You’ve taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system. Congratulations.
BILL WATTERSONThe real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Calvin: Why are you crying mom? Mom: I’m cutting up an onion. Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables.
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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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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.
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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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Someday, I’d like to meet that little boy… and tell him the awful TRUTH ABOUT THIS PLACE!! Calvin’s Dad: Calvin, be quiet and eat the stupid Lima beans.
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In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
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When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.
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Tomorrow we’ll not only seize the day, we’ll throttle it.
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I’ve been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school publications – the newspaper and yearbook and soon. In college, I got interested in political cartooning and did political cartoons.
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Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery – it recharges by running.
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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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I don’t think you’ve ever invited me to… Calvin’s Mom: Calvin, what are you doing? Calvin: Nothing, Mom. Go away. Calvin’s Mom: You’re contagious! You can’t have anyone over to play!
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Even when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
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Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development.
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