I liked things better when I didn’t understand them.
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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You know, there are times when it’s a source of personal pride to not be human.
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Scientific Progress goes boink?
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No sport is less organized than Calvinball.
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I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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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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But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He’s one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!
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A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
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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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I’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
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If you’ve ever compared a film to a novel it’s based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It’s inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie’s needs get served.
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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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Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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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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As “Calvin and Hobbes” went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity.
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My problem is that I don’t paint ambitiously. It’s all catch and release – just tiny fish that aren’t really worth the trouble to clean and cook.
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