“If you want success, figure out the price, then pay it. It sounds trivial and obvious, but if you unpack the idea… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
I discovered what I call the Bill Gates effect. That is, the more successful you are, the uglier you get. — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
If I had to pick one quality that best predicts success (other than wanting to be successful) it would be the willingness… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“One of the best pieces of advice I’ve ever heard goes something like this: If you want success, figure out the price,… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
Beware of advice about successful people and their methods. For starters, no two situations are alike. Your dreams of creating a dry-cleaning… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“What you rarely see is a stillborn failure that transmogrifies into a stellar success. Small successes can grow into big ones, but… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
One Dilbert Blog reader noted that current research shows that happiness causes success more than success causes happiness. That makes sense to… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“A goal is a specific objective that you either achieve or don't sometime in the future. A system is something you do… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“Men believe value is created by accomplishment, and they have objectives for the women in their lives. If a woman meets the… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
If you drill down on any success story, you always discover that luck was a huge part of it. You can't control… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“Unhappiness that is caused by too much success is a high-class problem. That’s the sort of unhappiness people work all of their… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
If you have a reasonable system for pursuing success, it can survive a lot of face-plants along the way. That knowledge makes… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers. — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“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… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
Frankly, I’m suspicious of anyone who has a strong opinion on a complicated issue. — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“If you want success, figure out the price, then pay it. It sounds trivial and obvious, but if you unpack the idea it has… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
For five hundred dollars, I'll name a subatomic particle after you. Some of my satisfied customers include Arthur C. Quark and George Meson. — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“Failure always brings something valuable with it. I don’t let it leave until I extract that value.” — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“On all the important stuff, we are emotional creatures who make decisions first and rationalize them after the fact.” — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“What you rarely see is a stillborn failure that transmogrifies into a stellar success. Small successes can grow into big ones, but failures rarely… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“Because everything you perceive is a metaphor for something your brain is not equipped to fully understand. God is as real as the clothes… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
“Capitalism is rotten at every level, and yet it adds up to something extraordinarily useful for society over time. The paradox of capitalism is… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
