564 Quotes by Scott Adams

You should also try to figure out which people are thing people and which ones are people people.

We know the goats are imported because they don’t speak English.

If I liked food and disliked exercise as much as a 400 pound guy, I’d be a 400 pound guy.

One of the reasons why you like to do your own drawings is, your style changes over time. And there’s something about that that keeps it fresh to the viewer.

Accept that some days you are the pigeon and some days you are the statue.

I burned out my drawing hand by using it too much. The common word for it is writer’s cramp. The fancy words for it are focal dystonia. The symptom in my case was a pinky finger that went spastic when I tried to draw.

Pessimism is often a failure of imagination. If you can imagine the future being brighter, it lifts your energy and gooses the chemistry in your body that produces a sensation of happiness.

When politicians tell lies, they know the press will call them out. They also know it doesn’t matter. Politicians understand that reason will never have much of a role in voting decisions. A lie that makes a voter feel good is more effective than a hundred rational arguments. That’s even true when the voter knows the lie is a lie.

Managing your personal energy is like managing budgets in a company.