A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.

I'm related to people I don't relate to.

You can present the material, but you can't make me care.

That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.

If comics need to be deconstructed and explained, something is really wrong with them.

Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes: Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce. Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.

The whole idea of hobknobbing and schmoozing and the concept of an "elite" class of celebrities better than the common people has always made my stomach turn.