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.
BILL WATTERSONYou will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.
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Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce. Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.
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I don’t think I’d have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I’d known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed.
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Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
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Now if a joke is in bad taste or it’s not funny, okay, that’s awhole different thing, but how you craft a joke is really what the writer’s job is, and I don’t think that technique should be subject to any editorial constraints.
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It’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
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Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a ‘possum stuck in your collar?
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Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
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I don’t know how to spell it and I’m not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I’ll stop you when…Hello?
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Do you feel lonely? I don’t have the courage to face reality so I get lost in my dreams. You know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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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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You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure. The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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Animals aren’t conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you’re sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.
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It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.
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