“Arthur lolled.”

“Good,” said Arthur.“See?” said Ford.“No,” said Arthur.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Time,” said Arthur weakly, “is not currently one of my problems.”

“It's not so much an afterlife' Said Arthur, 'more a sort of apres vie”

“I think we have different value systems." —Arthur"Well mine's better." —Ford”