I do not consider it an insult, but rather a compliment to be called an agnostic. I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure — that is all that agnosticism means.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president. I'm beginning to believe it.

True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.

You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man's freedom.

I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

A criminal is someone without the capital to incorporate

I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.

I don't like spinach, and I'm glad I don't, because if I liked it I'd eat it, and I just hate it.

Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.

When you are extravagant, you can result yourself facing alot of debt and not adjust to the pursuit of happiness.

I'll walk through the fireWith my head lifted highAnd my spirit revivedIn Your story

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.

Oppression does not know the meaning of provincial boundaries. Aren't our energies better spent fighting the common enemy instead of each other?

Lipstick on your collar said you were untrue. Bet your bottom dollar, you and I are through.

As it has been finely expressed, "Principle is a passion for truth." And as an earlier and homelier writer hath it, "The truths we believe in are the pillars of our world.

I'm quite disappointed that I'm still the last man on the moon.

I don't think you're dying," I said. "I think you've just got a touch of cancer. He smiled. Gallows humor.

No, really, Ronnie, it's good to share information when you know someone else is dating the lunarly challenged.

The soul is infinite, so there's no in or out of it. It is everywhere. There's no place that it is not.