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 WATTERSONCalvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
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In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
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Does anything we say or do in here really matter? Have we done anything important? Have we been happy? Have we made the most of these precious few footsteps?
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You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
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Calvin: Why are you crying mom? Mom: I’m cutting up an onion. Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables.
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Although I’m certainly glad cartoons are finally getting some respect as an art, I’m fairly ambivalent to see cartooning as a legitimate academic offering. If comics need to be deconstructed and explained, something is really wrong with them.
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I hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories with no point.
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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’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life…procrastinating and rationalizing.
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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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MOMMMM, I’m thirsty… What’s this, just water?
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When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.
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I liked things better when I didn’t understand them.
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