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.
BILL WATTERSONIt’s surprising how hard we’ll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
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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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People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
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One of the jokes I really like is that the fantasies are drawn more realistically than reality, since that says a lot about what’s going on in Calvin’s head.
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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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I knew you’d win! Oh! Oh! Aarg! [Calvin runs in circles around Hobbes screaming “Aaaaaaaaaaaa”, then falls over.] Hobbes: Look, it’s just a game. Calvin: I know! You should see me when I lose in real life!
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Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
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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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It’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
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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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The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that’s even worse
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Few things are less comforting than a tiger who’s up too late.
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Like delicate lace, so the threads intertwine, oh, gossamer web of wond’rous design! Such beauty and grace wild nature produces… Ughh, look at that spider suck out that bug’s juices!
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Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.
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I’m not a vegetarian! I’m a dessertarian!
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