“[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble.]
Calvin: Ha! I've got a great word and it's on a "Double word score" box!
Hobbes: "ZQFMGB" isn't a word! It doesn't even have a vowel!
Calvin: It is so a word! It's a worm found in New Guinea! Everyone knows that!
Hobbes: I'm looking it up.
Calvin: You do, and I'll look up that 12-letter word you played with all the Xs and Js!
Hobbes: What's your score for ZQFMGB?
Calvin: 957.”
― Scientific Progress Goes "Boink": A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
Calvin: Ha! I've got a great word and it's on a "Double word score" box!
Hobbes: "ZQFMGB" isn't a word! It doesn't even have a vowel!
Calvin: It is so a word! It's a worm found in New Guinea! Everyone knows that!
Hobbes: I'm looking it up.
Calvin: You do, and I'll look up that 12-letter word you played with all the Xs and Js!
Hobbes: What's your score for ZQFMGB?
Calvin: 957.”
― Scientific Progress Goes "Boink": A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
“I can't give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.”
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“I'm learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework...procrastinating and negotiation.”
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“Hello Dad! It is now three in the morning. Do you know where I am? ”
― The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: a Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
― The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: a Calvin and Hobbes Treasury
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