20 Inspirational Quotes From Baby Boomer Cartoonist Scott Adams Dilbert Creator
--One of the hardest parts of my job is figuring out what other people will think is funny. You’d think that would be easy, but my own sense of humor is far from the mainstream. I can’t assume others will laugh at the same things I find funny.--Dilbert was a composite of my potato-shaped co-workers at Pacific Bell, when I had a cubicle job of my own.
--Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.
--Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
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--Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.
--I'm a combination of several characters. Physically, I'm a thinner, shorter, balder version of Dilbert. Same glasses. But attitude-wise, I'm pure Dogbert, with a dash of Wally.
--Normal people... 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.
--If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
--No cartoonist has ever been hugely successful just on the Web, unless you count "Dilbert" which used its Web success to get into more newspapers. But someday, cartoons will only be on the Web. I just don't know how long that will be.--One "oh shit" can erase a thousand attaboys
--Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.
--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.
--You don't have to be a "person of influence" to be influential. In fact, the most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they've taught me.
--If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?
--Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.
--The best things in life are silly.
--Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs.
--Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart.
--In less enlightened times, the best way to impress women was to own a hot car. But women wised up and realized it was better to buy their own hot cars so they wouldn't have to ride around with jerks.
--I have a theory that everyone is born with a similar quantity of luck, but it’s distributed unevenly over a lifetime. Some people have their bad luck early in life, followed by good luck for the rest of their lives, and vice versa.
Scott Adams was born in Windham, New York in 1957, and graduated valedictorian from Windham Central School, in a class size of 39.
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In 1988 Adams mailed some sample comic strips featuring Dilbert to the major cartoon syndicates. United Feature Syndicate plucked Dilbert out of thousands of submissions received that year and offered Adams a contract. Dilbert was launched in about 50 newspapers in 1989.
Adams continued his day job at Pacific Bell until 1995, drawing Dilbert every day before work. Now Adams devotes his entire day (and much of the evening) to Dilbert, including speaking, writing, doing interviews, designing artwork for licensed products and answering hundreds of e-mail messages per day.
Trivia: Adams is trained as a hypnotist and is a vegetarian. He is a strong believer in affirmations.
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20 Inspirational Quotes From Baby Boomer Cartoonist Scott Adams Dilbert Creator
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