In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
BILL WATTERSONEveryone knows that! Hobbes: I’m looking it up. Calvin: You do, and I’ll look up that 12-letter word you played with all the Xs and Js! Hobbes: What’s your score for ZQFMGB? Calvin: 957.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Calvin: Trick or treat! Adult: Where’s your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I’m yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet.
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You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure. The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.
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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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You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.
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Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
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Buttons … check. Dials … check. Switches … check. Little colored lights … check.
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The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
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I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
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Calvin:”It says here that ‘religion is the opiate of the masses.’…what do you suppose that means?” Television: “…it means that Karl Marx hadn’t seen anything yet
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It’s a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you’ll probably take a few.
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin
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Hello Dad! It is now three in the morning. Do you know where I am?
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