"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" Quotes

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.

The major problem—one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.

The Universe, as has been observed before, is an unsettlingly big place, a fact which for the sake of a quiet life most people tend to ignore.

He gazed keenly into the distance and looked as if he would quite like the wind to blow his hair back dramatically at that point, but the wind was busy fooling around with some leaves a little way off.

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.

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

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.

Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.