Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor, at least no one worth speaking of.

I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?

He didn't know why he had become president of the galaxy, except that it seemed a fun thing to be.

I come in peace...Take me to your lizard.

Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still know where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

Imagine" he said, "never even thinking, 'We are alone,' simply because it has never occurred to you to think that there's any other way to be.