I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word ‘booger’ in a newspaper comic strip.
BILL WATTERSONHello Dad! It is now three in the morning. Do you know where I am?
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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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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If you’ve ever compared a film to a novel it’s based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It’s inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie’s needs get served.
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With each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success.
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I’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
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I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
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At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
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History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That’s why events are always reinterpreted when values change.
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I suppose if we couldn’t laugh at things that don’t make sense, we couldn’t react to a lot of life.
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Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?
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Life’s disappointments are harder to take when you don’t know any swear words.
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I’m not a vegetarian! I’m a dessertarian!
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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.
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Once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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