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Virtual reality has nothing on Calvin. -- Bill Watterson
Calvin was virtually the founder of America. -- Leopold Von Ranke
I think Calvin [Klein] is a minimalist. -- Donna Karan
Calvin [Trillin] has never done anything majorly objectionable. -- Kevin Sessums
I like maxims that don't encourage behavior modification. -Calvin -- Bill Watterson
My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin -- Bill Watterson
I love music, from shanty sea-songs to Calvin Harris. -- Brian McDermott
Don't mess with me, Calvin. You'll only get hurt. -- Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Reading [John] Calvin is a breath of fresh air. -- Oliver D. Crisp
Why, I make more money than-than-than Calvin Coolidge, put together! -- Jean Hagen
I see the Calvin Klein girl as strong, fun, and confident. -- Hanneli Mustaparta
I hated suits until I wore a Calvin Klein; they just fit me. -- Kid Cudi
The way Calvin's brain is wired you can almost hear the fuses blowing. -- Bill Watterson
I love Calvin Klein underwear. That's the only kind of underwear I wear. -- Trey Songz
Calvin: Life's a lot more fun when you aren't responsible for your actions. -- Bill Watterson
Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont. -- Clarence Darrow
Hobbes: Do you think there's a God? Calvin: Well, somebody's out to get me! -- Bill Watterson
On being told of the death of former President Calvin Coolidge: How could they tell? -- Dorothy Parker
I hate Calvin and Hobbes. I think its a big re-hash of formula kid strips. -- Bill Griffith
Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. -- Sam Harris
[Calvin Trillin] was very "shoe," which means he was a big jock, a big deal. -- Kevin Sessums
Even the God of Calvin never judged anyone as harshly as married couples judge each other. -- Wilfrid Sheed
Calvin was very clever. We did the pictures and made the commercial, and that really worked. -- Kate Moss
But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He's one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice! -- Bill Watterson
[John Calvin] writes clearly, directly, without artifice, and gets straight to the practical heart of the matter. -- Oliver D. Crisp
Calvinism did not spring from Calvin. We believe that it sprang from the great Founder of all truth. -- Charles Spurgeon
Calvin: Medically speaking:. That's love?!?..... Hobbes: Heck, that happened to me once, but I figured it was cooties!! -- Bill Watterson
For those who have only ever read about [John] Calvin, reading the man himself is an invigorating experience. -- Oliver D. Crisp
I went to Holland Christian High School in Holland, Michigan, and to Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. -- Lisa McMann
Calvin had long been uneasy in his own person and so lived to put everyone else at ease. -- Edward P. Jones
The only permanent rule in Calvinball is that you can never play it the same way twice! (Calvin) -- Bill Watterson
I never appear in any of your work, come to think of it, Calvin [Trillin]. And I look. -- Kevin Sessums
Just the other day, my assistant was on the line with Calvin Klein. Golly, I usually shop at Sears. -- Billy Bob Thornton
Calvin : There's no problem so awful, that you can't add some guilt to it and make it even worse. -- Bill Watterson
It wasn't Luther or Calvin that reformed the church. It was the Word of God that reformed the church. -- Robert Godfrey
Scotland: That garret of the earth - that knuckle-end of England - that land of Calvin, oatcakes, and sulfur. -- Sydney Smith
I say if a novelty Christmas song is funny one time, then it is funny every time. - Calvin -- Bill Watterson
A silk dress in four sections, and shoes with high heels that would have broken the heart of John Calvin. -- Stephen Leacock
I believe nothing merely because Calvin taught it, but because I have found his teaching in the Word of God. -- Charles Spurgeon
Calvin Klein and Gloria Vanderbilt don't wear clothes with your name on it, so why should you wear their name? -- Mr. T
Indifference to all the refinements of life--it's really shocking. Just Calvinism, that's all. Calvinism without the excuse of Calvin's theology. -- Aldous Huxley
He [Calvin Coolidge] is the first president to discover that what the American people want is to be left alone. -- Will Rogers
If anything, Calvin Klein is the iconic company in terms of fashion. They do have iconic images for their campaigns. -- Djimon Hounsou
Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles. -- Cardinal Richelieu
I expect that Calvin would evaluate our worship today not as too emotional, but as too narrow in its emotional repertoire. -- Michael S. Horton
Within a few years the name 'Maria Sharapova' will be a brand as universally recognized as Calvin Klein, BMW and Rolex. -- Maria Sharapova
