Scott Adams

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Quote	Categories	Rating	Rate
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."	Art, Creativity, Knowledge
"I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles."	Age, Men, Power
"No matter how smart you are, you spend much of your day being an idiot."	Art, Time
"Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive."	Art, Failure, Goals
"There are many methods for predicting the future. For example, you can read horoscopes, tea leaves, tarot cards, or crystal balls. Collectively, these methods are known as 'nutty methods.' Or you can put well-researched facts into sophisticated computer models, more commonly referred to as "a complete waste of time."	Intelligence, Knowledge, Men
"We're a planet of nearly six billion ninnies living in a civilization that was designed by a few thousand amazingly smart deviants."	Art, Life
"We expect others to act rationally even though we are irrational."	Miscellaneous
"The Dilbert Principle: The most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage--Management."	Age, Men
"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."	Memory
"Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems."	Ability

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