Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Scott Adams (American Cartoonist)

Scott Raymond Adams (b.1957) is an American comic strip cartoonist. He is the creator of the satirical office-humor comic strip Dilbert.

Born in Windham, New York, Adams was a fan of Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts comics while growing up and started drawing his comics at age 6. Bored with his job as a financial analyst at a phone company, Adams began poking fun at workplace absurdities in his cartoon, which he first developed to include in his business presentations. He developed the Dilbert characters based on the personalities of his colleagues during his professional career. Adams has published Dilbert since 1989 and has syndicated it to some 2,000 newspapers in 70 countries.

Adams is also the author of many nonfiction works of spoof, commentary, business, and general speculation. He published How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life in 2014.

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Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days you are the statue.
Scott Adams

A person with a flexible schedule and average resources will be happier than a rich person who has everything except a flexible schedule. Step one in your search for happiness is to continually work toward having control of your schedule.
Scott Adams

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.
Scott Adams
Topics: Influence, Teachers, Teaching

You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.
Scott Adams
Topics: Stupidity

There’s a fine line between participation and mockery.
Scott Adams
Topics: Criticism, Critics, Plagiarism

I believe everybody in the world should have guns. Citizens should have bazookas and rocket launchers too. I believe that all citizens should have their weapons of choice. However, I also believe that only I should have the ammunition. Because frankly, I wouldn’t trust the rest of the goobers with anything more dangerous than string.
Scott Adams

If you notice a lot of attention being given to process improvement, it’s a sure sign that all the smart employees have left the company and those who remain are desperately trying to find a “process” that is so simple that the boneheads who remain can handle it.
Scott Adams

The maintenance man is moving the thermostat in our office today. I started talking with him about the
Scott Adams
Topics: Control

I’m slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can’t motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.
Scott Adams
Topics: Motivation

Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.
Scott Adams
Topics: Problems

Technology: No Place for Wimps!
Scott Adams
Topics: Technology

Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.
Scott Adams

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

My experience tells me that in this complicated world the simplest explanation is usually dead wrong. But I’ve noticed that the simplest explanation usually sounds right and is far more convincing than any complicated explanation could hope to be.
Scott Adams
Topics: Rationality

There are many methods for predicting the future. For example, you can read horoscopes, tea leaves, tarot cards, or crystal balls. Collectively, these methods are known as “nutty methods.” Or you can put well-researched facts into sophisticated computer models, more commonly referred to as “a complete waste of time.”
Scott Adams
Topics: Future

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?
Scott Adams
Topics: Stupidity

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Scott Adams
Topics: Mistakes, To Be Born Everyday, Creativity, Art

Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
Scott Adams
Topics: Revenge

Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
Scott Adams
Topics: Kindness

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