Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes.
BILL WATTERSONI’ve always tried to make the strip animated, even when the characters aren’t moving, with expressions or perspectives or some sort of exaggeration.
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The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
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Buttons … check. Dials … check. Switches … check. Little colored lights … check.
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Reading goes faster if you don’t sweat comprehension.
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With each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success.
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I try to make everyone’s day a little more surreal.
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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.
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Having an enviable career is one thing. Being a happy person is another
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You know, maybe we don’t need enemies.” “Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.
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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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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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Suddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless?
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Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said ‘I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze ’em?
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They can’t chain my spirit! My spirit runs free! Walls can’t contain it! Laws can’t restrain it! Authority has no power over it!
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Calvin: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I’m not sure man needs the help.
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