The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
BILL WATTERSONI hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word ‘booger’ in a newspaper comic strip.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.
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History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That’s why events are always reinterpreted when values change.
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I don’t think I’d have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I’d known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed.
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Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.
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I don’t enjoy lettering very much, but that’s the way I write and that belongs in the strip because the strip is a reflection of me.
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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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I know the world isn’t fair, but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?
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There’s great potential for that which has yet to be fully mined.
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Hello Dad! It is now three in the morning. Do you know where I am?
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It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what’s cool.
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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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I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
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I’ve got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.
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Calvin: Look, a dead bird! Hobbes: It must’ve hit a window. Calvin: Isn’t it beautiful? It’s so delicate. Sighhh… once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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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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