Calvin: Isn’t it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it’s weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity.
BILL WATTERSONMs. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble] Calvin: Ha! I’ve got a great word and it’s on a “Double word score” box! Hobbes: “ZQFMGB” isn’t a word! It doesn’t even have a vowel! Calvin: It is so a word! It’s a worm found in New Guinea!
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Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.
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If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects the personality of the writer.
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I’m learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework…procrastinating and negotiation.
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The way Calvin’s brain is wired, you can almost hear the fuses blowing.
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We all have different desires and needs, but if we don’t discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
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The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
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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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Calvin:”It says here that ‘religion is the opiate of the masses.’…what do you suppose that means?” Television: “…it means that Karl Marx hadn’t seen anything yet
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The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
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Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.
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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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I liked things better when I didn’t understand them.
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Tomorrow we’ll not only seize the day, we’ll throttle it.
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On the other hand, the mass media is disintegrating, and audiences are atomizing. I suspect comics will have less widespread cultural impact and make a lot less money.
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