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
knowledge light boss
Boss: I just heard that light travels faster than sound. I'm wondering if I should shout when I speak, just so my lips appear to sync-up with my words.
clock-is-ticking bullets clock-ticking
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.
nice people gloves
When times are bad, the gloves come off and employers are less nice. People become disposable.
emotional risk financial
I have a perverse attraction to risk. Not physical risk but emotional, financial risk - anything than can't kill you immediately.
brain tiny way
One way to compensate for a tiny brain is to pretend to be dead.
dilbert weirdo
Everybody is somebody's else's weirdo
levels awareness function
Intelligence is a measure of how well you function within your level of awareness.
spring obstacles cartoonist
Most success springs from an obstacle or failure.
knowledge thinking ideas
One of the great things about being ignorant is that I often think my ideas are original. It's a wonderful feeling. That's why I try to avoid any knowledge that would spoil the sensation. Sometimes it isn't easy. People keep hurling knowledge at me, and I can't always duck.
example making-money social
I rank money higher than social life or meaning because once you have money, those other things are easier to get. For example, you won't have much of a social life if you can't afford to do anything. And you can't make money if your health is a mess.
time tea-leaves balls
Methods for predicting the future: 1) read horoscopes, tea leaves, tarot cards, or crystal balls . . . collectively known as "nutty methods;" 2) put well-researched facts into sophisticated computer . . . commonly referred to as "a complete waste of time."
sight likes plain-sight
Failure is where success likes to hide in plain sight.
information way want
The best way to compile inaccurate information that no one wants is to make it up.
differences alcohol marketing
The main difference between marketing and fraud is that criminals have to pay for their own alcohol.