I think everyone who has an interest in Reformed theology, or just in Christian theology more generally, should read John Calvin Institutes. -- Oliver D. Crisp
I wouldn't just lay my voice on anything. But I'd love to do a collaboration, like a Calvin Harris track, for example. -- Gabrielle Aplin
[John Calvin's] Humanist training makes him an excellent writer. What is more, he is as relevant today as he was 500 years ago. -- Oliver D. Crisp
I was Versace's muse, I was Valentino's muse, I was Alaia's muse, Lancetti's muse, Calvin Klein's, Halston's. I could go on and on. -- Janice Dickinson
If I ever modelled for Calvin Klein I'd give myself to a flock of fans to beat me silly with a baseball bat. -- Joey Jordison
I never felt ostracized or made to feel strange by obsessing over The Onion or Calvin and Hobbes. That was considered completely normal. -- Simon Rich
[John] Calvin is often identified with his account of predestination. Yet that appears in the third book of his Institutes, not the first. -- Oliver D. Crisp
I'd like to work with Florence and The Machine, Little Dragon, Frank Ocean, Miguel, Calvin Harris... there are so many artists and producers. -- Wynter Gordon
Calvin: Why are you crying mom? Mom: I'm cutting up an onion. Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables. -- Bill Watterson
Handsome, fictional men were so much easier to stomach than real life ones who smelled of Christmas and looked like a Calvin Klein model -- Tarryn Fisher
I never felt ostracized or made to feel strange by obsessing over 'The Onion' or 'Calvin and Hobbes.' That was considered completely normal. -- Simon Rich
Calvin [Trillin] was much more of a mover and a shaker. That's all I'm saying. I was a "weenie." That was another term back then. -- Kevin Sessums
I read the other day an account of a meeting between John Knox and John Calvin. Imagine a dialogue between a pestilence and a famine! -- Robert Green Ingersoll
Cigars are all the rage, dad. You should smoke cigars! - CalvinFlatulence could be all the rage, but it would still be disgusting. - Calvin's mom -- Bill Watterson
Calvin: I'm a genius. I can't believe how smart I am. ...I've got more brains than I know what to do with. Hobbes: So I've noticed. -- Bill Watterson
The metaphysical insanities of Athanasius, of Loyola, and of Calvin, are, to my understanding, mere lapses into polytheism, differing from paganism only by being more unintelligible. -- Thomas Jefferson
[Remark about Calvin Coolidge she says was erroneously attributed to her:] I do wish he did not look as if he had been weaned on a pickle. -- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
I had a few comics, but I was by no means a huge aficionado. I was more of a 'Mad Magazine,' 'Calvin & Hobbes' sort of nerd. -- Robin Lord Taylor
Cigars are all the rage, dad. You should smoke cigars!" - Calvin"Flatulence could be all the rage, but it would still be disgusting." - Calvin's mom -- Bill Watterson
Calvin the zombie searches for food. Horribly, the undead feed upon the living! ...Although, in a pinch, a PBJ will do, if you eat it messily enough. -- Bill Watterson
Calvin is hammering nails into coffee table.Mom: CALVIN WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE COFFEE TABLE?!?Calvin: Is this some sort of trick question, or what? -- Bill Watterson
[John] Calvin's Institutes is often called a summary of Christian piety. You can't say that about many modern works of theology. You can say it of Calvin. -- Oliver D. Crisp
Calvin: I'm a genius, but I'm a misunderstood genius. Hobbes: What's misunderstood about you? Calvin: Nobody thinks I'm a genius. Corfu? It's just a poor man's Pensacola... -- John Ratzenberger
Everyone says how Calvin and Hobbes is about a real kid, to me there's nothing real about it; it's an adult using a kid's body as a mouthpiece. -- Bill Griffith
When I was the first time for a job in New York, I saw Natalia Vodianova on an oversized billboard in Times Square on a Calvin Klein billboard. -- Lara Stone
[Larry Kramer] said, when it was all about to fall through, "You betrayed me, Calvin." And I said, "I resent that. I was against you from the beginning." -- Kevin Sessums
Calvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you're over here like this? Calvin:...I don't think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan. -- Bill Watterson
I did some great work with my Calvin Klein ads on the motorcycle. It was really groundbreaking because people hadn't seen a woman actually riding a motorcycle before. -- Carre Otis
Calvin:"It says here that 'religion is the opiate of the masses.'...what do you suppose that means?" Television: "...it means that Karl Marx hadn't seen anything yet -- Bill Watterson
I spent two weeks prancing around a studio in Queens in my underwear with nine other guys. They were long days. But what the hell, it was Calvin Klein. -- Michael Bergin
