In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.
BILL WATTERSONSleepwalking?” “Nightmare?” “Homicidal psycho jungle cat!
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Suddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless?
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Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?
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I’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
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Calvin: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I’m not sure man needs the help.
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I’d like to see cartoonists measuring their work by higher standards than how many papers their strips are in and how much money they make.
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[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble] Calvin: Ha! I’ve got a great word and it’s on a “Double word score” box! Hobbes: “ZQFMGB” isn’t a word! It doesn’t even have a vowel! Calvin: It is so a word! It’s a worm found in New Guinea!
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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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You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.
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Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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It’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out.
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What’s the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see ’em?
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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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Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming.
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Calvin:”It says here that ‘religion is the opiate of the masses.’…what do you suppose that means?” Television: “…it means that Karl Marx hadn’t seen anything yet
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The way Calvin’s brain is wired, you can almost hear the fuses blowing.
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