I'm a man of few words." "If you read more, you might have a larg... by Bill Watterson

I'm a man of few words." "If you read more, you might have a larger vocabulary.

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Leader, bandits at 2 o'clock! Roger; it's only 1:30 now-what'll I... by Bill Watterson

Leader, bandits at 2 o'clock! Roger; it's only 1:30 now-what'll I do 'til then?

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It's only work if somebody makes you do it. by Bill Watterson

It's only work if somebody makes you do it.

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Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles.

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There's more to this world than just people, you know. by Bill Watterson

There's more to this world than just people, you know.

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If you have the personalities down, you understand them and identify with them; you can stick them in any situation and have a pretty good idea of how they're going to respond. Then it's just a matter of sanding and polishing up the jokes. But if you've got more ambiguous characters or stock stereotypes, the plastic comes through and they don't work as well. These two characters clicked for me almost immediately and I feel very comfortable working with them.

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They can't chain my spirit! My spirit runs free! Walls can't contain it! Laws can't restrain it! Authority has no power over it!

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You know, there are times when it's a source of personal pride to... by Bill Watterson

You know, there are times when it's a source of personal pride to not be human.

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Amazingly, much of the best cartoon work was done early on in the medium's history. The early cartoonists, with no path before them, produced work of such sophistication, wit, and beauty that it increasingly seems to me that cartoon evolution is working backward. Comic strips are moving toward a primordial goo rather than away from it . . . Not only can comics be more than we're getting today. but the comics already have been more than we're getting today.

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Tomorrow we'll not only seize the day, we'll throttle it. by Bill Watterson

Tomorrow we'll not only seize the day, we'll throttle it.

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My whole problem is that my lips move when I think. by Bill Watterson

My whole problem is that my lips move when I think.

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I'm a 21st-century kid trapped in a 19th-century family. by Bill Watterson

I'm a 21st-century kid trapped in a 19th-century family.

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If I had rolled along with the strip's popularity and repeated myself for another five, 10 or 20 years, the people now "grieving" for "Calvin and Hobbes" would be wishing me dead.

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CALVIN: As usual goodness hardly puts up a fight. by Bill Watterson

CALVIN: As usual goodness hardly puts up a fight.

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HOBBES: Virtue needs some cheaper thrills. by Bill Watterson

HOBBES: Virtue needs some cheaper thrills.

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I'm a misunderstood genius." "What's misunderstood?" "Nobody thin... by Bill Watterson

I'm a misunderstood genius." "What's misunderstood?" "Nobody thinks I'm a genius.

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So long, Pop! I'm off to check my tiger trap! by Bill Watterson

So long, Pop! I'm off to check my tiger trap!

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Hobbes: Do you think there's a God? Calvin: Well, somebody's out... by Bill Watterson

Hobbes: Do you think there's a God? Calvin: Well, somebody's out to get me!

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If you don't get a goodnight kiss, you get Kafka dreams. by Bill Watterson

If you don't get a goodnight kiss, you get Kafka dreams.

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As far as I'm concerned, if something is so complicated that you can't explain it in 10 seconds, then it's probably not worth knowing anyway.

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CALVIN: When I grow up I want to be an inventor. First I will invent a time machine. Then I'll come back to yesterday and take myself to tomorrow and skip this dumb assignment.

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