Scott Adams Quotes

I hated my work. It never seemed to me to be what I should be doing.

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• We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • Building
  • Determination
  • Confused

• The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.

  

  Harrison Birtwistle
  • You
  • Same
  • Influence

• Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • World
  • City
  • Diversity

• So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Light
  • Darkness
  • Stillness

• Once you are a model, you do have to fly a million red-eye flights, and you do have to entertain a different client every single day.

  

  Cameron Russell
  • Different
  • Single
  • Day

• Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Strong
  • Me
  • Religious

• The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.

  

  C. V. Raman
  • Work
  • Thinking
  • Science

• Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.

  

  Sally Pearson
  • Myself
  • Winning
  • Gold

• I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing.

  

  Aaron Douglas
  • Acting
  • Doing
  • Worst

• One place had a winning record that I went to, and that was Detroit. Rick Carlisle laid a foundation that gave us a chance to win a championship.

  

  Larry Brown
  • Winning
  • Chance
  • Win

• Be real with yourself in whatever area of your life and your game that you need improvement on. Once you figure that out, you just have to go out and work on it. For me, it's footwork. I constantly work on it, and it's a never-ending process.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Life
  • Work
  • Real

• If some people try to make a prenup into a pre-negotiation of a divorce... Well, that's really sad. But I do think that it's important to understand what each person has coming into the relationship, and what each person expects from the relationship. They aren't always fun discussions to have, and they can be very eye-opening.

  

  Laura Wasser
  • People
  • Important
  • Fun

• Out of the Slow Food movement has grown something called the Slow Cities movement, which has started in Italy but has spread right across Europe and beyond. And in this, towns begin to rethink how they organize the urban landscape so that people are encouraged to slow down and smell the roses and connect with one another.

  

  Carl Honore
  • People
  • Food
  • Roses

• A lot of very successful businessmen share some of these sociopathic traits - a lack of empathy, seeing people as commodities, projecting an air of sincerity when everything is actually calculated.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • People
  • Air
  • Successful

• I felt that it was cool to even get to the point where I was able to audition on the actual 'SNL' stage. Looking back on it, I can't believe that I wasn't more nervous.

  

  Vanessa Bayer
  • Believe
  • Cool
  • Looking Back

• Whether I'm a bit of an old soul or not, I am who I am, and that doesn't change, whether I'm with adults or with my friends.

  

  Hailee Steinfeld
  • Friends
  • Soul
  • Change

• Slump? I ain't in no slump... I just ain't hitting.

  

  Yogi Berra
  • Just
  • Hitting
  • Slump

• We all have different perspectives on the world. I'm a woman. I live in Chicago. I'm gay.

  

  Laura Ricketts
  • World
  • Different
  • Live

• We got bigger, much scarier competitors. We ended up with Microsoft, a company with all the money in the world, the way I look at those guys. And IBM, another company that, historically, dwarfed us.

  

  Safra A. Catz
  • Up
  • World
  • Money

• 'These games are marvelous,' Amanda said. 'I like them especially because they are so meaningless and boring, and trivial. These qualities, once regarded as less than desirable, are now everywhere enthroned as the key elements in our psychological lives, as reflected in the art of the period as well as-'

  

  Donald Barthelme
  • Art
  • Period

• More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.

  

  Barbara Boxer
  • Women
  • Country
  • Respect

• Writing is what we do. What else could I want in a life partner than someone who knows and shares what I do?

  

  Clark Blaise
  • Life
  • Writing
  • Partner

• On 'Sex and The City', when Carrie talked about money problems, I would always think, 'Sell your shoes!'

  

  Marti Noxon
  • Money
  • City
  • Sex

• I hated my work. It never seemed to me to be what I should be doing.

  

  Scott Adams
  • Work
  • Hated