Quotes About Introspection

He wasn't certain whether he had just got space-sickness or religion.

They have always understood a great deal more than they let on. It is difficult to be sat on all day, every day, by some other creature, without forming an opinion about them. On the other hand, it is perfectly possible to sit all day, every day, on top of another creature and not have the slightest thought about them whatsoever.

He decided to feel sorry for himself. That would pass the time.

Perhaps I'm old and tired,' he continued, 'but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say hang the sense of it and just keep yourself occupied.

And when I hear their questions, do you hear questions? What do their voices mean to you? Perhaps you just think they're singing songs to you. He reflected on this, and saw the flaw in the supposition. Perhaps they are singing songs to you, he said, and I just think they're asking me questions. He paused again. Sometimes he would pause for days, just to see what it was like.

He experienced one of those "self" moments, one of those moments when you suddenly turn around and look at yourself and think "Who am I? What am I up to? What have I achieved? Am I doing well?" He whimpered very slightly.

It is worth repeating at this point the theories that Ford had come up with, on his first encounter with human beings, to account for their peculiar habit of continually stating and restating the very very obvious, as in 'It's a nice day,' or 'You're very tall,' or 'So this is it, we're going to die.' His first theory was that if human beings didn't keep exercising their lips, their mouths probably seized up.

How can you tell there's anything out there?' said the man politely. 'The door's closed.

I went mad for a while," said Ford, "did me no end of good.

People who talk to themselves on the phone," said Ford, "never learn anything to their advantage.

If I ever meet myself," said Zaphod, "I'll hit myself so hard I won't know what's hit me." Marvin

they were each grateful to retire to separate cabins and try to rationalize their thoughts.

What are you, crazy?' 'It's a possibility I haven't ruled out yet,' said Zaphod quietly. 'I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.

And you saw yourself, said Gargravarr, in relation to it all? Oh, yeah yeah. But...what did you experience? Zaphod shrugged smugly. It just told me what I knew all the time. I'm a really terrific and great guy. Didn't I tell you, baby, I'm Zaphod Beeblebrox!

It had been late one night—of course. It had been a difficult day—of course. There had been soulful music playing on the ship's sound system—of course. And he had, of course, been slightly drunk. In other words, all the usual conditions that bring on a bout of soul-searching had applied, but it had, nevertheless, clearly been an error.

oh! this is an interesting sensation, what is it? It's a sort of … yawning, tingling sensation in my … my … well, I suppose I'd better start finding names for things if I want to make any headway in what for the sake of what I shall call an argument I shall call the world, so let's call it my stomach.

There are times, however, when whatever your metabolism you have to take a deep breath.

Because … because … I think it might be because if I knew I wouldn't be able to look for them." "What, are you crazy?" "It's a possibility I haven't ruled out yet," said Zaphod quietly. "I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.

For Arthur, who could usually contrive to feel self-conscious if left alone for long enough with a Swiss cheese plant, the moment was one of sustained revelation.

It's a possibility I haven't ruled out yet," said Zaphod quietly. "I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.

Di me stesso so solo quel tanto che riesco a capire nelle mie attuali condizioni mentali. E le mie attuali condizioni mentali non sono buone.

Arthur Dent was grappling with his consciousness the way one grapples with a lost bar of soap in the bath.

Bir Ä°sviçre Peyniri Bitkisiyle bile yeterince uzun süre yaln?z kald???nda kendini rahats?z hissedip utanmay? baÅŸarabilen Arthur için bu an, kesintisiz bir ayd?nlanma an?yd?.

Arthur stared over the rim of his coffee cup at the grisly outside world. It was a completely pointless place to be, he realized, and he had been driven there by superstition rather than logic.