Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
BILL WATTERSONWho 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?
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.
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From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
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Calvin the zombie searches for food. Horribly, the undead feed upon the living! …Although, in a pinch, a PBJ will do, if you eat it messily enough.
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Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?
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Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a ‘possum stuck in your collar?
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As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget it forever.
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My problem is that I don’t paint ambitiously. It’s all catch and release – just tiny fish that aren’t really worth the trouble to clean and cook.
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I’ve always tried to make the strip animated, even when the characters aren’t moving, with expressions or perspectives or some sort of exaggeration.
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Hobbes: Jump! Jump! Jump! I win! Calvin: You win? Aaugghh! You won last time! I hate it when you win! Aarrggh! Mff! Gnnk! I hate this game! I hate the whole world! Aghhh!
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I’ve been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.
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All the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and versatile, so I think they’ll continue to find relevance one way or another. But they definitely won’t be the same as what I grew up with.
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.
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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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