The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Book · 6 characters · 415 quotes · 1993

Quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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"Keep your towel close."
Ford Prefect
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"The universe is full of strange and impossible things."
Arthur Dent
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"I feel much better now."
Marvin the Paranoid Android
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"Two heads are better than one."
Zarniwoop Wisdom
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"Life doesn't get any better than this."
Arthur Dent
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"The universe is a pretty big place."
Ford Prefect
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"He's mad as a comet."
Ford Prefect Humor
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"What did you do before you came here?"
Ford Prefect Adventure
A
"If it tastes like this I'm not staying."
Arthur Dent Humor
A
"I'd rather be happy than right any day."
Arthur Dent Happiness
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"What's the point of having a telephone if you never use it?"
Arthur Dent
A
"The moment you start to take yourself seriously and that life is owed to you, you start to get depressed."
Arthur Dent Happiness
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"One always, in the end, comes back to the same question: why?"
Zarniwoop Philosophy
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"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
Ford Prefect Adventure
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"A cup of tea would be very welcome."
Arthur Dent Humor
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"The infinite improbability drive is the greatest invention ever."
Zarniwoop Technology
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"You know, it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with nothing but a cup of tea and a biscuit, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me."
Ford Prefect Humor
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"There's no place like home."
Arthur Dent
M
"I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed."
Marvin the Paranoid Android Humor
M
"Life, loathing and the universe—in no particular order."
Marvin the Paranoid Android Philosophy
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"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."
Ford Prefect Time
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"Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?"
Arthur Dent Humor
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"I may be a sorry case, but I don't write jokes in base thirteen."
Ford Prefect Humor
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"A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.'"
Zarniwoop Education
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"Why does it always have to be spaceships?"
Arthur Dent Humor
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"There are other worlds than these."
Arthur Dent Imagination
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"In an infinite universe, the idea that divine intervention is necessary seems, well, redundant."
Zarniwoop Philosophy
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"The most important thing is never to panic."
Ford Prefect Courage
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"You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Pram 5?"
Ford Prefect Humor
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"The answer is a towel."
Ford Prefect Wisdom