In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.
BILL WATTERSONFew things are less comforting than a tiger who’s up too late.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Isn’t it sad how some people’s grip on their lives is so precarious that they’ll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
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God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.
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Calvin: Today for show and tell, I’ve brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake!
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From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
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It’s psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I’ll get a saw.
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I’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
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A box of new crayons! Now they’re all pointy, lined up in order, bright and perfect. Soon they’ll be a bunch of ground down, rounded, indistinguishable stumps, missing their wrappers and smudged with other colors. Sometimes life seems unbearably tragic.
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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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It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.
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There’s great potential for that which has yet to be fully mined.
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That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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If you can’t win by reason, go for volume.
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Hold it. You know what I’d like to see? I’d like to see the three bears eat the three little pigs, and then the bears join up with the big bad wolf and eat Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood! Tell me a story like that, OK?
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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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So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they’re already met?
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