“Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of g...” — Scott Adams Quote

“Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.”

“People vote based on emotion. Period.”

“The computer cuts my production time in half. I love it.”

“I hated my work. It never seemed to me to be what I should be doing.”

“My failed corporate career became the fodder for the 'Dilbert' comic. Once it became clear I would not be climbing any higher on the corporate ladder, it freed me to mock managers without worrying that it would stall my career. Most failures create some sort of unplanned freedom. I took full advantage of mine.”

“I've always defined myself not as a cartoonist, but as an entrepreneur. That was true before I tried cartooning. I always imagined cartooning would be how I got my seed capital. I always thought my other businesses would be the less dominant part of my life.”

“I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.”

“There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.”

“I always thought records were there to be broken.”

“When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'”

“An honest man is always a child.”

“What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right.”