Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

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

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.

My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre and that I am therefore excused from saving universes.

And all dared to brave unknown terrors, to do mighty deeds, to boldly split infinitives that no man had split before--and thus was the Empire forged.

A história de todas as grandes civilizações galácticas tende a passar por três fases distintas e identificáveis: a da Sobrevivência, a da Interrogação e a da Sofisticação, também conhecidas pelas fases Como, Porquê e Onde. Por exemplo, a primeira fase é caracterizada pela pergunta "Como vamos comer?", a segunda pela pergunta "Por que comemos?" e a terceira pela pergunta "Onde vamos almoçar?".

You barbarians!' he yelled. 'I'll sue the council for every penny it's got! I'll have you hung, drawn and quartered! And whipped! And boiled...until...until...until...until you've had enough.'Ford was running after him. Very very fast.'And then I will do it again!' yelled Arthur, 'And when I've finished I will take all the little bits, and I will jump on them!

At some distance down the corridor it seemed suddenly as if somebody started to beat on a bass drum.He listened to it for a few seconds and realized that it was just his heart beating.He listened for a few seconds more and realized that it wasn’t his heart beating, it was somebody down the corridor beating on a bass drum.

Özetlersek: İyi bilinen bir gerçektir ki, halkı yönetmeyi en çok isteyenler, ipso facto, bu işi yapmaya en az uygun olanlardır. Özeti özetleyecek olursak: kendisinin Başkan yapılmasını sağlayabilecek kişilerin bu işi yapmasına hiçbir surette izin verilmemesi gerekir. Özetin özetinin özeti: Halk bir problemdir.