Jim Davis Quotes

#1. Readers have told me that their children have learned to read after years of struggle after starting to read Garfield's comic strip and many people who have moved to the United States have said that they, too, learned English by reading Garfield.

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#2. When in doubt, pig out!

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#3. I never met a lasagna I didn't like

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#4. I'm still a farm boy at heart. If I hadn't suffered from asthma as a child, I would be a farmer today.

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#5. Clasping your hands together means you are serious. Clasping them around someone else's throat means you are very serious

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#6. There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the opportunity to focus more on art, writing, or music.

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#7. You have to do something when you're lying in bed. So you play with your mind.

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#8. The understatement is the English contribution to comedy.

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#9. The Ego Rip
Step 1: Make a list of all your short comings.
Step 2: Grasp list firmly in both hands.
Step 3: Rip list to shreds.
Step 4: Consider yourself perfect.

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#10. I thought you were dead, Mr. McCandles.

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#11. Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them.

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#12. Deep fry that sucker! - Garfield

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#13. Cats are anthropomorphised in art because they are so laid back that you automatically attribute human thoughts and feelings to them.

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#14. If you are patient ... and wait long enough ... Nothing will happen

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#15. Life is like a Ferrari, it goes too fast. But that's ok, because you can't afford it anyway.

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#16. There's only one thing to do in crisis like this - SLEEP ON IT!

Garfield, the cat.

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#17. There is never a need to outrun anything you can outwit.

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#18. Don't eat fruits or nuts. You are what you eat.

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#19. I was very happy and honored to create the Professor Garfield Foundation with Ball State to make reading fun.

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#20. Life is a food chain, and it's better to be the diner than the dinner.

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#21. I stop short of being a workaholic.

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#22. I was in and out of comas until I was nine and I would lose entire days and weeks. The novelty of being able to really do stuff hasn't worn off - I still feel like I'm making up for lost time.

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#23. Nothing spoils lunch any quicker than a rogue meatball rampaging through your spaghetti.

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#24. Life is like a hot bath. It feels good while you're in it, but the longer you stay, the more wrinkled you get.

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#25. You'd have to go a long way to find someone who was more proud and grateful for what our veterans have done for all of us.

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#26. I didn't have a whole lot of success getting dates, I was always a bit of a geek.

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#27. Usually I commit to something in my head and then I start drawing.

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#28. Jon: Our only thought is to entertain you!
Garfield: Feed me.

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#29. It's amazing what one can accomplish when one doesn't know what one can't do.

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#30. Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat.

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#31. He who fills His pockets with the Rocks of Misdeeds shall surely sink in the River of Good Fortune.

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#32. I have a fear of letting my mind wander. I'm afraid it might not come back.

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#33. I can go everywhere and no one recognises me.

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#34. Great chefs know it's the appearance of food that counts ... but great eaters know its the amount of food that counts

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#35. My dream in life is to write the one gag that makes everyone in the world laugh.

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#36. An imagination is a powerful tool. It can tint memories of the past, shade perceptions of the present, or paint a future so vivid that it can entice ... or terrify, all depending upon how we conduct ourselves today.

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#37. We have a group of people now who think they own the state. Its disgusting.

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#38. I thought if I could create a convincing cat I could say and do anything I wanted on the human condition.

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#39. Wimps take life as it comes; superior people slap life up the side of the head until it gives them turf.

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#40. Cats rule the world.

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#41. When you're through with your cat, you can't throw it in the trash.

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#42. In my head, the sky is blue, the grass is green and cats are orange.

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#43. Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.

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#44. I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories.

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#45. Good morning is a contradiction of terms.

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#46. When all else fails, look cute.

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