The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
BILL WATTERSONFew things are less comforting than a tiger who’s up too late.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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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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Art has to keep moving and discovering to stay alive.
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I’d hate to have a kid like me.
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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 tell you all this because it’s worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success.
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If your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.
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I don’t know how to spell it and I’m not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I’ll stop you when…Hello?
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Calvin the zombie searches for food. Horribly, the undead feed upon the living! …Although, in a pinch, a PBJ will do, if you eat it messily enough.
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Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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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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All the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and versatile, so I think they’ll continue to find relevance one way or another. But they definitely won’t be the same as what I grew up with.
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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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You realize nothing is as clear as it first appears. Ultimately, knowledge is paralyzing. Being a man of action, I cannot afford to take that risk. Hobbes: You’re ignorant, but at least you act on it.
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Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.
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Everyone knows that! Hobbes: I’m looking it up. Calvin: You do, and I’ll look up that 12-letter word you played with all the Xs and Js! Hobbes: What’s your score for ZQFMGB? Calvin: 957.
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