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.
BILL WATTERSONIsn’t it sad how some people’s grip on their lives is so precarious that they’ll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I’ve got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.
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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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It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what’s cool.
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Calvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
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I’ve got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
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I’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
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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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Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
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The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
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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.
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What’s the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see ’em?
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My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin
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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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If you’ve ever compared a film to a novel it’s based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It’s inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie’s needs get served.
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