Scott Adams: Quotes about thinking

“The source of all unhappiness is other people. As soon as you learn to
think of other people as noisy furniture, the sooner you will be happy.
- Wally's Keynote Speech”

Scott Adams

People , Thinking , Learning , Happiness

“I think New Yorkers are more provocative in every way.”

Scott Adams

[Scott Adams talks to Naval Ravikant, YouTube, 8 May 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu4RkmUIfR4] (55:42 of 56:02)

Way , Thinking

“If you think it’s easy to write jokes about fried calamari, you’ve probably never tried.”

Scott Adams

"Menus: Spicy Fried Calamari", Stacey's at Waterford, 2008-01-14 http://www.eatatstaceys.com/staceys-waterford/menus-lunch.php,
Restaurant menus

Thinking

“There’s nothing more humbling than seeing your best quotes in a list, and thinking they could have been written by a coma patient with a keyboard and spasms.”

Scott Adams

Source: Dilbert Blog, Quotes, 2007-02-26, http://web.archive.org/20070228095118/dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/02/quotes.html, 2007-02-28 http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/02/quotes.html,

Quotes , Thinking

“You might think the word “homemade” is just a word we use as a marketing ploy. But what you don’t realize is that the staff sleeps here at night. If your tablecloth is wrinkled, that’s why.”

Scott Adams

Restaurant menus
Source: "Menus: Stacey’s Homemade Soup Of The Day", Stacey's at Waterford, 2008-01-14 http://www.eatatstaceys.com/staceys-waterford/menus-lunch.php, Atttributed to Adams by "About Us", Stacey's at Waterford, 2008-01-14 http://www.eatatstaceys.com/staceys-waterford/about-us.php,

Thinking , Sleep , Night

“They say that dogs lick their own genitalia because they can. But I think it's at least partially because they don't have the Internet.”

Scott Adams

Dilbert blog, My day as a Neanderthal, 2006-10-25, http://web.archive.org/20061107115218/dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/10/my_day_as_a_nea.html, 2006-11-07 http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/10/my_day_as_a_nea.html,

Dogs , Thinking

“I am saying: I see a flame thrower. I think the flame thrower guy wins in the stick fight.”

Scott Adams

[Monticello, Justin; Manning, Alex; & Weissmueller, Zach, Dilbert Creator Scott Adams on Donald Trump's "Linguistic Kill Shots", reason.com, 6 October 2015, http://reason.com/reasontv/2015/10/06/donald-trump-is-a-master-wizard]

Guy , Thinking , Fight

“People think they follow advice but they don't. Humans are only capable of receiving information. They create their own advice. If you seek to influence someone, don't waste time giving advice. You can change only what people know, not what they do.”

Scott Adams book God's Debris

Source: Books, God's Debris (2001)

People , Change , Time , Thinking

“Thinking is easier than working. And the best kind of thinking is the kind where you don't have to write anything down, i.e., "meeting thinking." When you think up an idea during a meeting, all you have to do is blurt it out. You won't have to involve any parts of your body except your mouth and maybe your brain stem.”

Scott Adams book The Joy of Work

Source: Books, The Joy of Work (1998)

Idea , Thinking , Parting