Quotes from book

Mostly Harmless

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

“Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.”

“You live and learn. At any rate, you live.”

“It can be very dangerous to see things from somebody else's point of view without the proper training.”

“Let the past hold on to itself and let the present move forward into the future.”

“A beach house isn't just real estate. It's a state of mind.”

“He had got himself a life. Now he had to find a purpose in it.”

“She had what it took: great hair, a profound understanding of strategic lip gloss, the intelligence to understand the world and a tiny secret interior deadness which meant she didn’t care.”

“What was the self-sacrifice?"
I jettisoned half of a much-loved and I think irreplaceable pair of shoes."
Why was that self-sacrifice?"
Because they were mine!" said Ford, crossly.
I think we have different value systems."
Well mine's better.”