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.

Bill Watterson

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Even when you look for it, you're never prepared for it. by Bill Watterson

Even when you look for it, you're never prepared for it.

prepared looks

You know what I like about summer days? They're just made for doing things... even if it's nothing. Especially if it's nothing.

made summer knows

Calvin: Dear Santa, before I submit life to your scrutiny, I demand to know who made YOU the matter of my fate?! Who are YOU to question my behavior, HUH??? What gives you the right?! Hobbes: Santa makes the toys, so he gets to decide who to give them to. Calvin: Oh.

demand fate giving

Problems often look overwhelming at first. The secret is to break problems into small, manageable chunks. If you deal with those, you're done before you know it.

done secret looks

S...For Stupendous! T...For Tiger, ferocity of! U...For Underwear, Red! P...For Power, Incredible! E...For excellent physique! N...For...Um...Something..Hm, well, I'll come back to that... D...For Determination! U...For...Wait, How do you spell this? Is it "I"??

underwear determination waiting

If you do the job badly enough, sometimes you don't get asked to... by Bill Watterson

If you do the job badly enough, sometimes you don't get asked to do it again.

enough sometimes jobs

Once it's too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is. by Bill Watterson

Once it's too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.

appreciate miracle too-late

Hobbes: What are you doing? Calvin: Being "cool." Hobbes: You look more like you're being bored. Calvin: The world bores you when you're cool. Hobbes: Look, I brought a sombrero! Now we can both be "cool." Calvin: A sombrero?! Are you crazy?! Cool people don't wear sombreros! Hobbes: What fun is it being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?

bores-you crazy fun

Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at e... by Bill Watterson

Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other.

zombie real looks

Dad: Honey, have you seen my glasses? I can"t find them. Mom: I haven't seen them. Calvin: (with glasses, to Dad) Calvin, go do something you hate! Being miserable builds character!

dad hate mom

I wish I had more friends, but people are such jerks. If you can just get most people to leave you alone, you're doing good. If you can find even one person you really like, you're lucky. And if that person can also stand you, you're really lucky.

lucky wish people

Even if lives did hang in the balance, it would depend on whose t... by Bill Watterson

Even if lives did hang in the balance, it would depend on whose they were.

depends balance ifs

Hey Dad, will you buy me a flame thrower? Of course not. Don't be silly. Even if I didn't use it in the house?

flames dad silly

That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad... by Bill Watterson

That's one of the remarkable things about life. It's never so bad that it can't get worse.

perseverance remarkable

Hee hee hee! You should've seen the look on your face!" "If mom and dad cared about me at all, they'd buy me some infra-red nighttime vision goggles.

vision dad mom

Sleepwalking?" "Nightmare?" "Homicidal psycho jungle cat! by Bill Watterson

Sleepwalking?" "Nightmare?" "Homicidal psycho jungle cat!

psycho nightmare cat

I like maxims that don't encourage behavior modification. by Bill Watterson

I like maxims that don't encourage behavior modification.

calvin-and-hobbes-friendship modification behavior

You never know when some crazed rodent with cold feet could be ru... by Bill Watterson

You never know when some crazed rodent with cold feet could be running loose in your pants.

rodents feet running

I think hiccup cures were really invented for the amusement of th... by Bill Watterson

I think hiccup cures were really invented for the amusement of the patient's friends.

hiccups amusement thinking

Years from now, when I'm successful and happy, ...and he's in prison... I hope I'm not too mature to gloat.

envy successful years