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Scott Adams

(born 1957) Full name: Scott Raymond Adams. An American cartoonist and writer, best known for his Dilbert series of comic strips and books. Also he is the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, business, and general speculation.

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.

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

Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.

If a job's worth doing, it's too hard.

If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.

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?

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.

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

You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.

You don't have to be a "person of influence" to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.