Jim Davis quotes:

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

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.

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

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.

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

Good morning is a contradiction of terms.

Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat.

Some people are absolutely funny and you want to wish them Happy Thanksgiving in funniest way possible. Here is the list of Funny Thanksgiving sayings. Just chose the quote you want to wish that person. Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread and pumpkin pie.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Cats rule the world.

Deep fry that sucker! - Garfield

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

I never met a lasagna I didn't like

I can go everywhere and no one recognises me.

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

The understatement is the English contribution to comedy.

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

I stop short of being a workaholic.

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

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

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

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.

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

When in doubt, pig out!

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

When all else fails, look cute.

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

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

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

I thought you were dead, Mr. McCandles.

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

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

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

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

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