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Man is a game playing animal and a computer is another way to play games.

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Scott Adams
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: June 8
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I keep hearing the argument that some things are constitutional while other things are not. The idea is that we should be in favor of all the things that were decided over 200 years ago by a bunch of slave-owning cross-dressers who pooped in holes.
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'Dilbert' became popular during the downsizing of the '90s, and job security was a major theme of the strip.
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The people who think a guy walked on water versus the people who think a horse can fly.
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Dilbert: It took weeks but I've calculated a new theory about the origin of the universe. According to my calculations it didn't start with a Big Bang at all-it was more of Phhbwt sound. You may be wondering about the practical applications of the Little Phhbwt theory. Dogbert: I was wondering when you'll go away.
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Dilbert: Evolution must be true because it is a logical conclusion of the scientific method. Dogbert: But science is based on the irrational belief that because we cannot perceive reality all at once, things called time and cause and effect exist. Dilbert: That's what I was taught and that's what I believe. Dogbert: Sounds cultish.
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For our purposes, let’s say a goal is a specific objective that you either achieve or don’t sometime in the future. A system is something you do on a regular basis that increases your odds of happiness in the long run. If you do something every day, it’s a system. If you’re waiting to achieve it someday in the future, it’s a goal.
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Sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
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Let's form proactive synergy restructuring teams.
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A rental car is basically an ashtray on wheels.
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I hated my work. It never seemed to me to be what I should be doing.
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As a fan, I'm distraught, but as a cartoonist looking at new vacant spaces in 2400 newspapers, well, behind me, my cats are dancing a conga line.
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Large corporations welcome innovation and individualism in the same way the dinosaurs welcomed large meteors.
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I'm predicting that we'll finally have a computer will search my e-mail automatically and delete every message that begins with 'thought you'd be interested,' and then give an electrical shock to the sender to remind him or her to stop send that kind of message.
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Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart.
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I should have written that down. - Dilbert
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Dance like it hurts. Love like you need money. Work when people are watching. -- Dogbert's Motto
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I rank money higher than social life or meaning because once you have money, those other things are easier to get. For example, you won't have much of a social life if you can't afford to do anything. And you can't make money if your health is a mess.
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Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.
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I believe in karma... that means i can do bad things to you all day long and assume you deserve it.
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Few things in life are less efficient than a group of people trying to write a sentence. The advantage of this method is that you end up with something for which you will not be personally blamed.
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