It’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out.
BILL WATTERSONEverybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I don’t enjoy lettering very much, but that’s the way I write and that belongs in the strip because the strip is a reflection of me.
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That’s the whole problem with science. You’ve got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
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I suppose if we couldn’t laugh at things that don’t make sense, we couldn’t react to a lot of life.
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Like delicate lace, so the threads intertwine, oh, gossamer web of wond’rous design! Such beauty and grace wild nature produces… Ughh, look at that spider suck out that bug’s juices!
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Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.
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Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
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You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.
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Tomorrow we’ll not only seize the day, we’ll throttle it.
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I’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
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If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects the personality of the writer.
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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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All the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and versatile, so I think they’ll continue to find relevance one way or another. But they definitely won’t be the same as what I grew up with.
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The whole idea of hobknobbing and schmoozing and the concept of an “elite” class of celebrities better than the common people has always made my stomach turn.
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Calvin: Why are you crying mom? Mom: I’m cutting up an onion. Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables.
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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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