Dad: Honey, have you seen my glasses? I can"t find them. Mom: I haven't seen them. Calvin: (with glasses, to Dad) Calvin, go do something you hate! Being miserable builds character!

Cleveland is a really hard place, it's a very creative place, it feeds you creatively, but it's a very hard place to make a living creatively.

HOBBES: Virtue needs some cheaper thrills.

A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.

Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.

The only permanent rule in Calvinball is that you can never play it the same way twice! (Calvin)

You never know when some crazed rodent with cold feet could be running loose in your pants.