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.
BILL WATTERSONIt’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.
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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You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure. The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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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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Ms. Wormwood: Calvin, can you tell us what Lewis and Clark did? Calvin: No, but I can recite the secret superhero origin of each member of Captain Napalm’s Thermonuclear League of Liberty.
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Once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that’s the problem.
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Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a ‘possum stuck in your collar?
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The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
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[Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It’s me, Calvin! I was wondering if you’d like to come over and play. Susie: Why, sure! Boy,
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If people looked at the stars each night, they’d live a lot differently. When you look into infinity, you realize that there are more important things than what people do all day.
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I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
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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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I’ve got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
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I’d like to see cartoonists measuring their work by higher standards than how many papers their strips are in and how much money they make.
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Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery – it recharges by running.
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