“I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man’s destruction of forests. . . .”

Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.

As “Calvin and Hobbes” went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity.

Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce. Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.

I’ve been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.

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.

No sport is less organized than Calvinball.

What a stupid game! You must have cheated! You must have used some sneaky, underhanded mindmeld to make me lose! I hate you! I didn’t want to play this idiotic game in the first place! I knew you’d cheat!

I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.

Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.

I’ve always tried to make the strip animated, even when the characters aren’t moving, with expressions or perspectives or some sort of exaggeration.

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?

Suddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless?

In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.

It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.

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.

If a Coach is determined to stay in the coaching profession.

But those who are taught to relinquish a system in which they had been educated,

It will be my earnest aim that The New York Times give the news, all the news, in concise and attractive form,

To act coolly, intelligently, and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man – and also a nation.

Be sober, be intelligent, be educated, rely on the tangible reality as long as you can.

So how can a poet-an intelligent, serious poet-write mystical verse now?

As a pop star, you don’t have to be that smart for people to think you’re intelligent.

I’m intelligent enough to survive happily and be compassionate. If I were too smart, I would realize all the ills of the world.