If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
BILL WATTERSONBoy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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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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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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When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.
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We don’t devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
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We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
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Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.
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I’ve got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
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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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For me, it’s been liberating to put myself in the mind of a fictitious six year-old each day, and rediscover my own curiosity.
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I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man’s destruction of forests. . . .
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If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.
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I’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
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Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
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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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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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