Calvin: Know what I pray for? Hobbes: What? Calvin: The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can't, and the incapacity to tell the difference. -- Bill Watterson
I had wanted to be a Calvin Klein model since I was 17. Marky Mark in his Calvin Kleins was the epitome of male sexuality. That was something I worked for. -- Mehcad Brooks
Calvin and Hobbes are the only two characters from my childhood reading that I return to with any regularity, and they have grown with me, yielding newer and deeper meaning. -- Anthony Marra
Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not sure man needs the help. -- Bill Watterson
[Calvin Trilllin] is not writing about things that I can criticize. I can call these other people out for what I think they are not doing. There's a big difference. -- Kevin Sessums
If I had rolled along with the strip's popularity and repeated myself for another five, 10 or 20 years, the people now 'grieving' for 'Calvin and Hobbes' would be wishing me dead. -- Bill Watterson
No man that ever lived, not John Calvin himself, ever asserted either original sin, or justification by faith, in more strong, more clear and express terms, than Arminius has done. -- John Wesley
I'm sorry to keep focusing on the New Yorker, but everybody who was growing up when Calvin [Trillin] and I were growing up wanted to be published in the New Yorker. -- Kevin Sessums
Most women are all too familiar with men like Calvin Smith. Men whose sense of prerogative renders them deaf when women say, "No thanks," "Not interested," or even "Fuck off, creep. -- Jon Krakauer
I'll always be grateful for the dream season of 1986. In a corner of my mind I will stand forever with my bat cocked, waiting for the two-one pitch from Calvin Schiraldi. -- Gary Carter
The strength of that heretic [Calvin] consisted in this, that money never had the slightest charm for him. If I had such servants my dominion would extend from sea to sea. -- Pope Pius IV
A celebrated north country apostle, who, after Calvin had damned ninety-nine in a hundred of mankind, had contrived a scheme for damning ninety-nine in a hundred of the followers of Calvin. -- William Godwin
Do you seriously envision St. Paul or Calvin or Luther opening bottles of Welch's Grape Juice in the sacristy before the service? Luther at least would turn over in his grave. -- Robert Farrar Capon
When the last of the Reformers died, religion, instead of emancipating the nations, had become an excuse for the criminal art of despots. Calvin preached, and Bellarmine lectured; but Machiavelli reigned. -- Lord Acton
It's hard to think of another body of work that is more universally beloved - I don't think I've ever met someone who has encountered 'Calvin and Hobbes' without falling for them. -- Anthony Marra
Do you think the Bible is accurate? I mean, do you think it's real?" " I think Pastor Calvin is hot. In a fortysomething way. That pretty much sums up my religious conviction -- Becca Fitzpatrick
Dad: Honey, have you seen my glasses? I can"t find them. Mom: I haven't seen them. Calvin: (with glasses, to Dad) Calvin, go do something you hate! Being miserable builds character! -- Bill Watterson
I really like Calvin Klein for his classic simplicity. I also think Prabal Gurung designs some great pieces that work well for me. My mom has such great style she's my biggest influence. -- Isabelle Fuhrman
I really like Calvin Klein for his classic simplicity. I also think Prabal Gurung designs some great pieces that work well for me. My mom has such great style; she's my biggest influence. -- Isabelle Fuhrman
I can never join Calvin in addressing his god. He was indeed an Atheist, which I can never be; or rather his religion was Daemonism. If ever man worshipped a false god, he did. -- Thomas Jefferson
The bottom line is that red carpet helps us broaden the appeal of the brand. Calvin Klein used to be about a very specific woman, but we've dressed so many different women at awards. -- Francisco Costa
We know about the Detroit offense with Calvin Johnson, the best receiver in the game. If this defense continues to play at this pace, they may have something to say about the NFC North. -- Bill Cowher
Even Martin Luther and John Calvin believed that the Roman Catholic church, up to the Council of Trent, was basically orthodox - a true church with sound fundamental doctrines as well as significant error. -- Norman Geisler
Every good thing in the Christian life grows in the soil of humility. Without humility, every virtue and every grace withers. That's why Calvin said humility is first, second, and third in the Christian faith. -- John Piper
I am convinced with Plato , with St. Paul, with St. Augustine, with Calvin , and with Leibnitz, that this universe, and every smallest portion of it, exactly fulfils the purpose for which Almighty God designed it. -- James Anthony Froude
