The simple truth is that interstellar distances will not fit into the human imagination.

It is worth repeating at this point the theories that Ford had come up with, on his first encounter with human beings, to account for their peculiar habit of continually stating and restating the very very obvious, as in "It's a nice day," or "You're very tall," or "So this is it, we're going to die." His first theory was that if human beings didn't keep exercising their lips, their mouths probably shriveled up. After a few months of observation he had come up with a second theory, which was this--"If human beings don't keep exercising their lips, their brains start working.

Conceited little mega-puppy.

It was one of those pictures that children are supposed to like but don't. Full of endearing little animals doing endearing things, you know?

Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.

Ahenny (adj.) - The way people stand when examining other people's bookshelves.

Simple. I got very bored and depressed, so I went and plugged myself in to its external computer feed. I talked to the computer at great length and explained my view of the Universe to it," said Marvin. "And what happened?" pressed Ford. "It committed suicide," said Marvin and stalked off back to the Heart of Gold.