Calvin: Know what I pray for? Hobbes: What? Calvin: The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can’t, and the incapacity to tell the difference.
BILL WATTERSONHappiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
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Hold it. You know what I’d like to see? I’d like to see the three bears eat the three little pigs, and then the bears join up with the big bad wolf and eat Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood! Tell me a story like that, OK?
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Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I’d say our afternoon just got booked solid!
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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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You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.
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Childhood is for spoiling adulthood.
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If your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.
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Leader, bandits at 2 o’clock! Roger; it’s only 1:30 now-what’ll I do ’til then?
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It’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.
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And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It’s hard to charge admission without a gate.
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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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Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray.
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Hello Dad! It is now three in the morning. Do you know where I am?
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I’ve always tried to make the strip animated, even when the characters aren’t moving, with expressions or perspectives or some sort of exaggeration.
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I’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
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