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.
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.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I’ve got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.
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Buttons … check. Dials … check. Switches … check. Little colored lights … check.
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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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You know, maybe we don’t need enemies.” “Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.
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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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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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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.
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Reality continues to ruin my life.
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There’s great potential for that which has yet to be fully mined.
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Hobbes: 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!
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Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery – it recharges by running.
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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.
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Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
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I tell you all this because it’s worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success.
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I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.
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