Charles M. Schulz · 323 pages
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“I love mankind ... it's people I can't stand!!”
― Charles M. Schulz, quote from The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960
“There is nothing more attractive than a nice smile”
― Charles M. Schulz, quote from The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960
“Sometimes I feel that life has passed me by... Do you ever feel that way, Charlie Brown?"
"I feel that it has knocked me down and walked all over me!”
― Charles M. Schulz, quote from The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960
“Life is just too much for me. I've been confused right from the day I was born... I think the whole trouble is that we're thrown into life too fast... We're not really prepared..."
"What did you want... A chance to warm up first?”
― Charles M. Schulz, quote from The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960
“Aren't the clouds beautiful? They look like big balls of cotton... I could just lie here all day, and watch them drift by... If you use your imagination, you can see lots of things in the cloud formations... What do you think you see, Linus?"
"Well, those clouds up there look like the map of the British Honduras on the Caribbean... That cloud up there looks a little like the profile of Thomas Eakins, the famous painter and sculptor... And that group of clouds over there gives me the impression of the stoning of Stephen... I can see the apostle Paul standing there to one side..."
"Uh huh... That's very good... What do you see in the clouds, Charlie Brown?"
"Well, I was going to say I saw a ducky and a horsie, but I changed my mind!”
― Charles M. Schulz, quote from The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960
“I have deep feelings of depression... What can I do about this?'
'Snap out of it! Five cents, please.”
― Charles M. Schulz, quote from The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960
“I'm depressed! I'm completely depressed! I am firmly convinced that there is no one in this world who really likes me!"
"So what else is new?”
― Charles M. Schulz, quote from The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960
“How is the birdhouse coming along, Charlie Brown?"
"Well, I'm a lousy carpenter, I can't nail straight, I can't saw straight and I always split the wood... I'm nervous, I lack confidence, I'm stupid, I have poor taste and absolutely no sense of design... So, all things considered, it's coming along okay!”
― Charles M. Schulz, quote from The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960
“I feel sorry for little babies... When a little baby is born into this cold world, he's confused! He's frightened! He needs something to cheer him up... The way I see it, as soon as a baby is born, he should be issued a banjo!”
― Charles M. Schulz, quote from The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960
“You know, in a way, 'Dear Santa Claus' is rather stuffy... Perhaps something a little more intimate would be better... Something just a shade more friendly..."
"How about 'Dear Fatty'?”
― Charles M. Schulz, quote from The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960
“All I wanted to do was be a hero... But do I ever get to be a hero? All I ever get to be is the stupid goat!"
"Don't be discouraged, Charlie Brown... In this life we live, there are always some bitter pills to be swallowed..."
"If it's all the same with you, I'd rather not renew my perscription!”
― Charles M. Schulz, quote from The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960
“Look out!! Ha! Now you've done it! Now you've broken a lamp, and you've got no one to blame it on but yourself!"
"Maybe I could blame it on society!”
― Charles M. Schulz, quote from The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960
“These rocks are a release for my pent-up emotions. When I feel all tied up inside, I just stand here and throw rocks into that vacant lot!"
"Hello, Charlie Brown, you blockhead!"
"Sometimes I think I'm kind of a vacant lot myself...”
― Charles M. Schulz, quote from The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960
Charles M. Schulz
Born place: in Minneapolis, MN, The United States
Born date November 26, 1922
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― Paul Scott, quote from The Day of the Scorpion
“Return'd so soon! Rather approached too late: the capron burns, the pig falls from the spit, the clock hath strucken twelve upon the bell; my mistress made it one upon my cheek: she is hot because the meat is cold; the meat is cold because you have no stomach, you have no stomach, having broke your fast; but we, that know what 'tis to fast and pray, are pentent for your default today.”
― William Shakespeare, quote from The Comedy of Errors
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