We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
BILL WATTERSONThey 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.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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[Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It’s me, Calvin! I was wondering if you’d like to come over and play. Susie: Why, sure! Boy,
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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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I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.
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Scientific Progress goes boink?
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.
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Mothers are the necessity of invention.
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Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.
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What’s the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see ’em?
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Few things are less comforting than a tiger who’s up too late.
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.
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Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
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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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As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget it forever.
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