"The office is designed for "work," not productivity. Work can be defined as "anything youd rather not be doing." Productivity is a different matter. Telecommuting substitutes two hours of productivity for ten hours of work."
Scott Adams was an American cartoonist, author, and conservative commentator. He was best known for the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and nonfiction works of business, self-improvement, commentary, and satire.
"Rich guys used to be able to manipulate the stock market and make huge profits at the expense of smaller investors. It was big news when the small investors discovered theyd been screwed. Now there are many safeguards against the small investor ever finding out how much hes getting screwed."
"Scott Adams is a very, very funny guy who writes a brilliantly perceptive comic strip."
"Express gratitude. Give more than is expected. Speak optimistically. Touch people. Remember names. Dont confuse flexibility with weakness. Dont judge people by their mistakes; rather, judge them by how they respond to their mistakes. Remember that your physical appearance is for the benefit of others. Attend to your own basic needs first; otherwise you will not be useful to anyone else."
"I could not have been luckier. I have the luckiest cancellation of anybody whos ever been cancelled. [...] It just couldnt have been better. It just absolutely could not have been better."
"In a way I think [Trump] may have brought it on himself. His very first statement about Hillary Clinton should be in jail. I feel like when he started talking real jail then politics changed. And [the Democrats] said "If youre going to talk real jail for us, were actually going to put you in jail." And it looks like thats whats happening."
"I am saying: I see a flame thrower. I think the flame thrower guy wins in the stick fight."
"Since the Chernobyl accident, we have worked all over the globe to raise nuclear safety performance. And since the September 2001 terrorist attacks, we have worked with even greater intensity on nuclear security. On both fronts, we have built an international network of legal norms and performance standards. But our most tangible impact has been on the ground. Hundreds of missions, in every part of the world, with international experts making sure nuclear activities are safe and secure. I am very proud of the 2,300 hard working men and women that make up the IAEA staff — the colleagues with whom I share this honour. Some of them are here with me today. We come from over 90 countries. We bring many different perspectives to our work. Our diversity is our strength. We are limited in our authority. We have a very modest budget. And we have no armies. But armed with the strength of our convictions, we will continue to speak truth to power. And we will continue to carry out our mandate with independence and objectivity."
Mohamed ElBaradei"He found his best satisfaction not in pleasure but in toil. He could live with little food, little sleep - and very little dalliance. The one thing he could not dispense with was work, and work in prodigious quantities."
Napoleon"The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you."
"Open, ye heavens, your living doors; let in The great Creator from his work returnd Magnificent, his six days work, a world!"
"Work work, work, work, die. Youd think I was a protestant."
"I, too, believed it was impossible to change the existing society into one that would be for the benefit of all; neither could I espouse any given ideal for society. But [...] I felt that even if one did not have an ideal vision of society, one could have one’s work to do. Whether it was successful or not was not our concern; it was enough that we believed it to be a valid work. The accomplishment of that work, I believed, was what our real life was about. Yes. I want to carry out a work of my own; for I feel that by so doing our lives are rooted in the here and now, not in some far-off ideal goal."