Scott Adams

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"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."

― Scott Adams

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"Time is so short, you can't make a debug..."

― Scott Adams

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"If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done. "

― Scott Adams

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"To the engineer, all matter in the universe can be placed into one of two categories: (1) things that need to be fixed, and (2) things that will need to be fixed after you've had a few minutes to play with them. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems. Normal people don't understand this concept; they 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. "

― Scott Adams

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"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."

― Scott Adams

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"There's nothing more dangerous than a resourceful idiot."

― Scott Adams

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"Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant."

― Scott Adams

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"If you want to kill an idea without being identified as the assassin, suggest that the legal department take a look at it."

― Scott Adams

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"The most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management."

― Scott Adams

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"Scientists will eventually stop flailing around with solar power and focus their efforts on harnessing the only truly unlimited source of energy on the planet: stupidity. I predict that in the future, scientists will learn how to convert stupidity into clean fuel."

― Scott Adams

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"Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results."

― Scott Adams

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"You can change only what people know, not what they do."

― Scott Adams

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"Reality is always controlled by the people who are the most insane."

― Scott Adams

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"The only risk of failure is promotion."

― Scott Adams

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“Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily avialable, they will create their own problems.”

― Scott Adams

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"One thing I can say with complete certainty is that it is a bad idea to trust the majority of experts in any domain in which both complexity and large amounts of money are involved."

― Scott Adams