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

Quote by Bill Watterson

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It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.

It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.

Genius is never understood in its own time.

Genius is never understood in its own time.

I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh...

I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh...

When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.

When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.

The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own...

The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own...

I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?

I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?

Mothers are the necessity of invention.

Mothers are the necessity of invention.

I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I...

I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I...

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

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

By golly, life's too darn short to waste time trying to please every meddlesome moron...

By golly, life's too darn short to waste time trying to please every meddlesome moron...

It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.

It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.

Heck, what's a little extortion among friends?

Heck, what's a little extortion among friends?

If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live...

If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live...

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has...

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has...

Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the...

Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the...

I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.

I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.

Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.

Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is...

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is...

I won't eat any cereal that doesn't turn the milk purple.

I won't eat any cereal that doesn't turn the milk purple.

Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.

Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.