Scott Adams Quotes


The biggest issue in this election is something called flip-flopping, and all candidates are accused of doing it. A strong leader is expected to maintain steadfast resolve in his opinion even if the environment changes or he gets new information. In any other context, that would be considered the first sign of a brain tumor. When presidents do it, it's called leadership


Context

For the classic quotation on flip-flops see {619441}.


Citations

Scott Adams, Cartoonist, DNRC Newsletter #57, October 28, 2004

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Linked Quotes

See {627632} for an earlier advocy of change when circumstances warrant and {636175} for a modern view.


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Scott Adams
Scott Adams
  • Born: June 8, 1957
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Cartoonist, Writer, Political Commentator

Scott Raymond Adams is an American artist and creator of the Dilbert comic strip and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, and business. His Dilbert series came to national prominence through the downsizing period in 1990s America and was then distributed worldwide. Adams worked in various roles at big businesses before he became a full-time cartoonist in 1995. He writes in a satirical, often sarcastic way about the social and psychological landscape of white-collar workers in modern business corporations.