The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life… I don’t want the issue of Hobbes’s reality settled by a doll manufacturer.
BILL WATTERSONIf you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.
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Although I’m certainly glad cartoons are finally getting some respect as an art, I’m fairly ambivalent to see cartooning as a legitimate academic offering. If comics need to be deconstructed and explained, something is really wrong with them.
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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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You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.
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Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.
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People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
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There’s great potential for that which has yet to be fully mined.
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I’ve got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.
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I don’t think I’d have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I’d known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed.
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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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That’s one of the remarkable things about life. It’s never so bad that it can’t get worse.
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Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray.
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Never argue with a six-year-old who shaves.
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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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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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