Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
BILL WATTERSON[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble] Calvin: Ha! I’ve got a great word and it’s on a “Double word score” box! Hobbes: “ZQFMGB” isn’t a word! It doesn’t even have a vowel! Calvin: It is so a word! It’s a worm found in New Guinea!
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I let my mind wander and it didn’t come back.
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I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life…procrastinating and rationalizing.
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Calvin: Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we can think faster than we speak? Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.
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Do you feel lonely? I don’t have the courage to face reality so I get lost in my dreams. You know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
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Few things are less comforting than a tiger who’s up too late.
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For me, it’s been liberating to put myself in the mind of a fictitious six year-old each day, and rediscover my own curiosity.
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Calvin: Why are you crying mom? Mom: I’m cutting up an onion. Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables.
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Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.
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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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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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I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
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There’s great potential for that which has yet to be fully mined.
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If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
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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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