"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?" "Ask a glass of water."

Let the past hold on to itself and let the present move forward into the future.

The bird that would soar above the plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings.

I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course--the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end.

Marvin trudged on down the corridor, still moaning. "...and then of course I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left hand side..." "No?" said Arthur grimly as he walked along beside him. "Really?" "Oh yes," said Marvin, "I mean I've asked for them to be replaced but no one ever listens." "I can imagine.

Cyberspace is - or can be - a good, friendly and egalitarian place to meet.

Trillian had come to suspect that the main reason [Zaphood] had had such a wild and successful life was that he never really understood the significance of anything he did.