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.

Did I do anything wrong today," he said, "or has the world always been like this and I've been too wrapped up in myself to notice?

The Presidents job, is not to wield power himself, but to lead attention away from it.

People who need to bully you are the easiest to push around.

Space is really big-REALLY big.

Technology is the name we give to stuff that doesn't work properly yet

Even light, which travels so fast it takes most races thousands of years to realize that it travels at all, takes time to journey between the stars.