I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

Being offended by things is the world's big hobby at the moment. It's almost taken over from wearing goatee beards.

The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Would you like me to go and stick my head in a bucket of water?

I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.

In fact there was only one species on the planet more intelligent than dolphins, and they spent a lot of their time in behavioural research laboratories running around inside wheels and conduction frighteningly elegant and subtle experiments on man. The fact that once again man completely misinterpreted this relationship was entirely according to these creatures’ plans.

It takes an awful lot of time to not write a book.