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    Bill Watterson
    “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.”
    ― Bill Watterson, The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
    tags: idiots, life-humor
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    Bill Watterson
    “The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.”
    ― Bill Watterson
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    Bill Watterson
    “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.”
    ― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
    tags: friends
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    Bill Watterson
    “You know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon...everything's different.”
    ― Bill Watterson
    tags: change-life
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    Bill Watterson
    “Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said 'I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze ’em?”
    ― Bill Watterson
    tags: humor
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    Bill Watterson
    “There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”
    ― Bill Watterson
    tags: idleness, time, wasting-time
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    Bill Watterson
    “We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are.”
    ― Bill Watterson
    tags: enjoy-life, humor, live-in-the-moment
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    Bill Watterson
    “CALVIN:
    This whole Santa Claus thing just doesn't make sense. Why all the secrecy? Why all the mystery?
    If the guy exists why doesn't he ever show himself and prove it?
    And if he doesn't exist what's the meaning of all this?
    HOBBES:
    I dunno. Isn't this a religious holiday?
    CALVIN:
    Yeah, but actually, I've got the same questions about God.”
    ― Bill Watterson
    tags: christmas, life, religion
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    Bill Watterson
    “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 is ruthless and our existence is very fragile, temporary, and precious. But to go on with your daily affairs, you can't really think about that...which is probably why everyone takes the world for granted and why we act so thoughtlessly. It's very confusing. I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up.
    Hobbes: No doubt.”
    ― Bill Watterson, There's Treasure Everywhere
    tags: humor-life
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  • #10
    Bill Watterson
    “Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you're just a reflection of him?”
    ― Bill Watterson
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    Bill Watterson
    “Girls are like slugs—they probably serve some purpose, but it's hard to imagine what.”
    ― Bill Watterson, The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
    tags: humor-girls-slugs
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    Bill Watterson
    “Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be devastated THEN”
    ― Bill Watterson
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    Bill Watterson
    “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.”
    ― Bill Watterson
    tags: life
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    Bill Watterson
    “I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track. ”
    ― Bill Watterson
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    Bill Watterson
    “Calvin: Today for show and tell, I've brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake! I think we might all learn a lesson from how this utterly unique and exquisite crystal turns into an ordinary, boring molecule of water just like every other one when you bring it into the classroom.
    And now, while the analogy sinks in, I will be leaving you drips and going outside...”
    ― bill watterson
    tags: calvin, miracle, snowflake
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    Garrison Keillor
    “Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
    ― Garrison Keillor
    tags: humor, religion
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    Alexandre Dumas fils
    “The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
    ― Alexandre Dumas-fils
    tags: misattributed-to-einstein
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    Toba Beta
    “Practice doesn't make perfect.
    Practice reduces the imperfection.”
    ― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
    tags: imperfection, perfect, practice
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    Toba Beta
    “Crying relieves pressure on soul.”
    ― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
    tags: crying, pressure, relief, soul
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    Toba Beta
    “True love is tested when betrayed.”
    ― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
    tags: betrayal, test, true-love
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  • #21
    Toba Beta
    “If you violate laws of God, you're a sinner.
    If you violate laws of men, you're a criminal.
    If you violate your own laws, you're pathetic.”
    ― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
    tags: criminal, god, laws, men, pathetic, sinner, violate
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    Toba Beta
    “Just because they disagree, doesn't mean you ain't right.”
    ― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
    tags: be-yourself, man-for-himself
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    Toba Beta
    “We begin to learn wisely when we're willing
    to see world from other people's perspective.”
    ― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity
    tags: learn, others, perspective, point-of-view, willing-to-see, wisely
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    Sam Gosling
    “Real change is possible, of course, but it's hard to achieve because you have to contend with your underlying biological predisposition as well as the pressures and daily obligations you have built into your routines.”
    ― Sam Gosling
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    Sam Gosling
    “For a behavior to be part of your personality, it should be something that you do repeatedly.”
    ― Sam Gosling, Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You
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    Sam Gosling
    “Apparently, anxious people high on neuroticism are using the self-affirmations and inspirational messages of posters to regulate their tendency to worry about things and become blue. The posters are a visual form of self-medication.”
    ― Sam Gosling, Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You
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    B.F. Skinner
    “No one asks how to motivate a baby. A baby naturally explores everything it can get at, unless restraining forces have already been at work. And this tendency doesn't die out, it's wiped out.”
    ― B.F. Skinner, Walden Two
    tags: baby, curiosity, motivation
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    B.F. Skinner
    “Some of us learn control, more or less by accident. The rest of us go all our lives not even understanding how it is possible, and blaming our failure on being born the wrong way.”
    ― B.F. Skinner, Walden Two
    tags: control
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    B.F. Skinner
    “The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. The mystery which surrounds a thinking machine already surrounds a thinking man.”
    ― B.F. Skinner, Contingencies of Reinforcement; A Theoretical Analysis
    tags: machines, mystery, question, real, science, think
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    B.F. Skinner
    “A person who has been punished is not thereby simply less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.”
    ― B.F Skinner, Beyond Freedom and Dignity
    tags: avoidance, behavioral, learn, psychology, punishment, science
    90 likes



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