Hobbes: Do you think there’s a God? Calvin: Well, somebody’s out to get me!
BILL WATTERSONEvery time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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It’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out.
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Hold it. You know what I’d like to see? I’d like to see the three bears eat the three little pigs, and then the bears join up with the big bad wolf and eat Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood! Tell me a story like that, OK?
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Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.
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Reading goes faster if you don’t sweat comprehension.
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Buttons … check. Dials … check. Switches … check. Little colored lights … check.
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The whole idea of hobknobbing and schmoozing and the concept of an “elite” class of celebrities better than the common people has always made my stomach turn.
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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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Never argue with a six-year-old who shaves.
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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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Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
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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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I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man’s destruction of forests. . . .
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A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
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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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