Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery – it recharges by running.
BILL WATTERSONHobbes: Jump! Jump! Jump! I win! Calvin: You win? Aaugghh! You won last time! I hate it when you win! Aarrggh! Mff! Gnnk! I hate this game! I hate the whole world! Aghhh!
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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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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I can never enjoy Sundays, because in the back of my mind I always know I’ve got to go to school the next day. It’s like trying to enjoy your last meal before the execution.
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No sport is less organized than Calvinball.
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That’s one of the remarkable things about life. It’s never so bad that it can’t get worse.
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Suddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless?
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I would turn out rough idea after rough idea, and he would veto eighty percent of them. I pretty much prostituted myself for six months but I couldn’t please him, so he sent me packing.
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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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Reality continues to ruin my life.
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Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
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It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.
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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.
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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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Calvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
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