WIST Quotations

Watterson, Bill -- Calvin and Hobbes (1995-03-07)

Dave — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 20:53:28 +0000

CALVIN: (in front of the class yelling) Today for “Show and Tell,” I refuse to show you what I brought and I refuse to tell you anything about it.

CALVIN: (grinning evilly) It’s a mystery that will haunt you all your miserable lives! You’ll never, ever know what I brought! You can beg and plead, but I’ll never end your torment!

CALVIN: (laughing) I’ll carry my secret to the grave! It’s the Show and Tell that was never shown or told! Ha ha ha! Ah ha ha ha ha!

CALVIN: (walking toward the Principal’s door, sulking) Everybody wants the same old thing.

Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
Calvin and Hobbes (1995-03-07)
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Zelazny, Roger -- The Courts of Chaos, ch. 5 [Corwin] (1978)

Dave — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:54:59 +0000

I have run into this difficulty with Scripture in the past. It tells you enough to get interested, but never enough to be of any immediate use. It is as though the author gets his kicks by tantalizing.

Roger Zelazny (1937-1995) American writer
The Courts of Chaos, ch. 5 [Corwin] (1978)
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Parker, Dorothy -- Caption, Vogue (1916)

Dave — Fri, 27 May 2016 19:46:31 +0000

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) American writer, poet, wit
Caption, Vogue (1916)

Quoted and attributed in Alexander Woollcott, While Rome Burns (1934). Modeled after Shakespeare. The full caption, from a page of women's underwear: "From these foundations of the autumn wardrobe, one may learn that brevity is the soul of lingerie, as the Petticoat said to the Chemise."