... the love of money is the root of all evils." - John de Alençon, Pg, 64

How do you get so empty? he wondered. Who takes it out of you?

Vell, Zaphod’s just zis guy, you know?

Since both its national products, snow and chocolate, melt, the cuckoo clock was invented solely in order to give tourists something solid to remember it by.

I don't think that I would ever, while writing, think to myself, "I need a little more psychological realism."

You know the drill. 18 is legal. 17 with consent. 16 with a note. 15 if her dad's in the room. Low five!

Men are generally right in what they affirm and wrong in what they deny. What we deny is generally something that lies outside our experience, and about which we can therefore say nothing.

My life burned inside me. Even such as it was, it was the only record of me, and it was my only creation, and something in me would not accept that it was insignificant.

Everyone would like to be on Broadway, cause if a show works, you make a great deal of money and it allows you to write other shows.

My mother was married to one of the greatest newsmen of all times. CNN was built out of his idealism and his recognition that, in a global age, we needed greater understanding of the world around us.

We should strive to keep our hearts open to the sufferings and wretchedness of other people, and pray continually that God may grant us that spirit of compassion which is truly the spirit of God.