Scott Adams Quotes

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• The maintenance man is moving the thermostat in our office today. I started talking with him about the

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  Moving, Men, Talking

  Scott Adams (2007). “Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More”, p.240, Penguin

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• Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

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  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Scott Adams (2007). “Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More”, p.438, Penguin

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• If you spend all your time arguing with people who are nuts, you'll be exhausted and the nuts will still be nuts.

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  Nuts, People, Arguing

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• I used to be stupid but I've turned that situation around 360 degrees.

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  Stupid, Funny But True, Degrees

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• You don't have to be a 'person of influence' to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.

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  Inspirational Life, Teaching, Learning

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• Continuing to believe the same thing, even in the face of new evidence to the contrary, is the definition of insanity - except in politics where it's called leadership.

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  Believe, Political, Insanity

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• Large corporations welcome innovation and individualism in the same way the dinosaurs welcomed large meteors.

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  Innovation, Meteors, Way

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• I wish I were dumber so I could be more certain about my opinions. It looks fun.

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  Funny, Stupidity, Dumb

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• On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.

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  Life, Wisdom, Keys

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• Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.

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  Inspirational, Kindness, Small Acts

  "A Kind Word". DNRC Newsletter #9, December 1995.

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  Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.

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  Anger, Engineering, Problem

  Scott Adams (1996). “The Dilbert principle: a cubicle's-eye view of bosses, meetings, management fads & other workplace afflictions”

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• If you want success, figure out the price, then pay it.

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  Want, Pay, Figures

  Scott Adams (2013). “How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life”, p.37, Penguin

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• There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.

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  Idiot, Dilbert, Danger

  Scott Adams (2007). “Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More”, p.439, Penguin

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• People are so conditioned to take sides that a balanced analysis looks to them like hatred.

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  People, Hatred, Sides

  "Fictional character: Dilbert". Daily Dilbert, March 26, 2005.

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• No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot.

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  Smart, Humor, Matter

  Scott Adams (1996). “The Dilbert principle: a cubicle's-eye view of bosses, meetings, management fads & other workplace afflictions”

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• Remember, freedom is always taken, never given.

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  Taken, Political, Remember

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• Always remember that as long as other people are gullible, there's no limit to what you can achieve.

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  Long, People, Limits

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• Life is half delicious yogurt, half crap, and your job is to keep the plastic spoon in the yogurt.

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  Jobs, Food, Yogurt

  Scott Adams (2007). “Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More”, p.222, Penguin

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• The most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management.

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  Funny, Business, Work

  Wall Street Journal, 22 May 1995 See Peter 1

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• I think you should live your life so that the maximum number of people will attend your funeral.

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  Death, Suicide, Thinking

  Scott Adams (2007). “Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More”, p.445, Penguin

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• If you want to kill an idea without being identified as the assassin, suggest that the legal department take a look at it.

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  Funny Work, Ideas, Looks

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• Beware of those who try to sell you simple answers to complex questions.

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  Simple, Religion, Trying

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• The day you realize that your efforts and rewards are not related, it really frees up your calendar.

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  Effort, Calendars, Rewards

  Scott Adams (2008). “Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert”, p.14, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Everything you learn becomes a shortcut for understanding something else.

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  Understanding, Shortcuts

  Scott Adams (2013). “How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life”, p.74, Penguin

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• Good advertising can make people buy your product even if it sucks ... A dollar spent on brainwashing is more cost-effective than a dollar spent on product improvement.

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  People, Dollars, Cost

  Scott Adams (1996). “The Dilbert principle: a cubicle's-eye view of bosses, meetings, management fads & other workplace afflictions”

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