Scott Adams Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Scott Adams
Scott Adams Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Scott Adams on Wise Famous Quotes.
The power of daydreaming is similar to the power of well-made movies that can make you cry or make you laugh.
Science is a good thing. News reporters are good things too. But it's never a good idea to put them in the same room.
In the future, it will become increasingly obvious that your competitors are just as clueless as you are.
I pursued a conscious strategy of managing my opportunities in a way that would make it easier for luck to find me.
Quality is not an independent force in the universe; it depends on what you choose as your frame of reference. When
Your best work involves timing. If someone wrote the best hip hop song of all time in the Middle Ages, he had bad timing.
Be careful that what you write does not offend anybody or cause problems within the company. The safest approach is to remove all useful information.
The main difference between marketing and fraud is that criminals have to pay for their own alcohol.
'Dilbert' became popular during the downsizing of the '90s, and job security was a major theme of the strip.
I had several different bosses during the early years of 'Dilbert.' They were all pretty sure I was mocking someone else.
Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If they are not there the first time you need them, chances are you won't be needing them again.
You can't keep all bad luck from finding you, but you can fortify yourself to the point where the smaller stuff bounces off.
Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding.
If you want to kill an idea without being identified as the assassin, suggest that the legal department take a look at it.
God designs people's emotions so you fall in love with people who, in return, wouldn't even use your hollowed-out skull for a spittoon.
This was my first exposure to the idea that one should have a system instead of a goal. The system was to continually look for better options.
If you want success, figure out the price, then pay it. It sounds trivial and obvious, but if you unpack the idea it has extraordinary power.
If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
We're a planet of nearly six billion ninnies living in a civilization that was designed by a few thousand amazingly smart deviants.
I discovered what I call the Bill Gates effect. That is, the more successful you are, the uglier you get.
The best you can hope for in this life is that your delusions are benign and your compulsions have utility.
Normal people ... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.
Your business clothes are naturally attracted to staining liquids. This attraction is strongest just before an important meeting.
Reporters are faced with the daily choice of painstakingly researching stories or writing whatever people tell them. Both approaches pay the same.
I have a perverse attraction to risk. Not physical risk but emotional, financial risk - anything than can't kill you immediately.
Other studies back this notion - physical fitness and daily exercise are correlated with success in business and in life.3 There's
I can't bring myself to believe in a God with a personality like my own. I base that on the paucity of lightning attacks on people who deserve it.
The Cheesecake Factory is a great business model, but if you take your wife there for your 25th wedding anniversary, you might not reach your 26th.
The day you realize that your efforts and rewards are not related, it really frees up your calendar,
No matter how many times I visit New York City, I am always struck by the same thing - a yellow taxicab.
Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.