It is, of course, well known that careless talk costs lives, but the full scale of the problem is not always appreciated.

— The Hitchhiker’S Guide To The Galaxy Book (Peter Jones)

communicationconsequencespeter jonestalkingthe hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy book

7 seconds sound clip from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) - Episode 4 sitcom.

You can hear this line at 00:20:00.679 in the Blu-ray version of the TV Series.

Quote context

[...]

- Now? To meet mice? You want me to meet mice now?

- It won't be a great social occasion, I'm afraid.

- Repeat, at once!

- I seem to be having this tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle.

- I beg your pardon?

- What? I'm sorry. Fatuous thing to say, really.

- I thought so.

- It is, of course, well known that careless talk costs lives, but the full scale of the problem is not always appreciated.

- For instance, at the very moment that Arthur said, 'I seem to be having this tremendous difficulty with my lifestyle'...

- A freak wormhole opened up in the fabric of the space-time continuum, and carried his words far back in time, across infinite reaches of space to a distant galaxy, where strange, war-like beings were poised on the brink of frightful interstellar battle.

- The two opposing leaders were meeting for the last time.

- And a dreadful silence fell across the conference table as the commander of the Vl'hurgs, resplendent in his red-jewelled battle shorts, gazed levelly at the G'Gugvunt leader squatting opposite him.

[...]

Top rated lines from this movie

And lots of the people were mean and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.
Drink up. The world's about to end.
Oh. I wonder what'll happen if I press this button? -Don't! -Oh... -What happened? A sign lit up, saying, 'Please do not press this button again.'
Have you any idea how much damage this bulldozer would suffer if I were to let it roll straight over you? -How much? -None at all.
Here's a second-hand car salesman, third class.

MOVIE-SOUNDS.ORG - Download and listen to lines and quotes from movies which can be used as ringtones. A movie phrases and sayings search engine.

 

All the movie sound clips on this site are just short samples from the original sources, in mp3, wav or other popular audio formats. The copyrighted, unlicensed movie samples are shorter in comparison to the original movie. Samples do not exceed 10 seconds or less than 1% of the length of the original movie, which is shorter. All the sounds retain their original copyright as owned by their respective movie production companies (read the full disclaimer and disclosures)

Contact | Privacy policy