It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.
BILL WATTERSONIn a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.
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MOMMMM, I’m thirsty… What’s this, just water?
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I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
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Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist – how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!
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Good friends are hard to come by… I need more money.
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Years from now, when I’m successful and happy, …and he’s in prison… I hope I’m not too mature to gloat.
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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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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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I try to make everyone’s day a little more surreal.
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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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Calvin:”It says here that ‘religion is the opiate of the masses.’…what do you suppose that means?” Television: “…it means that Karl Marx hadn’t seen anything yet
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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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Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.
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Do you feel lonely? I don’t have the courage to face reality so I get lost in my dreams. You know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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If you can’t win by reason, go for volume.
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