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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.

That sounds perfectly reasonable …" he said in a reassuring tone of voice, wondering who he was trying to reassure.

Oh, and Zaphod? Er, yeah? If you ever find you need help again, you know, if you're in trouble, need a hand out of a tight corner... Yeah? Please don't hesitate to get lost.

Wainwright's Fruit Emporium. Mr Wainwright is not able to take calls at this time since he is not right in the head and thinks he is a cucumber. Thank you for calling.

He would insult the Universe. That is, he would insult everybody in it. Individually, personally, one by one, and (this was the thing he really decided to grit his teeth over) in alphabetical order.

the average Vogon will not think twice before doing something so pointlessly hideous to you that you will wish you had never been born—or (if you are a clearer minded thinker) that the Vogon had never been born.

Sorry, can I interrupt you a moment, Peter, and say that the sofa has just vanished.' 'So it has. Well, that's one mystery less.

And that is what Mauritius is most famous for: the extinction of the dodo.

The best way to get a drink out of a Vogon is to stick your finger down his throat.

The main reception foyer was almost empty but Ford nevertheless weaved his way through it.

Not only is it a wholly remarkable book, it is also a highly successful one – more popular than The Celestial Home Care Omnibus, better selling than Fifty-three More Things to do in Zero Gravity, and more controversial than Oolon Colluphid's trilogy of philosophical blockbusters

Your arrival on the planet has caused considerable excitement. It has already been hailed, so I gather, as the third most improbable event in the history of the Universe." "What were the first two?" "Oh, probably just coincidences

Marvin the Paranoid Android

Groop I implore thee," continued the merciless Vogon, "my foonting turlingdromes.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has this to say on the subject of flying. There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss ... Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, which presents the difficulties.

The computer started to sing. "'When you walk through the storm …'" it whined nasally, "'hold your head up high …'" Zaphod screamed at it to shut up, but his voice was lost in the din of what they quite naturally assumed was approaching destruction.

The man was awake but not glad to be.

Arthur! You're safe! A voice cried. Am I? said Arthur, rather startled. Oh, good.

Dirk nearly exploded with pain and howled so loudly that he almost attracted the attention of a waiter.

He gestured Arthur toward a chair which looked as if it had been made out of the rib cage of a stegosaurus. "It was made out of the rib cage of a stegosaurus

And that reminds me: Random, I forbid you to marry a Vogon! RANDOM: You what? ARTHUR: Nothing. Just fulfilling a promise I made to myself a long time ago.

The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.

You can't possibly be a scientist if you mind people thinking that you're a fool