Calvin: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not sure man needs the help.

Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?

Well, coming at a new work requires a certain amount of patience and energy, and there’s always the risk of disappointment. You can’t really blame people for preferring more of what they already know and like. The trade-off, of course, is that predictability is boring. Repetition is the death of magic.

Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running.

You are demoted from First Tiger to bulk rate.

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

If you've got more ambiguous characters or stock stereotypes, the plastic comes through and they don't work as well.