In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.
BILL WATTERSONGetting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Life’s disappointments are harder to take when you don’t know any swear words.
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I’m not a vegetarian! I’m a dessertarian!
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Childhood is for spoiling adulthood.
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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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Things are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.
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I’ve got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
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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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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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Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other.
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Ms. Wormwood: Calvin, can you tell us what Lewis and Clark did? Calvin: No, but I can recite the secret superhero origin of each member of Captain Napalm’s Thermonuclear League of Liberty.
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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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Tomorrow we’ll not only seize the day, we’ll throttle it.
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I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.
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Once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.
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