What I learned from being around great icons like Calvin Klein is that the great fashion trendsetters don't change their look every season. They have a look, and they update maybe a piece per season. -- Elizabeth Rogers
Rock'n'roll is a teenage sport, meant to be played by teenagers of all ages--they could be 15, 25 or 35. It all boils down to whether they've got the love in their hearts, that beautiful teenage spirit... -Calvin Johnson -- Michael Azerrad
We talk about predestination because the Bible talks about predestination. If we desire to build our theology on the Bible, we run head on into this concept. We soon discover that John Calvin did not invent it. -- R. C. Sproul
The most powerful presentations were based on legal precedents, especially Calvin's Case (1608), which, it was claimed, proved on the authority of Coke and Bacon that subjects of the King are by no means necessarily subjects of Parliament. -- Bernard Bailyn
My grandmother was amazing. She completely believed in me and was very encouraging. She would go to the supermarket or the butcher or wherever and tell people, 'My grandson is going to be the next Calvin Klein.' -- Marc Jacobs
I own more pairs of Calvin Klein underwear than I can count. At any given time, I probably have 50 to 60 pairs on deck. I travel with an entire suitcase of underwear and t-shirts, and they're all Calvin Klein. -- Trey Songz
Don't tell me that you have a Reformed Church in the tradition of Calvin until you have the preaching of the Word every day of the week, devote Wednesday's to prayer and have the church gather together for prayer. -- Sinclair B. Ferguson
The ruthlessness born of self-seeking is ineffectual compared with the ruthlessness sustained by dedication to a holy cause. God wishes, said Calvin, that one should put aside all humanity when it is a question of striving for His glory.. -- Eric Hoffer
The guys that are out there now like Calvin Johnson and Larry Fitzgerald they're making $16 million, $15 million a year, and I'm not looking for anything like that. A lot of that money goes to the quarterback position and rightfully so. -- Brandon Marshall
Quietly scuttling Columbus Day sales doesn't mean they are opposed to 15th century Iberian seafarers; it just means They don't want protestors on the sales floor throwing blood on the Calvin Klein hosiery in the name of the anti-imperialistic cause. -- James Lileks
When I see guys in bars wearing the real fitted kind of Calvin Klein v-neck t-shirts I just want to go up to them and be like, 'Oh, do you work out? Your tricep looks so great - thank you.' -- Janeane Garofalo
Calvin Klein and Donna Karan were the big American names at that point in time, Helmut [Lung] was the cool kid on the block and you had Marc Jacobs and John Galliano who starting the revival of the old fashion houses. -- Roopal Patel
It's gratifying to hear that from people who care about comic art. I never know what to make of it when someone writes to say, "Calvin and Hobbes is the best strip in the paper. I like it even more than Nancy." -- Bill Watterson
Many argue that Christianity is "different" from other religions - that it is primarily about love of one's fellow man. The Crusades, The Inquisition, Calvin's Geneva all prove that this is not the case. These events were pre-eminently about obedience to authority. -- Andrew Bernstein
I like major theology. I like Karl Barth, and I like John Calvin, and I like Martin Luther. The scale of thinking and the power of integration that they're capable of from thinking in that scale is something that's really unique to theology. -- Marilynne Robinson
I vaguely remember in the '90s when Calvin Klein started making unisex CK1. Don't worry about whether it's made for men or women. Listen, we all like to put mum's clothes on sometimes. What's important is that it feels right for you. -- Mark Ronson
To reject censorship after studying the risks involved is very well. To reject it ex cathedra, in the tones of Calvin pronouncing a dogma, eyes and mind closed to the possible consequences, the even marginally possible, is to make things too comfortable for oneself. -- Storm Jameson
God did not make us robots. In spite of the denial by Luther, Calvin, and many evangelical leaders today, God gave man a will to freely choose to love or to hate Him, to receive Christ as Savior and Lord or to reject Him. -- Dave Hunt
Miss Wormwood: Calvin, your test was an absolute disgrace! It's obvious you haven't read any of the material. Our first president was not Chef Boy-Ar-Dee and you ought to be ashamed to have turned in such preposterous answers! Calvin: I just don't test well. -- Bill Watterson

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