I don't go to mythical places with strange men.

And so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.

Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button? Ford Prefect: I wouldn't- Arthur Dent: Oh. Ford Prefect: What happened? Arthur Dent: A sign lit up, saying 'Please do not press this button again.

Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to point A very fast. People living at point C, being a point directly in between, are often given to wonder what's so great about point A that so many people from point B are so keen to get there and what's so great about point B that so many people from point A are so keen to get there. They often wish that people would just once and for all work out where the hell they wanted to be.

See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.

Please relax," said the voice pleasantly, like a stewardess in an airliner with only one wing and two engines one of which is on fire, "you are perfectly safe.

My capacity for happiness," he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first