Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
BILL WATTERSONThe surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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I’m killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.
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I’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
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Hold it. You know what I’d like to see? I’d like to see the three bears eat the three little pigs, and then the bears join up with the big bad wolf and eat Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood! Tell me a story like that, OK?
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You know, there are times when it’s a source of personal pride to not be human.
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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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I don’t think I’d have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I’d known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed.
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Hobbes: Do you think there’s a God? Calvin: Well, somebody’s out to get me!
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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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At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.
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It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.
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Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.
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The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.
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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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The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that’s even worse
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I hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories with no point.
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Calvin: Trick or treat! Adult: Where’s your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I’m yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet.
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Calvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
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Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes.
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No sport is less organized than Calvinball.
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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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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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It’s psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I’ll get a saw.
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To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.
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