625 Quotes by Bill Watterson



  • Author Bill Watterson
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    Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray. You realize nothing is as clear as it first appears. Ultimately, knowledge is paralyzing. Being a man of action, I cannot afford to take that risk. Hobbes: You're ignorant, but at least you act on it.

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    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.

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  • Author Bill Watterson
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    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.

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