Calvin: Know what I pray for? Hobbes: What? Calvin: The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can’t, and the incapacity to tell the difference.
BILL WATTERSONIsn’t it sad how some people’s grip on their lives is so precarious that they’ll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
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I try to make everyone’s day a little more surreal.
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Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray.
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Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a ‘possum stuck in your collar?
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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.
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At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It’s a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you’ll probably take a few.
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You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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Calvin: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I’m not sure man needs the help.
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Scientific Progress goes boink?
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I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
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Calvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you’re over here like this? Calvin:…I don’t think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan.
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Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.
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Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
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God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.
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