Quotes by Scott Adams

About Scott Adams:

Scott Raymond Adams is an American cartoonist, creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, business, and general speculation.
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Theory of Evolution (Summary) First, there were some amoebas. Deviant amoebas adapted better to the environment, thus becoming monkeys. Then came Total Quality Management.

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Lately...the Peter Principle has given way to the "Dilbert Principle." The basic concept of the Dilbert Principle is that the most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management.

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Idiocy in the modern age isn't an all-encompassing, twenty-four-hour situation for most people. It's a condition that everybody slips into many times a day. Life is just too complicated to be smart all the time.

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Sometimes idiots can accomplish wonderful things.

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You can change only what people know, not what they do.

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The best you can hope for in a relationship is to find someone whose flaws are the sort you don’t mind. It is futile to look for someone who has no flaws, or someone who is capable of significant change; that sort of person exists only in our imagi...

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

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In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldn't have to ride around with jerks.

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The best things in life are silly.

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Some of my best friends are Venture Capitalists, but let's face it, a hamster with Alzheimer's could make those kind of numbers. It's great work if you can get it.

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Work is like the rest of life. The best parts are free.

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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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If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.

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There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.

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You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.

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I respectfully decline the invitation to join your hallucination.

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Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.

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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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There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives.

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameScott Adams
  • Descriptioncartoonist, writer
  • BornJune 8, 1957
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionComics Artist