Quotes About Adams

He had rather liked Zaphod Beeblebrox in a strange sort of way. He was clearly a man of many quallities, even if they were mostly bad ones.

Nice day for it." "Yes," said a passing maniac.

Uglier things have been spotted in the skies, but not by reliable witnesses.

Arthur lay in startled stillness on the acceleration couch. He wasn't certain whether he had just got space-sickness or religion.

had a memory that he himself had once compared to the Queen Alexandra Birdwing Butterfly, in that it was colorful, flitted prettily hither and thither, and was

Only six people in the Galaxy knew that the job of the Galactic President was not to wield power but to attract attention away from it. Zaphod Beeblebrox was amazingly good at his job.

His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.

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

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

Did you ever go to a place . . . I think it was called Norway?" "No," said Arthur, "no, I didn't." "Pity," said Slartibartfast, "that was one of mine. Won an award, you know. Lovely crinkly edges. I was most upset to hear of its destruction.

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.

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.

Marvin the Paranoid Android

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

The new bill reads 'To: saving human race from total extinction—no charge.' 

He had found a Nutri-Matic machine which had provided him with a plastic cup filled with a liquid that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea.

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

Slartibartfast's study was a total mess, like the results of an explosion in a public library.