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Scott Adams Quotes
«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.»
Author: Scott Adams
(Cartoonist)
| Keywords:
date from, dating, defines, humans, irrational, lotteries, phenomenally, principle, pursuit, unlikely, willingness
«I believe everyody in the world should have guns. Citizens should have bazookas and rocket launchers too. I believe that all citizens should have their weapons of choice. However, I also believe that only I should have the ammunition. Because frankly, I wouldn't trust the rest of the goobers with anything more dangerous than string.»
Author: Scott Adams
(Cartoonist)
| Keywords:
ammunition, bazooka, bazookas, citizens, frankly, goober, guns, rocket, rockets, string, The Rocket, weapons
«In Japan, employees occasionally work themselves to death. It's called Karoshi. I don't want that to happen to anybody in my department. The trick is to take a break as soon as you see a bright light and hear dead relatives beckon.»
Author: Scott Adams
(Cartoonist)
| Keywords:
beckon, beckoned, beckoning, beckons, bright, department, departments, Department of, employees, japan, occasionally, relatives, trick
«There are very few personal problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives»
Author: Scott Adams
(Cartoonist)
| About:
Problems,
Solution
| Keywords:
application, explosives, high, high explosives, personal, solved, suitable
«Consultants have credibility because they are not dumb enough to work at your company»
Author: Scott Adams
(Cartoonist)
| About:
Company,
Funny,
Office Politics,
Work
| Keywords:
company, consultant, consultants, credibility, dumb, dumber, dumbest, work at
«Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.»
Author: Scott Adams
(Cartoonist)
| Keywords:
blaming, decision making, guessing, inadequate, informed, tradition
«I respectfully decline the invitation to join your hallucination»
Author: Scott Adams
(Cartoonist)
| Keywords:
decline, hallucination, hallucinations, invitation, invitations, join, respectfully
«If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.»
Author: Scott Adams
(Cartoonist)
| Keywords:
condescend, condescended, condescending, sounding, UNIX, user