They live in perpetual fear of the time they call "The Coming of the Great White Handkerchief

Lovers of print are simply confusing the plate for the food.

One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious.

There is an art to the business of making sandwiches which it is given to few ever to find the time to explore in depth. It is a simple task, but the opportunities for satisfaction are many and profound.

It's part of the shape of the Universe. I only have to talk to somebody and they begin to hate me.

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about.