"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so." "Very deep," said Arthur, "you should send that in to the… — Douglas Adams

It said: "The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why and Where phases.

"For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question How can we eat? the second by the question Why do we eat? and the third by the question Where shall we have lunch?"

"What's up?"

"I don't know," said Marvin, "I've never been there."

"Forty-two," said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.