Psychology Quotes by Scott Adams

10 Psychology quotes by Scott Adams

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Scott Adams distills complex mental habits into punchy, often humorous observations. In ten brief lines you’ll find his trademark mix of satire and practical insight on how we think.

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“the past exists only in your mind,” he said. “Likewise, the future exists only in your mind because it has not happened.”

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Great minds don't think alike. If they did, the Patent Office would only have about fifty inventions.

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The human mind is a delusion generator, not a window to trurh.

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“Awareness is about unlearning. It is the recognition that you don’t know as much as you thought you knew.”

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“The things that you think about the most will irrationally rise in importance in your mind.”

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“Positivity is far more than a mental preference. It changes your brain, literally, and it changes the people around you. It’s the…

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“The grand illusion of life is that our minds have the capacity to understand reality. But human minds didn’t evolve to understand…

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Have you ever noticed that things that don’t kill you make you weaker? And great minds don’t think alike. If they did,…

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“If, as you say, our minds are delusion generators, then we’re all like blind and deaf sea captains shouting orders into the…

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“It’s tempting to imagine happiness as a state of mind caused by whatever is happening in your life. By that way of…

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The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers.

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“If you think your odds of solving your problem are bad, don’t rule out the possibility that what is really happening is that you…

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Frankly, I’m suspicious of anyone who has a strong opinion on a complicated issue.

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“If you want success, figure out the price, then pay it. It sounds trivial and obvious, but if you unpack the idea it has…

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Ideas are worthless, execution is everything.

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For five hundred dollars, I'll name a subatomic particle after you. Some of my satisfied customers include Arthur C. Quark and George Meson.

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“Failure always brings something valuable with it. I don’t let it leave until I extract that value.”

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The longer you verk here, diverse it gets.

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“On all the important stuff, we are emotional creatures who make decisions first and rationalize them after the fact.”

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“What you rarely see is a stillborn failure that transmogrifies into a stellar success. Small successes can grow into big ones, but failures rarely…

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“Because everything you perceive is a metaphor for something your brain is not equipped to fully understand. God is as real as the clothes…

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“Capitalism is rotten at every level, and yet it adds up to something extraordinarily useful for society over time. The paradox of capitalism is…

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The best part about being my age is in knowing how my life worked out. Sure, there's a lot more living to go, but…

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If you see voters as rational, you'll be a terrible politician. People are not wired to be rational. Our brains simply evolved to keep…

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E-books are impervious to analogy.

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