A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
BILL WATTERSONThings are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I knew you’d win! Oh! Oh! Aarg! [Calvin runs in circles around Hobbes screaming “Aaaaaaaaaaaa”, then falls over.] Hobbes: Look, it’s just a game. Calvin: I know! You should see me when I lose in real life!
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Calvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you’re over here like this? Calvin:…I don’t think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan.
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I let my mind wander and it didn’t come back.
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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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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Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development.
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Calvin the zombie searches for food. Horribly, the undead feed upon the living! …Although, in a pinch, a PBJ will do, if you eat it messily enough.
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So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they’re already met?
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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 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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We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
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Childhood is for spoiling adulthood.
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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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Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.
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Ms. Wormwood: Calvin, can you tell us what Lewis and Clark did? Calvin: No, but I can recite the secret superhero origin of each member of Captain Napalm’s Thermonuclear League of Liberty.
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