Hey, this is terrific!" he said. "Someone down there is trying to kill us!" "Terrific," said Arthur. "But don't you see what this means?" "Yes. We are going to die." "Yes, but apart from that." "Apart from that?!" "It means we must be on to something!" "How soon can we get off it?

I don’t know what I’m looking for.” “What not?” “Because … because … I think it might be because if I knew I wouldn’t be able to look for them.

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

You just come along with me and have a good time. The Galaxy's a fun place. You'll need to have this fish in your ear.

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

Not unnaturally, many elevators imbued with intelligence and precognition became terribly frustrated with the mindless business of going up and down, up and down, experimented briefly with the notion of going sideways, as a sort of existential protest, demanded participation in the decision-making process and finally took to squatting in basements sulking. An impoverished hitch-hiker visiting any planets in the Sirius star system these days can pick up easy money working as a counsellor for neurotic elevators.

There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world.