The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Book · 6 characters · 415 quotes · 1993

Quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

M
"I'm so depressed."
Marvin the Paranoid Android Humor
M
"Would you like a cup of tea?"
Marvin the Paranoid Android Kindness
F
"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."
Ford Prefect Philosophy
F
"To really enjoy the fly-by you have to sit in the right seat"
Ford Prefect Adventure
F
"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss"
Ford Prefect Courage
A
"I refuse to answer that on the grounds that I don't know the answer."
Arthur Dent Humor
D
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
Douglas Adams Happiness
Z
"Reality is frequently inaccurate."
Zarniwoop Truth
F
"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."
Ford Prefect Time
Z
"Life, loathsome though it is, has a certain appeal."
Zarniwoop Life
A
"You live and learn. At any rate, you live."
Arthur Dent Wisdom
T
"Don't panic."
The Hitchhiker's Guide itself Courage
F
"I may be a sorry case, but I don't write jokes in base thirteen."
Ford Prefect Humor
F
"Who needs enemies when you've got friends like this?"
Ford Prefect Friendship
D
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
Douglas Adams Happiness
A
"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 couple of biscuits, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me."
Arthur Dent
F
"It's unpleasantly like being drunk."
Ford Prefect
Z
"I'm brain dead, man."
Zarniwoop Humor
F
"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."
Ford Prefect Time
A
"A cup of tea would be lovely."
Arthur Dent Happiness
A
"Suddenly it occurred to me that I was not alone in the universe."
Arthur Dent Solitude
Z
"A man can only move through a certain distance in time."
Zarniwoop Time
A
"So this is it. We are going to die, and this is the last conversation we will ever have."
Arthur Dent Death
Z
"I think the problem may have been that you were dead."
Zarniwoop Humor
F
"If I ever meet myself coming back the other way, I'll probably give myself a very useful kick up the backside."
Ford Prefect Humor
A
"There's nothing like a cup of tea for making your problems seem cosmically trivial."
Arthur Dent Humor
Z
"One of the most important things to remember about human nature is that human beings are stupid."
Zarniwoop Philosophy
A
"You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young."
Arthur Dent Humor
A
"I may be a sorry case, but I don't write jokes in base thirteen."
Arthur Dent Humor
D
"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?"
Douglas Adams Wisdom