Zaphod did not want to tangle with them and, deciding that just as discretion is the better part of valor, so was cowardice is the better part of discretion, he valiantly hid himself in a closet.

So what do we do if we get bitten by something deadly?' I asked. He looked at me as if I were stupid. 'You die, of course. That's what deadly means.

We are not an endangered species ourselves yet, but this is not for lack of trying.

ABOYNE (vb.) To beat an expert at a game of skill by playing so appallingly that none of his clever tactics or strategies are of any use to him.

When people you greatly admire appear to be thinking deep thoughts, they probably are thinking about lunch.

There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened.

I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is.