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Quotes by Cartoonist
"I wouldn't change anything. I think that it's important to let things happen, and stay "happened". I think that's all part of the learning curve, part of fate. I'm just glad that it happened."
6
"Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth."
6
"Because the majority of my readers are women, I feel that one public service I can provide to them is to spread the message of regular mammograms and early detection within the strip."
5
"Publicity gets more than a little tiring. You want it, you need it, you crave it, and you're scared as hell when it stops."
5
"Tell me about yourself - your struggles, your dreams, your telephone number."
5
"I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive."
5
"The best thing to do is just leave them alone. Alligators want to be away from you just as much as you want to be away from them."
Want,
5
"When a person pauses in mid-sentence to choose a word, that's the best time to jump in and change the subject! It's like an interception in football! You grab the others guy's idea and run the opposite way with it! The more sentences you complete, the higher your score! The idea is to block the other guy's thoughts and express your own! That's how you win!Conversations aren't contests!Ok, a point for you, but I'm still ahead."
5
"I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall."
5
"I don't know if I can live on my income or not - the government won't let me try it."
4
"There are few things less comforting than a tiger who's been up too late."
4
"You know, sometimes the world seems like a pretty mean place.' 'That's why animals are so soft and huggy."
4
"On gray days, when it's snowing or raining, I think you should be able to call up a judge and take an oath that you'll just read a good book all day, and he'd allow you to stay home."
4
"Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book."
4
"That's the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!"
4
"As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget it forever. You've taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system. Congratulations."
4
"I think hiccup cures were really invented for the amusement of the patient's friends."
3
"We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are."
3
"Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I'd say our afternoon just got booked solid!"
3
"Hold it. You know what I'd like to see? I'd like to see the three bears eat the three little pigs, and then the bears join up with the big bad wolf and eat Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood! Tell me a story like that, OK?"
3
"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."
3
"But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He's one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!"
3
"Nowadays, ads don't just sell a product. They sell an attitude! Look at this one! Here's a cool guy saying nobody tells him what to do. He does whatever he wants and he buys this product as a reflection of that independence. So basically, this maverick is urging everyone to express his individuality through conformity in brand-name selection?"
3
"If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how precious they are?"
3
"What fun is it being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?"
3
"I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness."
3
"We don't value craftsmanship anymore! All we value is ruthless efficiency, and I say we deny our own humanity that way! Without appreciation for grace and beauty, there's no pleasure in creating things and no pleasure in having them! Our lives are made drearier, rather than richer! How can a person take pride in his work when skill and care are considered luxuries! We're not machines! We have a human need for craftsmanship!"
3
"I'm a 21st-century kid trapped in a 19th-century family."
3
"Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding."
3
"Hobbes: Do you think there's a God?Calvin: Well, somebody's out to get me!"
3
"Susie: Hi Calvin! Aren't you excited about going to school? Look at all these great school supplies I got! I love having new notebooks and stuff!Calvin:All I've got to say is they're not making me learn any foreign languages. If English is good enough for me, then by golly, it's good enough for the rest of the world! Everyone should just speak English or shut up, that's what I say!Susie: You should maybe check the chemical content of your breakfast cereal."
3
"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."
3
"CALVIN:Our hero regains consciousness at the feet of a sarcastic alien."
3
"Calvin : There's no problem so awful, that you can't add some guilt to it and make it even worse."
3
"Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer.... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously?"
2
"When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back."
2
"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 wonder which one YOU are. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles!"
2
"I wish people were more like animals. Animals don't try to change you or make you fit in. They just enjoy the pleasure of your company. Animals aren't conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you're sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness."
2
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want."
2
"If you can't win by reason, go for volume."
2
"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."
2
"You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go."
2
"History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That's why events are always reinterpreted when values change. We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices."
2
"Calvin: As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget it forever. You've taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system. Congratulations."
2
"I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world."
2
"Hello Dad! It is now three in the morning. Do you know where I am?"
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