We don’t devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
BILL WATTERSONEveryone 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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I’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
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Someday, I’d like to meet that little boy… and tell him the awful TRUTH ABOUT THIS PLACE!! Calvin’s Dad: Calvin, be quiet and eat the stupid Lima beans.
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Once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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Does anything we say or do in here really matter? Have we done anything important? Have we been happy? Have we made the most of these precious few footsteps?
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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’ve taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system. Congratulations.
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They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around.
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Calvin: Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we can think faster than we speak? Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.
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Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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The way Calvin’s brain is wired, you can almost hear the fuses blowing.
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It’s going to be a grim day when the world is run by a generation that doesn’t know anything but what it’s seen on TV.
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Reality continues to ruin my life.
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There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them.
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I’ve been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.
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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.
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