Douglas Adams, The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe Quotes
The little waiter's eyebrows wandered about his forehead in confusion.
Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.
To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.
Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.
The only moral it is possible to draw from this story is that one should never throw the Q letter into a privet bush, but unfortunately there are times when it is unavoidable.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy skips lightly over academic abstraction, pausing only to note that the term "future perfect" has been abandoned since it was discovered not to be.
The best conversation I had was over forty million years ago, ' continued Marvin.
Perhaps they are singing songs to you, ' he said, 'and I just think they’re asking me questions.' He paused again. Sometimes he would pause for days, just to see what it was like.
The best conversation I had was over forty million years ago, ' continued Marvin.Again the pause. 'Oh d—''And that was with a coffee machine.' He waited.
You know because you’ve been it, and I know because I’m dead and it gives one such a wonderfully uncluttered perspective.
His eyes passed over the solid shapes of the instruments and computers that lined the bridge. They winked away innocently at him. He stared out at the stars, but none of them said a word.
He wondered if it was safe to grin. Very slowly and carefully, he grinned. It was safe.
After five seconds there was a click, and the entire Universe was there in the box with him.
In an infinite Universe anything can happen, " said Ford, "Even survival. Strange but true.
The main reception foyer was almost empty but Ford nevertheless weaved his way through it.
Zaphod had never heard of this. He believed that he had heard of all the fun things in the Galaxy, so he assumed that the Total Perspective Vortex was not fun.
He let the curtain drop and the terrible light that had played on his features went off to play somewhere more healthy.
We have a saying up here. ‘Life is wasted on the living.
ART: None. The function of art is to hold the mirror up to nature, and there simply isn’t a mirror big enough—see point one.
Could be. I’m a pretty dangerous dude when I’m cornered.”“Yeah, ” said the voice from under the table, “you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel.
But what about the End of the Universe? We'll miss the big moment."I've seen it. It's rubbish, " said Zaphod, "nothing but a gnab gib."A what?"Opposite of a big bang. Come on, let's get zappy.
If I ever meet myself, ' said Zaphod, 'I'll hit myself so hard I won't know what's hit me.
The story so far:In the beginning the Universe was created.This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
