You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure. The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: 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.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Calvin: Isn’t it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it’s weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity.
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Mothers are the necessity of invention.
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Buttons … check. Dials … check. Switches … check. Little colored lights … check.
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Art has to keep moving and discovering to stay alive.
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Problems often look overwhelming at first. The secret is to break problems into small, manageable chunks. If you deal with those, you’re done before you know it.
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At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.
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I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word ‘booger’ in a newspaper comic strip.
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Never argue with a six-year-old who shaves.
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Scientific Progress goes boink?
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Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz. I love loopholes.
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That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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A day can really slip by when you’re deliberately avoiding what you’re supposed to do.
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Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I’d say our afternoon just got booked solid!
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Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
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