In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.
BILL WATTERSONThe truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.
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Life’s disappointments are harder to take when you don’t know any swear words.
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I wonder where we go when we die?” “…Pittsburgh?” “You mean if we’re good or if we’re bad?
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You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D’s in school. Well guess what, I get F’s!!!
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Childhood is for spoiling adulthood.
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If people looked at the stars each night, they’d live a lot differently. When you look into infinity, you realize that there are more important things than what people do all day.
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Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
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Calvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
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I’ve been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school publications – the newspaper and yearbook and soon. In college, I got interested in political cartooning and did political cartoons.
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I’m killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.
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A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
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Reading goes faster if you don’t sweat comprehension.
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That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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A box of new crayons! Now they’re all pointy, lined up in order, bright and perfect. Soon they’ll be a bunch of ground down, rounded, indistinguishable stumps, missing their wrappers and smudged with other colors. Sometimes life seems unbearably tragic.
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