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.
— The Hitchhiker’S Guide To The Galaxy Book (Peter Jones)
14 seconds sound clip from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Episode 1 sitcom.
You can hear this line at 00:29:57.680 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.
Quote context
[...]
- Oh dear, says God, I hadn't thought of that, and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
- Most leading theologians claim that this argument is a load of dingo's kidneys.
- Hey, Ford. This towel's moved.
- Yes. That's a six-light-year jump.
- Good. That means we' re near Bernard's Star. We can jump a ship there.
- Can we?
- Look. I hate to ask this, but what exactly am I doing here?
- Simple. I rescued you from the Earth.
- Well, what happened to the Earth?
- It's been disintegrated. Has it?
- Yes. It just boiled away into space.
- Listen, I'm... I'm a bit upset about that.
[...]
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Actors: Simon Jones (Arthur Dent), David Dixon (Ford Prefect), David Learner (Marvin the Paranoid Android), Peter Jones (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Book), Sandra Dickinson (Trillian Astra), Mark Wing-Davey (Zaphod Beeblebrox), David Tate (Eddie the Computer), Martin Benson (Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz), Richard Evelyn Vernon (Slartibartfast), Valentine Dyall (Deep Thought)
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