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title: "5 Bricks Quotes By Douglas Adams"
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> [The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-hitch-hiker-s-guide-to-the-galaxy-also-mentions-alcohol-it-says/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a9/douglas-adams-122_alcohol_the-hitch-hiker-s-guide-to-the-galaxy-al_420877.jpg)

> [Your God person puts an apple tree in the middle of a garden and says, do what you like, guys, oh, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/your-god-person-puts-an-apple-tree-in-the-middle-of-a-garden-and-says/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/douglas-adams-122_apple-trees_your-god-person-puts-an-apple-tree-in-th_779073.png)

> [The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-ships-hung-in-the-sky-in-much-the-same-way-that-bricks-don-t/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f9/douglas-adams-122_bricks_the-ships-hung-in-the-sky-in-much-the-sa_1591473.png)

> [Dennis Hutch had stepped up into the top seat when its founder had died of a lethal overdose of brick wall, taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/dennis-hutch-had-stepped-up-into-the-top-seat-when-its-founder-had/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d7/douglas-adams-122_bottles_dennis-hutch-had-stepped-up-into-the-top_1669824.png)

> [ \[The kakapo\] is an extremely fat bird. A good-sized adult will weigh about six or seven pounds, and its wings are just… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-kakapo-is-an-extremely-fat-bird-a-good-sized-adult-will-weigh/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa4/douglas-adams-122_adults_the-kakapo-is-an-extremely-fat-bird-a-go_2909273.jpg)

## Other authors on Bricks

## More by Douglas Adams

> [2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/2-000-years-ago-one-man-got-nailed-to-a-tree-for-saying-how-great-it/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

> [What a wonderfully exciting cough,' said the little man, quite startled by it, 'do you mind if I join you?' And with that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/what-a-wonderfully-exciting-cough-said-the-little-man-quite-startled/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

> [The technology involved in making anything invisible is so infinitely complex that nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-technology-involved-in-making-anything-invisible-is-so-infinitely/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

> [One is never alone with a rubber duck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/one-is-never-alone-with-a-rubber-duck/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

> [This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/this-must-be-thursday-i-never-could-get-the-hang-of-thursdays/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

> [There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/there-are-some-oddities-in-the-perspective-with-which-we-see-the-world/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

> [“Eight hours West sat a man alone on a beach mourning an inexplicable loss. He could only think of his loss in little packets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/eight-hours-west-sat-a-man-alone-on-a-beach-mourning-an-inexplicable/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

> [“The Universe, the whole infinite Universe. The infinite suns, the infinite distances between them, and yourself an invisible dot on an invisible dot, infinitely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-universe-the-whole-infinite-universe-the-infinite-suns-the/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

> [People always make this totally artificial distinction between what is commercial and what is good. They quote that maxim "Nobody ever lost money underestimating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/people-always-make-this-totally-artificial-distinction-between-what/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

> [Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/any-man-who-can-hitch-the-length-and-breadth-of-the-galaxy-rough-it/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

> [ Does God know he \[exists\]?" "Of course he does. Otherwise, you could not have asked the question, and I could not have answered. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/does-god-know-he-exists-of-course-he-does-otherwise-you-could-not/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

> [“When we told our guide that we didn't want to go to all the tourist places he took us instead to the places where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/when-we-told-our-guide-that-we-didn-t-want-to-go-to-all-the-tourist/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

> [“But Douglas was a genius, because he saw the world differently, and more importantly, he could communicate the world he saw.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/but-douglas-was-a-genius-because-he-saw-the-world-differently-and/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

> [“The bits which did mean anything were often so wonderfully buried that no one could ever spot them slipping past in the avalanche of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-bits-which-did-mean-anything-were-often-so-wonderfully-buried/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

> [You come to me for advice, but you can't cope with anything you don't recognize. Hmmm. So we'll have to tell you something you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/you-come-to-me-for-advice-but-you-can-t-cope-with-anything-you-don-t/)

[Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/)

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