Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went m... - Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"Exactly!"said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means."

"For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons."

"So this is it,"said Arthur, "We are going to die.""Yes,"said Ford, "except... no! Wait a minute!"He suddenly lunged across the chamber at something behind Arthur's line of vision. "What's this switch?"he cried."What? Where?"cried Arthur, twisting round."No, I was only fooling,"said Ford, "we are going to die after all."

"Ow! My brains!"

"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."