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.
BILL WATTERSONIt’s psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I’ll get a saw.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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As “Calvin and Hobbes” went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity.
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I’m killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.
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I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.
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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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Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.
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We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
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A box of new crayons! Now they’re all pointy, lined up in order, bright and perfect. Soon they’ll be a bunch of ground down, rounded, indistinguishable stumps, missing their wrappers and smudged with other colors. Sometimes life seems unbearably tragic.
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Calvin: Today for show and tell, I’ve brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake!
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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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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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Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.
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I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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I’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
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The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that’s even worse
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If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects the personality of the writer.
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