He shifted his weight from foot to foot, but it was equally uncomfortable on each.

He had got himself a life. Now he had to find a purpose in it.

He actually caught himself saying things like "Yippee," as he pranced ridiculously round the house.

Marvin started his ironical humming again. Zaphod hit him and he shut up.

The point is, you see," said Ford, "that there is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later.

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.

Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers.