That’s the whole problem with science. You’ve got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
BILL WATTERSONRaised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you’re old and weak… Am I scary, or what?
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
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Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?
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Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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Although I’m certainly glad cartoons are finally getting some respect as an art, I’m fairly ambivalent to see cartooning as a legitimate academic offering. If comics need to be deconstructed and explained, something is really wrong with them.
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You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D’s in school. Well guess what, I get F’s!!!
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You know, there are times when it’s a source of personal pride to not be human.
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There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.
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Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a ‘possum stuck in your collar?
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Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I’d say our afternoon just got booked solid!
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I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life…procrastinating and rationalizing.
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The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that’s even worse
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You have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it’s going to come in handy all the time.
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Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.
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Since September it’s just gotten colder and colder. There’s less daylight now, I’ve noticed too. This can only mean one thing – the sun is going out. In a few more months the Earth will be a dark and lifeless ball of ice. Dad says the sun isn’t going out.
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Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.
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