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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"Nothing travels faster than light except bad news"
Ford Prefect Humor
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"Resistance to psychic powers is futile"
Zarniwoop Power
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"Life is wasted on the living"
Marvin the Paranoid Android Life
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"Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they ask me to take you to the bridge"
Marvin the Paranoid Android Strength
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"I ache, therefore I am"
Marvin the Paranoid Android Philosophy
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"All you really need to know is what the message on the bowl says"
Marvin the Paranoid Android Wisdom
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"The difference between the Actual and the Real"
Zarniwoop Philosophy
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"It is a fact universally acknowledged that paranoia is just having all the facts"
Ford Prefect Truth
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"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job"
Zarniwoop Politics
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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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"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss"
Ford Prefect Adventure
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"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so"
Ford Prefect Time
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"I'd far rather be happy than right any day"
Douglas Adams Happiness
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"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays"
Arthur Dent Humor
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"Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?"
Ford Prefect Humor
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"You can't navigate wormholes by the stars. You navigate by instruments."
Ford Prefect Technology
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"I've never wanted to see the actual end of the universe. I just wanted to have some sort of understanding of what's supposed to happen."
Zarniwoop Knowledge
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"I love the way humans always assume that aliens are by definition invisible, or extremely tall, or walks funny."
Ford Prefect Humor
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"Reality is frequently inaccurate."
Zarniwoop Truth
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"It's unpleasantly like being drunk. What's so unpleasant about being drunk? You ask a glass of water."
Ford Prefect Humor
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"I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed."
Marvin the Paranoid Android
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"The best material model for the universe we have so far is a joke."
Zarniwoop Philosophy
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"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
Douglas Adams Happiness
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"You know, the most important thing is never to panic."
Ford Prefect Courage
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"I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer."
Ford Prefect Humor
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"The answer is mostly the right answer."
Zarniwoop Wisdom
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"What's the use of a book without pictures or conversations?"
Ford Prefect Art
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"I may be a sorry case, but I don't write jokes in base thirteen."
Zarniwoop Humor
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"Don't panic."
Ford Prefect Courage
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"Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?"
Marvin the Paranoid Android Humor