And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It’s hard to charge admission without a gate.
BILL WATTERSONTo invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.
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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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With each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success.
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You’ve taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system. Congratulations.
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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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Calvin: Dad where do babies come from? Dad: Well Calvin, you simply go to Sears, buy the kit and follow the assembly instructions. Calvin: I came from Sears? Dad: No you were a blue-light special at K-Mart – almost as good and a lot cheaper!
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My problem is that I don’t paint ambitiously. It’s all catch and release – just tiny fish that aren’t really worth the trouble to clean and cook.
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Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.
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That’s one of the remarkable things about life. It’s never so bad that it can’t get worse.
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I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
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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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What a stupid game! You must have cheated! You must have used some sneaky, underhanded mindmeld to make me lose! I hate you! I didn’t want to play this idiotic game in the first place! I knew you’d cheat!
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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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Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
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Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
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