Listen, three eyes, he said, don't you try to outweird me, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal.
It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the expression as pretty as an airport. Airports are ugly. Some are very ugly. Some attain a degree of ugliness that can only...
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
I don’t know what I’m looking for.What not?Because … because … I think it might be because if I knew I wouldn’t be able to look for them.
He didn't know why he had become president of the galaxy, except that it seemed a fun thing to be.
For as long as he could remember, he’d suffered from a vague nagging feeling of being not all there.
Do you find coming to terms with the mindless tedium of it all presents an interesting challenge?
Could be. I’m a pretty dangerous dude when I’m cornered.Yeah, said the voice from under the table, you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel.
And so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches. Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake...
A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.
We no longer think of chairs as technology; we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time when we hadn't worked out how many legs chairs should have, how tall they should be, and they would of...
- "It says in the brochure," said Arthur, pulling it out of his pocket and looking at it again, "that I can have a special prayer, individually tailored to me and my special needs." - "Oh, all right,"...
Religion... has certain ideas at the heart of it which we call sacred or holy or whatever... If someone votes for a party that you don't agree with, you're free to argue about it as much as you like;...
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.
Yes it is,' said the Professor. 'Wait—' he motioned to Richard, who was about to go out again and investigate— 'let it be. It won't be long.'Richard stared in disbelief. 'You say there's a horse in yo...
Time blossomed, matter shrank away. The highest prime number coalesced quietly in a corner and hid itself away for ever.
This must be Thursday,' said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer. 'I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
This man is the bee's knees, Arthur, he is the wasp's nipples. He is, I would go so far as to say, the entire set of erogenous zones of every major flying insect of the Western world.
They’ve got as much sex appeal as a road accident.
There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.