I would turn out rough idea after rough idea, and he would veto eighty percent of them. I pretty much prostituted myself for six months but I couldn’t please him, so he sent me packing.
BILL WATTERSONMOMMMM, I’m thirsty… What’s this, just water?
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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Calvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you’re over here like this? Calvin:…I don’t think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan.
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So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they’re already met?
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That’s one of the remarkable things about life. It’s never so bad that it can’t get worse.
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I let my mind wander and it didn’t come back.
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Animals aren’t conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you’re sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.
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Isn’t it sad how some people’s grip on their lives is so precarious that they’ll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
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The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
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Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said ‘I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze ’em?
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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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I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man’s destruction of forests. . . .
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You’ve taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system. Congratulations.
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It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what’s cool.
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Weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
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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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