Just believe everything I tell you, and it will all be very, very simple.' Ah, well, I'm not sure I believe that.

Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.

A theory of the universe that states: If anyone finds out what the universe is for, it will disappear and be replaced by something more bizarrely inexplicable.

I didn't notice I was being set upon by a pickpocket, which I am glad of, because I like to work only with professionals.

They wouldn’t even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without orders signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public inquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters.

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.

The single raindrop never feels responsible for the flood.