I’d like to see cartoonists measuring their work by higher standards than how many papers their strips are in and how much money they make.
BILL WATTERSONVan Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.
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Hobbes: Do you think there’s a God? Calvin: Well, somebody’s out to get me!
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It’s psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I’ll get a saw.
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I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It’s a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you’ll probably take a few.
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A box of new crayons! Now they’re all pointy, lined up in order, bright and perfect. Soon they’ll be a bunch of ground down, rounded, indistinguishable stumps, missing their wrappers and smudged with other colors. Sometimes life seems unbearably tragic.
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I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.
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We don’t devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
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Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz. I love loopholes.
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Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a ‘possum stuck in your collar?
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Calvin: 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.
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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’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life…procrastinating and rationalizing.
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I wonder where we go when we die?” “…Pittsburgh?” “You mean if we’re good or if we’re bad?
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With each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success.
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