Scott Adams
Scott Adams
Scott Raymond Adamsis an American cartoonist, creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, business, and general speculation...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth8 June 1957
CityWindham, NY
CountryUnited States of America
nuisance
If you become a nuisance ... they're not going to like you.
decide mind minutes three trying
I don't think I ever really go more than 30 minutes before I've got two or three things in my mind and I'm trying to decide which of them to use,
beauty bunch employees environment ideas infinite office room run ways work
I don't think I'm ever going to run out of ideas, ... The beauty of the office environment is that you put a bunch of dysfunctional employees in one room and they will find new ways to be dysfunctional that you could never imagine. I think I have an infinite well of ideas to work from.
character precisely strip
He's the most soul-destroying character in the strip precisely because he doesn't know he's being evil,
actual convinced
I'm not convinced that there is actual gluten in the fries.
help knew needed regardless surgical
I knew from the get-go I was going to help out, regardless of what he needed, even if he needed surgical intervention, I knew I was going to help him out,
bad good metaphor sound
A good metaphor can make any bad idea sound good.
demos law
All vendor demos are boring. It's the law, I think.
bring casinos downtown living people
The idea is just to bring people downtown, ... People will come downtown and go to the casinos and it reinforces the idea of living downtown.
believe citizens dangerous rest rocket trust weapons
I believe everyody 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.
writing decision doe
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.
people dollars cost
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.
smart differences people
People are idiots. Including me. Everyone is an idiot, not just the people with the low SAT scores. The only difference is that we're idiots about different things at different times. No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot.
silly technology interesting
Some people fear that technology will become more engaging than live human interactions. That's silly; technology is already way more interesting than other people.