Everyone knows that! Hobbes: I’m looking it up. Calvin: You do, and I’ll look up that 12-letter word you played with all the Xs and Js! Hobbes: What’s your score for ZQFMGB? Calvin: 957.
BILL WATTERSONThe surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
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There’s great potential for that which has yet to be fully mined.
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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 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!
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I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.
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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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The whole idea of hobknobbing and schmoozing and the concept of an “elite” class of celebrities better than the common people has always made my stomach turn.
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I try to make everyone’s day a little more surreal.
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The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that’s even worse
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You know, maybe we don’t need enemies.” “Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.
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Someday, I’d like to meet that little boy… and tell him the awful TRUTH ABOUT THIS PLACE!! Calvin’s Dad: Calvin, be quiet and eat the stupid Lima beans.
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.
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At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It’s a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you’ll probably take a few.
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But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He’s one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!
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I’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
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