The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works."

"All you really need to learn, you can learn from FM radio at night."

"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."

"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."

"I wish you'd stop watching me like that. It makes me feel like I'm a bug under a microscope."

"What's it like being disintegrated? It's no joke, I tell you."

"The fact that we live here is bad enough, but the fact that we live here and are watched over by robots is intolerable."

"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."

"I may be a sorry case, but I don't write jokes in base thirteen."

"Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?"

"You live and learn, at any rate you live"

"What you have to do is calm down and think"

"I wish I could help you, but I'm completely useless"

"The answer is simple: there is no answer"

"I'd far rather be happy than right any day"

"The secret to flying is to miss the ground"

"The answer is in your soul, you know"

"I don't believe it. Prove me wrong"

"Ford! You're turning into a penguin. Stop it"

"Life? Don't talk to me about life"

"The fact that we live in a universe of extreme dimensional improbability makes it very hard to surprise us"

"There is an art to flying, or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss"

"I'm not getting you a drink"

"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 sense of it and just keep yourself occupied"

"A cup of tea would restore order to the world"

"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so"

"I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I am afraid the answer is no"

"Go stick your head in a pig"

"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear"