Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist – how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: 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.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Since September it’s just gotten colder and colder. There’s less daylight now, I’ve noticed too. This can only mean one thing – the sun is going out. In a few more months the Earth will be a dark and lifeless ball of ice. Dad says the sun isn’t going out.
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.
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I’d like to see cartoonists measuring their work by higher standards than how many papers their strips are in and how much money they make.
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Calvin: Today for show and tell, I’ve brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake!
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[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble] Calvin: Ha! I’ve got a great word and it’s on a “Double word score” box! Hobbes: “ZQFMGB” isn’t a word! It doesn’t even have a vowel! Calvin: It is so a word! It’s a worm found in New Guinea!
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I don’t think you’ve ever invited me to… Calvin’s Mom: Calvin, what are you doing? Calvin: Nothing, Mom. Go away. Calvin’s Mom: You’re contagious! You can’t have anyone over to play!
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A day can really slip by when you’re deliberately avoiding what you’re supposed to do.
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We don’t devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
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Like delicate lace, so the threads intertwine, oh, gossamer web of wond’rous design! Such beauty and grace wild nature produces… Ughh, look at that spider suck out that bug’s juices!
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Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?
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If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects the personality of the writer.
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It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.
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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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Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement.
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