I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.
Every time I've built character, I've regretted it.
Childhood is for spoiling adulthood.
The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning and inhibit clarity.
I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep my expectations.
HOBBES:If you don't get a goodnight kiss you get Kafka dreams.
That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.
So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it.
Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.
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 lea...
People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!
I try to make everyone's day a little more surreal.
Hobbes: UGH! something under the bed is drooling.Calvin: Start tying the sheets. We'll go out the window.
Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
Calvin: Somewhere in Communist Russia I'll bet there's a little boy who has never known anything but censorship and oppression. But maybe he's heard of America, and he dreams of living in this land of...
Calvin: Look, a dead bird! Hobbes: It must've hit a window. Calvin: Isn't it beautiful? It's so delicate. Sighhh... once it's too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is. You realize that nature i...
Calvin: I'm being educated against my will! My rights are being trampled!Hobbes: Is it a right to remain ignorant?Calvin: I don't know, but I refuse to find out!
Calvin: I'm a genius. I can't believe how smart I am....I've got more brains than I know what to do with.Hobbes: So I've noticed.