The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
BILL WATTERSONIt’s going to be a grim day when the world is run by a generation that doesn’t know anything but what it’s seen on TV.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.
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Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
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Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
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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.
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Calvin: Today for show and tell, I’ve brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake!
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It’s going to be a grim day when the world is run by a generation that doesn’t know anything but what it’s seen on TV.
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Buttons … check. Dials … check. Switches … check. Little colored lights … check.
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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.
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Even when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
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I like my smock. You can tell the quality of the artist by the quality of his smock. Actually, I just like to say smock. Smock smock smock smock smock smock.
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That’s the whole problem with science. You’ve got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
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Sleepwalking?” “Nightmare?” “Homicidal psycho jungle cat!
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Raised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you’re old and weak… Am I scary, or what?
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Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I’d say our afternoon just got booked solid!
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Now if a joke is in bad taste or it’s not funny, okay, that’s awhole different thing, but how you craft a joke is really what the writer’s job is, and I don’t think that technique should be subject to any editorial constraints.
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