Scott Adams Quotes
Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart.
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I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.
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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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I think Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people.
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You who speak languages, you are such liars.
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When my husband is away and I'm by myself, my neighbours will insist I eat with them every single night because they see it as unhealthy to eat by yourself.
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I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.
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I'm very curious to know what it's like, death - I always say to my wife, 'I wonder if we'll have the 'New York Times' when we're dead.'
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People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.
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At a person-to-person level, I think that there's always something to be said for having some empathy for the folks who really, really disagree with you about a given topic.
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If you set out to write an adjective novel, you're setting out to write a mediocre novel; your allegiance is to the adjective, not to the story, and then that just sucks all the joy right out of it.
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I have no regrets. I've got my health.
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I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.
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I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and ocean in the world, were united to support me in the task to which I have now been dedicated with such solemnity.
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I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28.
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People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.
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I try to surround myself with people smarter than me - if I'm the smartest guy in the room, I change rooms.
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Not the fruit of experience, but experience itself, is the end.
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Do you know that my personal crusade in life (in the philosophical sense) is not merely to fight collectivism, nor to fight altruism? These are only consequences, effects, not causes. I am out after the real cause, the real root of evil on earth - the irrational.
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More people need to understand the games secular liberals play. Here's one rule-of-thumb: No matter how bad a story sounds - particularly if it sounds bad - recognize the pattern of defamation.
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Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart.
