At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It’s a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you’ll probably take a few.
BILL WATTERSONCounty library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that’s the problem.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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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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There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them.
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Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz. I love loopholes.
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.
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Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?
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Everyone knows that! Hobbes: I’m looking it up. Calvin: You do, and I’ll look up that 12-letter word you played with all the Xs and Js! Hobbes: What’s your score for ZQFMGB? Calvin: 957.
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There’s great potential for that which has yet to be fully mined.
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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.
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Scientific Progress goes boink?
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Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.
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Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
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You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.
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If people looked at the stars each night, they’d live a lot differently. When you look into infinity, you realize that there are more important things than what people do all day.
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