[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble] Calvin: Ha! I’ve got a great word and it’s on a “Double word score” box! Hobbes: “ZQFMGB” isn’t a word! It doesn’t even have a vowel! Calvin: It is so a word! It’s a worm found in New Guinea!
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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It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.
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Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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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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Calvin: Look, a dead bird! Hobbes: It must’ve hit a window. Calvin: Isn’t it beautiful? It’s so delicate. Sighhh… once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.
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Like delicate lace, so the threads intertwine, oh, gossamer web of wond’rous design! Such beauty and grace wild nature produces… Ughh, look at that spider suck out that bug’s juices!
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I’ve got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
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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: Trick or treat! Adult: Where’s your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I’m yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet.
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So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they’re already met?
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Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement.
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In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.
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It’s psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I’ll get a saw.
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Years from now, when I’m successful and happy, …and he’s in prison… I hope I’m not too mature to gloat.
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Tomorrow we’ll not only seize the day, we’ll throttle it.
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