Arthur Dent Quotes:

The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.

- Douglas Adams

topic: Mind, Possibility, Arthur Dent, Crossings, Ford Prefect

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of.

- Douglas Adams

source: Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.35, Pan Macmillan

topic: Safe, Strange, Awareness, Galaxy, Usage

This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.

- Douglas Adams

source: Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts”, p.28, Pan Macmillan

topic: Hitchhiking, Thursday, Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent

I don't want to die now!" he yelled. "I've still got a headache! I don't want to go to heaven with a headache, I'd be all cross and wouldn't enjoy it!

- Douglas Adams

source: Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.52, Pan Macmillan

topic: Heaven, Want, Headache, Arthur Dent

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

- Douglas Adams

topic: Humorous, Humor, Mad, Arthur Dent

Arthur felt happy. He was terribly pleased that the day was for once working out so much according to plan. Only twenty minutes ago he had decided he would go mad, and now here he was already chasing a Chesterfield sofa across the fields of prehistoric Earth.

- Douglas Adams

source: Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.330, Pan Macmillan

topic: Work Out, Mad, Twenties, According To Plan, Arthur Dent

You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young." "Why, what did she tell you?" "I don't know, I didn't listen.

- Douglas Adams

source: Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.80, Del Rey

topic: Mother, Men, Space, Deep Space, Hitchhiking

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

- Douglas Adams

source: Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.61, Pan Macmillan

topic: Penguins, Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Hitchhikers Guide, Arthur Dent

What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

- Douglas Adams

topic: Doe, Matter, Does It Matter, Always Happy, Joy Happiness

Time is the worst place, so to speak, to get lost in, as Arthur Dent could testify, having been lost in both time and space a good deal. At least being lost in space kept you busy.

- Douglas Adams

source: Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.322, Pan Macmillan

topic: Space, Speak, Busy, Arthur Dent

But the plans were on display…” “On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.” “That’s the display department.” “With a flashlight.” “Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.” “So had the stairs.” “But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?” “Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.

- Douglas Adams

source: Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.28, Del Rey

topic: Arthur Dent

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

- Douglas Adams

source: Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, Pan Macmillan

topic: Democracies Have, Long, Dolphins, Improbability, Galaxy

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.

- Douglas Adams

source: Douglas Adams (2009). “Life, the Universe and Everything”, p.138, Pan Macmillan

topic: Reality, Afterlife, Religion, Arthur Dent, Hitchhikers Guide

How do you feel?" he asked him. "Like a military academy," said Arthur. "Bits of me keep on passing out.

- Douglas Adams

source: Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.35, Pan Macmillan

topic: Military, Arthur, Passing, Passing Out, Arthur Dent

"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?" "Ask a glass of water."

- Douglas Adams

source: "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, (Ch. 6), 1979.

topic: Glasses, Drunk, Water, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ford Prefect

The only person for whom the house was in any way special was Arthur Dent, and that was only because it happened to be the one he lived in.

- Douglas Adams

source: Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.16, Pan Macmillan

topic: House, Special, Way, Arthur Dent

How many roads must a man walk down?

- Douglas Adams

source: Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.132, Pan Macmillan

topic: Men, Ultimate Questions, Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Rhetorical Question, Arthur Dent

Marvin trudged on down the corridor, still moaning. "...and then of course I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left hand side..." "No?" said Arthur grimly as he walked along beside him. "Really?" "Oh yes," said Marvin, "I mean I've asked for them to be replaced but no one ever listens." "I can imagine.

- Douglas Adams

source: Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.70, Pan Macmillan

topic: Pain, Mean, Hands, Marvin, Arthur Dent

Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button? Ford Prefect: I wouldn't- Arthur Dent: Oh. Ford Prefect: What happened? Arthur Dent: A sign lit up, saying 'Please do not press this button again.

- Douglas Adams

topic: Buttons, Saying Please, Arthur, Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent