Peter Jones: 35 Movie Quotes with Audio

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1 The history of every major galactic civilization passes through three distinct and recognizable phases: survival, inquiry and sophistication.

As The Hitchhiker’S Guide To The Galaxy Book in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.

As The Hitchhiker’S Guide To The Galaxy Book in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

3 Many men, of course, became extremely rich. But this was perfectly natural, and nothing to be ashamed of because no-one was really poor. At least, no-one worth speaking of.

As The Hitchhiker’S Guide To The Galaxy Book in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

4 I mean, you may think it's a long way down the street to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space. Listen... And so on.

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5 And thus were created the conditions, for a staggering new form of industry: Custom-made, luxury planet building.

As The Hitchhiker’S Guide To The Galaxy Book in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

6 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a wholly remarkable book. The introduction starts like this: Space, it says, is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is.

As The Hitchhiker’S Guide To The Galaxy Book in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

7 Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communications between different cultures and races, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation.

As The Hitchhiker’S Guide To The Galaxy Book in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

8 And lots of the people were mean and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.

As The Hitchhiker’S Guide To The Galaxy Book in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

9 The very worst poetry of all, and its creator, Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings, of Greenbridge, Essex, England, perished in the destruction of the planet Earth. Vogon poetry is mild by comparison.

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10 The best way to get a drink out of a Vogon is to stick your finger down his throat.

As The Hitchhiker’S Guide To The Galaxy Book in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy