You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.
BILL WATTERSONSometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.
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I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word ‘booger’ in a newspaper comic strip.
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One of the jokes I really like is that the fantasies are drawn more realistically than reality, since that says a lot about what’s going on in Calvin’s head.
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Leader, bandits at 2 o’clock! Roger; it’s only 1:30 now-what’ll I do ’til then?
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MOMMMM, I’m thirsty… What’s this, just water?
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Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz. I love loopholes.
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If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.
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Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce. Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.
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I tell you all this because it’s worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success.
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Reality continues to ruin my life.
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I’ve been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school publications – the newspaper and yearbook and soon. In college, I got interested in political cartooning and did political cartoons.
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Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming.
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Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
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I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.
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Tomorrow we’ll not only seize the day, we’ll throttle it.
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