Quotes from Douglas Adams

Laser light flickered all over him as if he was a packet of biscuits at a super-market check-out.

The thing that used to worry him most was the fact that people always used to ask him what he was looking so worried about.

Vogons are not above a little bribery and corruption in the same way that the sea is not above the clouds

Why, how much did you tip him?' Ford named a figure again. 'I don't know how much it is,' said Arthur. 'What's it worth in pounds sterling? What could it buy you?' 'It would probably buy you, roughly... er...' Ford screwed his eyes up as he did some calculations in his head. 'Switzerland,' he said at last.

You mean you've been in this same set of rooms here for... two hundred years?' murmured Richard. 'You'd think someone would notice, or think it was odd.' 'Oh, that's one of the delights of the older Cambridge colleges,' said Reg, 'everyone is so discreet. If we all went around mentioning what was odd about each other we'd be here till Christmas.

The mere thought, growled Mr Prosser, hadn't even begun to speculate, he continued, settling himself back, about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.

DETCHANT (n.) That part of a hymn (usually a few notes at the end of a verse) where the tune goes so high or low that you suddenly have to change octaves to accommodate it.

This is not, however, an ideal Universe

Åžimdi ölmek istemiyorum! diye ba??rd?.Hala ba??m aÄŸr?yor!Cennete baÅŸ aÄŸr?s?yla gitmek istemiyorum,bütün aksiliÄŸim üstümde olacak ve Cennet'in tad?n? ç?karamayaca??m!

The word was out that maybe, just maybe, a British accent would fit. The hair, the skin tone and the bridgework would have to be up to American network standards, but there had been a lot of British accents up there thanking their mothers for their Oscars, a lot of British accents singing on Broadway, and some unusually big audiences tuning in to British accents in wig on Masterpiece Theatre.

He had been told that when looking for a good oracle, it was best to find the oracle that other oracles went to.

So long and thanks for all the fish. In

Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

The reason why it was published in the form of a micro sub-meson electronic component is that if it were printed in normal book form, an interstellar hitchhiker would require several inconveniently large buildings to carry it around

This is Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz of the Galactic Hyperspace Planning Council," the voice continued. "As you will no doubt be aware, the plans for development of the outlying regions of the Galaxy require the building of a hyperspatial express route through your star system, and regrettably your planet is one of those scheduled for demolition. The process will take slightly less than two of your Earth minutes. Thank you.

Trin Tragula—for that was his name—was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher or as his wife would have it, an idiot.

What I mean is that if you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else.

What I mean is that if you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else. That forces you to sort it out in your own mind.

the normal background-noise type of guilt that comes from just being alive this far into the twentieth century

If all these attempts fail, flag down a passing flying saucer and explain that it's vitally important you get away before your phone bill arrives.

Here's an interesting little notion. Did you realize that most people's lives are governed by telephone numbers?

I don't believe there's a horse in your bathroom.

It gives me a headache just trying to think down to your level.

CLUN (n.) A leg which has gone to sleep and has to be hauled around after you.