In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
BILL WATTERSONRainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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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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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.
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I’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
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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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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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We don’t devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
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I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
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Suddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless?
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If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects the personality of the writer.
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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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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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Calvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you’re over here like this? Calvin:…I don’t think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan.
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Animals aren’t conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you’re sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.
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