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
aggravation hallucinations dilbert
I respectfully decline the invitation to join your hallucination.
jobs people empowering
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.
people management knows
You can change only what people know, not what they do.
relationship significant-change imagination
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 imaginations.
forgiveness revenge inspire
Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
stupid dumb enough
Consultants have credibility because they are not dumb enough to work at your company.
vacation three not-happy
I'm not happy on vacation. In those rare times when I have three hours with no work I have to do, I'm terribly uncomfortable.
christian religious atheist
Ask a deeply religious Christian if he’d rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless network in his house. On the scale of prejudice, atheists don’t seem so bad lately.
reality people insane
Reality is always controlled by the people who are the most insane.
happiness success hope
Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.
ignorance views sea
We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. H. P. LOVECRAFT, "The Call of Cthulhu" When did ignorance become a point of view?
funny smart stupid
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?
dating religion principles
Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.
inspirational stupid silly
The best things in life are silly.