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" There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot. "
Scott Adams
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" People vote based on emotion. Period. "
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" You don't argue with a four-year old about why he shouldn't eat candy for dinner. You don't punch a mentally handicapped guy even if he punches you first. And you don't argue when a women tells you she's only making 80 cents to your dollar. It's the path of least resistance. You save your energy for more important battles. "
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Dinner
You
Women
" 'Dilbert' became popular during the downsizing of the '90s, and job security was a major theme of the strip. "
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Job
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Security
" The best things in life are silly. "
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Life
Things
Silly
" There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives. "
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Few
High
Through
" For most people, it's easy to be passionate about things that are working out, and that distorts our impression of the importance of passion. I've been involved in several dozen business ventures over the course of my life, and each one made me excited at the start. You might even call it passion. "
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Life
Business
Passion
" Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. "
Scott Adams
Creativity
Yourself
Art
" I had several different bosses during the early years of 'Dilbert.' They were all pretty sure I was mocking someone else. "
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Pretty
Years
Early
" The only risk of failure is promotion. "
Scott Adams
Promotion
Risk
Failure
" If you see voters as rational, you'll be a terrible politician. People are not wired to be rational. Our brains simply evolved to keep us alive. Brains did not evolve to give us truth. Brains merely give us movies in our minds that keeps us sane and motivated. But none of it is rational or true, except maybe sometimes by coincidence. "
Scott Adams
You
Minds
Movies
" Many, if not most, career opportunities come to you through people you know. So the more people you know, the more opportunities you have. Improving your social network is a great example of a system for moving from lower odds to better odds without having a specific goal. "
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People
Great
Moving
" I think if you talk to anybody who ever went from not having much to having enough to buy what they wanted, they're always happier. Now I get that whole '$75,000 a year is some kind of magic number,' but my experience is 'more is better, up to a point.' Then there's a point where it doesn't make any difference. "
Scott Adams
Better
You
Think
" If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done. "
Scott Adams
Show
Trouble
Done
" 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. "
Scott Adams
Nothing
Better
Dating
" I'm surrendering myself to the realities of the Internet. "
Scott Adams
Internet
Myself
Realities
" Let's form proactive synergy restructuring teams. "
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Restructuring
Synergy
Teams
" If a job's worth doing, it's too hard. "
Scott Adams
Job
Hard
Doing
" It doesn't take many people to have a bad sense of humor to get in trouble at a corporation. "
Scott Adams
Take
People
Sense Of Humor
" Consultants have credibility because they are not dumb enough to work at your company. "
Scott Adams
Company
Credibility
Enough
" Happiness is nothing but good health and freedom, and money is the single best way you can buy your freedom. "
Scott Adams
Freedom
Health
Happiness
" The computer cuts my production time in half. I love it. "
Scott Adams
Computer
Half
Time
" The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. "
Scott Adams
Numbers
Universe
System
" Home is pretty utopian. "
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Pretty
Utopian
Home
" I try to avoid giving advice. "
Scott Adams
Try
Advice
Giving
" If your goal is to lose 10 pounds, you may wake up each day with failure in mind because the goal is hard to reach, and you are progressing only by small amounts. It takes up all your willpower. I recommend that instead of a goal, you have a system. "
Scott Adams
Mind
Failure
Day
" 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. "
Scott Adams
Story
Money
Boss
" My old life - no amount of getting used to it would have made it right. "
Scott Adams
Life
Made
Old
" If your current get-rich project fails, take what you learned and try something else. Keep repeating until something lucky happens. The universe has plenty of luck to go around; you just need to keep your hand raised until it's your turn. It helps to see failure as a road and not a wall. "
Scott Adams
Luck
Need
Failure
" Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. "
Scott Adams
Engineers
Create
Will
" 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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Way
Voice
Think