Leader, bandits at 2 o’clock! Roger; it’s only 1:30 now-what’ll I do ’til then?
BILL WATTERSONAll the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and versatile, so I think they’ll continue to find relevance one way or another. But they definitely won’t be the same as what I grew up with.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.
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You know, maybe we don’t need enemies.” “Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.
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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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Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.
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Even when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
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Never argue with a six-year-old who shaves.
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Calvin the zombie searches for food. Horribly, the undead feed upon the living! …Although, in a pinch, a PBJ will do, if you eat it messily enough.
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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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It’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out.
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Calvin: Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we can think faster than we speak? Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.
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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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For me, it’s been liberating to put myself in the mind of a fictitious six year-old each day, and rediscover my own curiosity.
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Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
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Like delicate lace, so the threads intertwine, oh, gossamer web of wond’rous design! Such beauty and grace wild nature produces… Ughh, look at that spider suck out that bug’s juices!
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I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life…procrastinating and rationalizing.
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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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A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
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They can’t chain my spirit! My spirit runs free! Walls can’t contain it! Laws can’t restrain it! Authority has no power over it!
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To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.
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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.
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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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I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.
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Life’s disappointments are harder to take when you don’t know any swear words.
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Years from now, when I’m successful and happy, …and he’s in prison… I hope I’m not too mature to gloat.
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As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget it forever.
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The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
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