I’ve got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
BILL WATTERSONDoes anything we say or do in here really matter? Have we done anything important? Have we been happy? Have we made the most of these precious few footsteps?
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I let my mind wander and it didn’t come back.
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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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I don’t enjoy lettering very much, but that’s the way I write and that belongs in the strip because the strip is a reflection of me.
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I’m not a vegetarian! I’m a dessertarian!
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In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
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They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around.
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Calvin the zombie searches for food. Horribly, the undead feed upon the living! …Although, in a pinch, a PBJ will do, if you eat it messily enough.
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I’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
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Since September it’s just gotten colder and colder. There’s less daylight now, I’ve noticed too. This can only mean one thing – the sun is going out. In a few more months the Earth will be a dark and lifeless ball of ice. Dad says the sun isn’t going out.
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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 know the world isn’t fair, but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?
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It’s going to be a grim day when the world is run by a generation that doesn’t know anything but what it’s seen on TV.
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Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.
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When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.
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When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.
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