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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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.

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There are always deadlines I have to meet. I don't let myself get too close to the deadlines, so it's not like I'm just sweating bullets or anything if the clock is ticking. I never let myself get in that situation.

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I burned out my drawing hand by using it too much. The common word for it is writer's cramp. The fancy words for it are focal dystonia. The symptom in my case was a pinky finger that went spastic when I tried to draw.

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If a job's worth doing, it's too hard.

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'Dilbert' became popular during the downsizing of the '90s, and job security was a major theme of the strip.

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I'm predicting that we'll finally have a computer will search my e-mail automatically and delete every message that begins with 'thought you'd be interested,' and then give an electrical shock to the sender to remind him or her to stop send that kind...

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I would sometimes sit in a crowded restaurant, and say, 'You know, I'm the only person in this restaurant who can't draw.'

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I try to manage my day by my circadian rhythms because the creativity is such an elusive thing, and I could easily just stomp over it doing my administrative stuff.

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When times are bad, the gloves come off and employers are less nice. People become disposable.

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I have a perverse attraction to risk. Not physical risk but emotional, financial risk - anything than can't kill you immediately.

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I had several different bosses during the early years of 'Dilbert.' They were all pretty sure I was mocking someone else.

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In fact, most people are being squeezed in their little cubicle, and their creativity is forced out elsewhere, because the company can't use it. The company is organized to get rid of variants.

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I'm surrendering myself to the realities of the Internet.

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Let's form proactive synergy restructuring teams.

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The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers.

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I get mail; therefore I am.

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One way to compensate for a tiny brain is to pretend to be dead.

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My investments have been hurt.

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I'm primarily just an investor.

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For most of my career I did one comic a day, every day, including weekends and holidays.

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I try to avoid giving advice.

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Author Bio

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