I’ve got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
BILL WATTERSONEverybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories with no point.
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Calvin: Look, a dead bird! Hobbes: It must’ve hit a window. Calvin: Isn’t it beautiful? It’s so delicate. Sighhh… once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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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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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 was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man’s destruction of forests. . . .
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Calvin: Trick or treat! Adult: Where’s your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I’m yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet.
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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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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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I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.
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I tell you all this because it’s worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success.
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I’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
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In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.
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Problems often look overwhelming at first. The secret is to break problems into small, manageable chunks. If you deal with those, you’re done before you know it.
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The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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