The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.

Obviously somebody had been appallingly incompetent and he hoped to God it wasn't him.

Time travel, by its very nature, was invented in all periods of history simultaneously.

But for a moment Dirk had a sense of inifinite loss and sadness that somewhere among the frenzy of information noise that daily rattled the lives of men he thought he might have heard a few notes that denoted the movements of gods.

It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty as an airport.

The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, the effect of which is like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.

You just come along with me and have a good time. The Galaxy's a fun place. You'll need to have this fish in your ear.