Scott Adams quotations

Scott Adams is the guy who writes the Dilbert cartoons. He also has a very entertaining (and sometimes thought-provoking) blog and has written some very funny and interesting books (which I'll write about some other time). This is just a random collection of some of his soundbites that I enjoy the most:

"If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done."

It's called a "concept car" because that sounds better than "something we pulled out of our ass and hope to someday shove up yours."

"Normal people ... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet."

"Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems."

"If you haven't already told your kids "don't fellate the president" then you're probably a bad parent."

"The people who think a guy walked on water versus the people who think a horse can fly." (about the clash of Islam and Christianity)

"Atheism is a religion in the same way that not collecting stamps is a hobby"

"If you're following the news, you know that the major religions differ in their interpretation of the holy books. For example, one way to interpret God's will is that you should love your neighbor. An alternate reading of the holy books might lead you to rig a donkey cart with small mortar rockets and aim it at a hotel full of infidels. In summary, po-tay-to, poh-tah-to. Religions are very flexible."

"The best any human can do is to pick a delusion that helps him get through the day. This is why people of different religions can generally live in peace. At some level, we all suspect that other people don't believe their own religion any more than we believe ours."