Ford Prefect Quotes

• One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious.

  Douglas Adams

  Habit, Found, Obvious

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.40, Pan Macmillan

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• Six pints of bitter, said Ford Prefect. And quickly please, the world's about to end.

  Douglas Adams

  Alcohol, World, Six

  Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.38, Del Rey

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• A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

  Douglas Adams

  Inspirational, Funny, Fake People

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.690, Pan Macmillan

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• Life... is like a grapefruit. Well, it's sort of orangey-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It's got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have half a one for breakfast.

  Douglas Adams

  Food, Yellow, People

  Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.509, Pan Macmillan

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• For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.

  Douglas Adams

  Success, New York, War

  Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.102, Pan Macmillan

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• 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.

  Douglas Adams

  Funny, Humor, Doctors

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts Volume 2: The Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases”, p.42, Pan Macmillan

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• Will you stop counting!' snarled Zaphod. 'Yes,' said Ford Prefect, 'in three minutes and thirty-five seconds.

  Douglas Adams

  Three, Thirty, Counting

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.171, Pan Macmillan

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• If they don’t keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.

  Douglas Adams

  Exercise, Brain, Lips

  Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.59, Del Rey

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• Goosnargh," said Ford Prefect, which was a special Betelgeusian word he used when he knew he should say something but didn't know what it should be.

  Douglas Adams

  Special, Used, Should

  Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.23, Pan Macmillan

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• So this is it," said Arthur, "We are going to die." "Yes," said Ford, "except... no! Wait a minute!" He suddenly lunged across the chamber at something behind Arthur's line of vision. "What's this switch?" he cried. "What? Where?" cried Arthur, twisting round. "No, I was only fooling," said Ford, "we are going to die after all.

  Douglas Adams

  Waiting, Vision, Lines

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.55, Pan Macmillan

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

  Douglas Adams

  Hitchhiking, Thursday, Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy

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

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

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  Safe, Strange, Awareness

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

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

  Douglas Adams

  Mind, Possibility, Arthur Dent

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

  Douglas Adams

  Glasses, Drunk, Water

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

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• Names are not always what they seem.

  Mark Twain

  Names, Labyrinth, Criminal Mind

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.317, Courier Corporation

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• And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl sitting on her own in a small café in Rickmansworth suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all this time, and she finally knew how the world could be made a good and happy place. This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything.

  Douglas Adams

  Girl, Nice, Men

  Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.8, Pan Macmillan

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• So long, and thanks for all the fish.

  Douglas Adams

  Democracies Have, Long, Dolphins

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

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• and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks.

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  Couple, Gin And Tonic, Week

  Douglas Adams (2009). “Life, the Universe and Everything”, p.13, Pan Macmillan

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• 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

  Buttons, Saying Please, Arthur

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• Ford Prefect suppressed a little giggle of evil satisfaction, realized that he had no reason to suppress it, and laughed out loud, a wicked laugh.

  Douglas Adams

  Evil, Laughing, Wicked

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.515, Pan Macmillan

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• When you're cruising down the road in the fast lane and you lazily sail past a few hard-driving cars and are feeling pretty pleased with yourself and then accidently change down from fourth to first instead of third thus making your engine leap out of your hood in a rather ugly mess, it tends to throw you off stride in much the same way that this remark threw Ford Prefect off his.

  Douglas Adams

  Past, Car, Feelings

  Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.71, Pan Macmillan

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• Thank God genuine video phones hadn't been invented. I hadn't even grabbed a towel. Ford Prefect would despair of me.

  C.E. Murphy

  Phones, Despair, Thank God

  C.E. Murphy (2006). “Thunderbird Falls”, p.304, LUNA

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