564 Quotes by Scott Adams

The great thing about reading diverse news from the fields of business, health, science, technology, politics, and more is that you automatically see patterns in the world and develop mental hooks upon which you can hang future knowledge.

One thing I can say with complete certainty is that it is a bad idea to trust the majority of experts in any domain in which both complexity and large amounts of money are involved.

There’s nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot.

Common sense isn’t a real thing. And its ugly cousin, fairness, is a concept invented so dumb people could participate in arguments.

I’m curious how you’ll know it works. I assume it’s mostly a cosmetic change.

For the record, I am not a nut. I am an optimist. That’s exactly like a nut except with a better attitude.

My mother, in the style of the times, told me I could do anything I set my sights on. She said I could be the president, an astronaut, or the next Charles Schulz. I believed her because at that point in my life I hadn’t yet noticed the pattern of her deceptions.

In the long run, any system that depends on your willpower will fail.

He was tenser than Jesse Jackson on Father’s Day.