My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin
BILL WATTERSONThat’s the whole problem with science. You’ve got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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It’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
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I’ve got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.
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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’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
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You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.
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I’d hate to have a kid like me.
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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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We all have different desires and needs, but if we don’t discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
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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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The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
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Calvin: Dad where do babies come from? Dad: Well Calvin, you simply go to Sears, buy the kit and follow the assembly instructions. Calvin: I came from Sears? Dad: No you were a blue-light special at K-Mart – almost as good and a lot cheaper!
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I’ve got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
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I knew you’d win! Oh! Oh! Aarg! [Calvin runs in circles around Hobbes screaming “Aaaaaaaaaaaa”, then falls over.] Hobbes: Look, it’s just a game. Calvin: I know! You should see me when I lose in real life!
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Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
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When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.
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