My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin
BILL WATTERSONEven when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
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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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Calvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you’re over here like this? Calvin:…I don’t think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan.
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Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes.
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We all have different desires and needs, but if we don’t discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
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If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
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I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
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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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When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.
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I’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
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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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Does anything we say or do in here really matter? Have we done anything important? Have we been happy? Have we made the most of these precious few footsteps?
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Suddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless?
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It’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.
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