It's not the fall that kills you; it's the sudden stop at the end.

You may not instantly see why I bring the subject up, but that is because my mind works so phenomenally fast, and I am at a rough estimate thirty billion times more intelligent than you. Let me give you an example. Think of a number, any number.” “Er, five,” said the mattress. “Wrong,” said Marvin. “You see?

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

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

I'm so great even I get tongue-tied talking to myself.

Let us be dreamers, thinkers, speculative philosophers, or as our spouses would have it: Idiots

The more I think about our species the more I think we just do stuff and make up explanations later when asked. But it's not true that I would rather write than read. I would rather read than write. To be honest I would rather hang upside down in a bucket than write.