A nerd is someone who uses a telephone to talk to other people about telephones.

There is an art to the business of making sandwiches which it is given to few ever to find the time to explore in depth. It is a simple task, but the opportunities for satisfaction are many and profound.

Zaphod felt he was teetering on the edge of madness and wondered if he shouldn't just jump over and have done with it.

Just believe everything I tell you, and it will all be very, very simple.' Ah, well, I'm not sure I believe that.

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.

Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.