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.

Specifically, I’d like to debate whether cannibalism ought to be grounds for leniency in murders, since it’s less wasteful.

I think most of us would be horrified to meet ourselves and discover what everyone else already knows about us.

Mom and Dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in... But every time I do, they tell me to stop it.

People pay more attention when they think you’re up to something.

Hobbes: Do you think there's a God? Calvin: Well, somebody's out to get me!

In a comic strip, you can suggest motion and time, but it's very crude compared to what an animator can do. I have a real awe for good animation.