Scott Adams - People Quotes

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Focus groups are people who are selected on the basis of their inexplicable free time and their common love of free sandwiches.

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The people who think a guy walked on water versus the people who think a horse can fly.

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God designs people's emotions so you fall in love with people who, in return, wouldn't even use your hollowed-out skull for a spittoon.

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Everyone says there's a lack of leadership in the world these days. I think we should all be thankful, because the only reason for leadership is to convince people to do things that are either dangerous (like invading another country) or stupid (working extra hard without extra pay).

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I can't bring myself to believe in a God with a personality like my own. I base that on the paucity of lightning attacks on people who deserve it.

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I think you should live your life so that the maximum number of people will attend your funeral.

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Decisions are made by people who have time, not people who have talent.

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Reporters are faced with the daily choice of painstakingly researching stories or writing whatever people tell them. Both approaches pay the same.

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Good advertising can make people buy your product even if it sucks... A dollar spent on brainwashing is more cost-effective than a dollar spent on product improvement.

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Normal people don't understand this concept; they believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet.

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Hard work is rewarding. Taking credit for other people's hard work is rewarding and faster.

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People are so conditioned to take sides that a balanced analysis looks to them like hatred.

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As you know, the best way to solve a problem is to identify the core belief that causes the problem; then mock that belief until the people who hold it insist that you heard them wrong.

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Always remember that as long as other people are gullible, there's no limit to what you can achieve.

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Dance like it hurts. Love like you need money. Work when people are watching. — Dogbert's Motto

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If you spend all your time arguing with people who are nuts, you'll be exhausted and the nuts will still be nuts.

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All great ideas look like bad ideas to people who are losers. It's always good to test a new idea with known losers to make sure they don't like it.

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Years later, when "Dilbert" was in thousands of newspapers, people often asked me if I ever imagined being so lucky. I usually said no, because that's the answer people expected. The truth is that I imagined every bit of good fortune that has come my way. But in my imagination I also invented a belt that would allow me to fly and had special permission from Congress to urinate like a bird wherever I wanted. I wake up every morning disappointed that I have to wear pants and walk. Imagination has a way of breeding disappointment.

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