I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.
BILL WATTERSONSurprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Good friends are hard to come by… I need more money.
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Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz. I love loopholes.
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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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We all have different desires and needs, but if we don’t discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
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I’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
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Calvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
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Reality continues to ruin my life.
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As “Calvin and Hobbes” went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity.
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Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming.
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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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It’s surprising how hard we’ll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
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And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It’s hard to charge admission without a gate.
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I suppose if we couldn’t laugh at things that don’t make sense, we couldn’t react to a lot of life.
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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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Calvin: Isn’t it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it’s weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity.
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