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Scott Adams

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Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

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In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldn't have to ride around with jerks.

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The best things in life are silly.

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Some of my best friends are Venture Capitalists, but let's face it, a hamster with Alzheimer's could make those kind of numbers. It's great work if you can get it.

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Work is like the rest of life. The best parts are free.

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

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Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart.

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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.

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The only risk of failure is promotion.

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Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.

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The greenest home is the one you don't build. If you really want to save the Earth, move in with another family and share a house that's already built. Better yet, live in the forest and eat whatever the squirrels don't want.

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I think 'Dilbert' will remain popular as long as employees are frustrated and they fear the consequences of complaining too loudly. 'Dilbert' is the designated voice of discontent for the workplace. I never planned it that way. It just happened.

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Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.

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Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source of energy on the planet: stupidity. I predict that in the future, scientists will learn how to convert stupidity into clean fuel.

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Home is pretty utopian.

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Obviously there's not much options when you're a cartoonist - you pretty much either work at home or rent an office I guess, and working at home just seems easier.

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It doesn't take many people to have a bad sense of humor to get in trouble at a corporation.

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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?

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We must develop knowledge optimization initiatives to leverage our key learnings.

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When you hire that first person, then you're a boss. You've got performance reviews. You've got complaints about not making enough money. You've got people who are just going to sell your story to the tabloids.

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