will be far more important to the Almighty than what you accomplished.

Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.

Everything is a contest. All dealings among men are a contest in which some will succeed and others fail. And some are failing quite spectacularly.

Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.

Can a woman not walk with her possessions down the street of a city?

Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.

One can have a wit, but not a witless

Life before Death.Strength before Weakness.Journey before Destination.

I’m doing what I’ve always done. Learning from the mistakes of others who take my advice.

I’m afraid you cannot leave, ' said Zarniwoop, 'you are entwined in the Improbability Field. You cannot escape.' He smiled the smile that Zaphod had wanted to hit and this time Zaphod hit it.

The best part of being unique is not having to be perfect.

You must take the trouble discover a worthy purpose for being on this ever green earth.

Perhaps some are confused because they have stereotypes of how blacks should be and I respectfully decline, as I did in my youth, to sacrifice who I am for who they think I should be.

You don't have many suspects who are innocent of a crime. That's contradictory. If a person is innocent of a crime, then he is not a suspect.

We feel crowded by other people; we feel crowded by social rules; we feel crowded by ourselves, mainly.

I definitely have an appreciation for fashion.

I believe in America. I'm one of those silly flag wavers.

Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.