The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
BILL WATTERSONBut Calvin is no kind and loving god! He’s one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!
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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If your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.
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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
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I’d hate to have a kid like me.
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I let my mind wander and it didn’t come back.
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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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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.
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[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!
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Even when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
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They can’t chain my spirit! My spirit runs free! Walls can’t contain it! Laws can’t restrain it! Authority has no power over it!
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Reading goes faster if you don’t sweat comprehension.
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You have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it’s going to come in handy all the time.
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You realize nothing is as clear as it first appears. Ultimately, knowledge is paralyzing. Being a man of action, I cannot afford to take that risk. Hobbes: You’re ignorant, but at least you act on it.
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I can never enjoy Sundays, because in the back of my mind I always know I’ve got to go to school the next day. It’s like trying to enjoy your last meal before the execution.
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