Isn’t it sad how some people’s grip on their lives is so precarious that they’ll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: Isn’t it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it’s weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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It’s gratifying to hear that from people who care about comic art. I never know what to make of it when someone writes to say, “Calvin and Hobbes is the best strip in the paper. I like it even more than Nancy.”
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I’d hate to have a kid like me.
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I’ve been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.
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Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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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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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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Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.
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If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.
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That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.
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I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
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Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other.
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The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.
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Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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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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