They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: Today for show and tell, I’ve brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake!
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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It’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out.
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You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.
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You realize nothing is as clear as it first appears. Ultimately, knowledge is paralyzing. Being a man of action, I cannot afford to take that risk. Hobbes: You’re ignorant, but at least you act on it.
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It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.
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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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The strips I admire go farther than a gag a day, and take us into a special world.
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I would turn out rough idea after rough idea, and he would veto eighty percent of them. I pretty much prostituted myself for six months but I couldn’t please him, so he sent me packing.
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I think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
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From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
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There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them.
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My whole problem is that my lips move when I think.
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Hobbes: Do you think there’s a God? Calvin: Well, somebody’s out to get me!
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Calvin: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I’m not sure man needs the help.
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I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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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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