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Character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy From: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Omniscient narrator providing philosophical observations

40 quotes

"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
Happiness
"The truth may set you free, but first it will make you miserable."
Truth
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
Happiness
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
Happiness
"This is rather as if you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in'."
Philosophy
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
Humor
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."
Wisdom
"The knack is to not give the book to the reader. The knack is to give the reader the thing that the book is about."
Literature
"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"
Wisdom
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
Happiness
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
Happiness
"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"
Philosophy
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
Happiness
"I have this terrible feeling I've written a book that's far too long."
Humor
"I'd far rather be happy than right"
Happiness
"Try to be nice to people"
Kindness
"Avoid reincarnation"
Humor
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day"
Happiness
"Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet"
Technology
"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
Courage
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
Happiness
"You live and learn. At any rate, you live."
Life
"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"
Wisdom
"The knack to flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss it."
Adventure
"The universe is hostile, and yet we persist."
Perseverance
"The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself."
Wisdom
"The chances of finding out what's really going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say hang the rules and just keep yourself occupied."
Wisdom
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
Happiness
"All you really need to learn, you can learn from FM radio at night."
Education
"We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works."
Technology