Charles M. Schulz famous quotes

Just thinking about a friend makes you want to do a happy dance, because a friend is someone who loves you in spite of your faults.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Friendship #Love You #Thinking

Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Is life a multiple choice test or is it a true or false test?" ...Then a voice comes to me out of the dark and says, "We hate to tell you this but life is a thousand word essay.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Philosophy #Lying #Hate

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Inspirational #Funny #Life

All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Dog #Animal #Pet

I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Life #Spiritual #Fun

Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Funny #Life #Happiness

Happiness is a warm puppy.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Life #Happiness #Dog

This is my depressed stance. When you're depressed, it makes a lot of difference how you stand. The worst thing you can do is straighten up and hold your head high because then you'll start to feel better. If you're going to get any joy out of being depressed, you've got to stand like this.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Funny #Cute #Happiness

I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart of all mankind! The answer is twelve? I think I'm in the wrong building.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Lying #Heart #Thinking

Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Christmas #Funny Christmas #Littles

I don't think God wants to be worshiped. I think the only pure worship of God is by loving one another, and I think all other forms of worship became a substitute for the love that we should show one another.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Thinking #Want #Worship

Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Love #Life #Broken Heart

Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. If makes it feel needed.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Witty #Fitness Motivational #Feet

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Inspirational #Laughter #Humor

I just draw what I think is funny, and I hope other people think it is funny, too.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Thinking #People #Draws

There sure are a lot of these 'instant' products on the market. Instant coffee, instant tea, instant pudding, instant cereal... instant dislike.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Coffee #Cereal #Tea

That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Witty #Worry #Secret

It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Believe #Long #Matter

I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Inspirational #Funny #Change

My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Life #Happiness #Personality

Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Time #Funny Life #Adversity

Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Life #Home #Giving

Lucy was using my blanket to dry the dishes... We now have very secure dishes!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Dry #Dishes #Blanket

I proved to you that psychiatry is an exact science!" "An exact science?!" "Yes, you owe me exactly one hundred and forty-three dollars!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Dollars #Three #Hundred

A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Inspirational #Hope #Memories

Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Witty #Funny Life #Lying

No problem is too big to run away from.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Running #Problem #Bigs

Love is letting him win even though you know you could slaughter him.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Winning #Love Is #Slaughter

No problem is so big or so complicated that it can't be run away from!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Running #Problem #Complicated

There is no greater burden than great potential.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Wisdom #Burden

Happiness is anyone and anything that's loved by you.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Happiness #Wedding

What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Inspirational #Trying

Be yourself. No one can say you're doing it wrong.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Being Yourself

If you grit your teeth and show real determination, you'll always have a chance.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Determination #Real #Grit

Never lie in bed at night asking yourself questions you can't answer.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Lying #Night #Bed

I don't know the meaning of life. I don't know why we are here. I think life is full of anxieties and fears and tears. It has a lot of grief in it, and it can be very grim. And I do not want to be the one who tries to tell somebody else what life is all about. To me it's a complete mystery.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Grief #Thinking #Anxiety

Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry...I'm here. The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Friendship #Faith #Lying

Snoopy: So this is the last day of the year. Another complete year gone by and what have I accomplished this year that I haven't accomplished every other year? Nothing! (He smiles.) How consistent can you get?
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Years #Gone #Lasts

Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest this afternoon.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Inspirational #Yesterday #Live In The Moment

Happiness is waking up, looking at the clock and finding that you still have two hours left to sleep.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Sleep #Two #Wake Up

I was jumping rope. Everything was fine. And then suddenly everything seemed so futile.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Jumping #Rope #Fine

I am not concerned with simply surviving. I am very concerned about improving. I start each day by examining yesterday's work and looking for areas where I can improve. I am always trying to draw the characters better, and trying to design each panel somewhat in the manner a painter would treat his canvas.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Character #Yesterday #Design

This is my report on how to live... They say the best way is just to live one day at a time... If you try to live seven days at a time, the week will be over before you know it...
-- Charles M. Schulz

#One Day At A Time #Trying #Way

Beethoven can't really be great because his picture isn't on a bubble gum card.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Funny #Cards #Gum

I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Funny #Mistake #Made

In the Book of Life, The answers aren't in the back.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Life #Sad #Wisdom

There's nothing like unrequited love to take all the flavor out of a peanut butter sandwich.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Unrequited Love #Reality #Peanut Butter

Exercise is a dirty word. Every time I hear it I wash my mouth out with chocolate.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Fitness #Dirty #Health

Try not to have a good time... this is supposed to be educational.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Education #Humorous #Learning

There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Inspirational #Funny #Witty

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Love #Witty #Hurt

Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.'
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Love #Inspiring #Witty

A good education is the next best thing to a pushy mother.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Education #Mother #Teaching

The hand that controls the supper dish rules the world!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Hands #World #Dishes

What's this? That little red-haired girl dropped her pencil... Gee... It's got teeth marks all over it... She nibbles her pencil... She's human!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Girl #Teeth #Littles

The rain washed away my pitcher's mound... I'm a pitcher without a mound... I'm a lost soul... I'm like a politician out of office." "Or a sailor without an ocean..." "Or a boy without a girl...
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Girl #Rain #Ocean

I've been thinking... Maybe you're a mockingbird... Mockingbirds imitate the songs of other birds... No, I've never heard of any copyright problems.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Song #Thinking #Bird

Why are you standing here, Charlie Brown?" "I'm waiting for that little red-haired girl to walk by... I'm going to say hello to her and ask her how she's enjoying her summer vacation, and just sort of talk to her... You know..." "You'll never do it, Charlie Brown... You'll panic..." "Besides that, she's already walked by!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Girl #Summer #Vacation

Every night it's the same... I have supper in my red dish and drinking water in my yellow dish... Tonight I think I'll have my supper in the yellow dish and my drinking water in the red dish. Life is too short not to live it up a little!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Life Is Too Short #Drinking #Night

Years are like candy bars... We're paying more, but they're getting shorter.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Years #Bars #Candy Bar

Beauty tips. How to look younger: Don't be born so soon.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Looks #Born

No matter what anyone says, it's much worse to be unloved than it is to be lost in the woods." "Sometimes, I think you've been lost in the woods all your life, Charlie Brown...
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Thinking #Woods #Matter

Here I am flying high over enemy lines in my Sopwith Camel searching for the Red Baron. Who's that behind me? It's the Red Baron! He has me in his sights! Give my regards to Broadway.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Sight #Giving #Flying

Your stupidity is appalling!" "Most stupidity is!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Stupidity

For a nothing, Charlie Brown, you're really something!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Brown #Charlie

Mom put a note in my lunch again, I see... Dear son, I hope you will study hard in summer school... Do not look upon it as a punishment, but rather as a privilege... We are very proud of you, and want you to have a good education. This note will self-destruct in five seconds.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Summer #Mom #School

Goodbys always make my throat hurt... I need more hellos...
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Hurt #Needs #Throat

My anxieties have anxieties.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Anxiety

I want to know about life! I want some real answers..." "Five." "Five?!" "I thought that was a pretty good answer!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Real #Answers #Want

All right, team... This is our first game of the season... If we all show the right spirit, I think we can win this one. Let's try to encourage each other... Let's hear a little chatter out there, okay?" "YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL, KID!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Beautiful #Team #Kids

Sometimes I lie awake at night and think about that little red-haired girl... I don't ever want to forget her face, but if I don't forget her face, I'll go crazy... How can I remember the face I can't forget? Suddenly I'm writing country western music!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Girl #Country #Crazy

Those dreams I have at night are going to drive me crazy. Last night I dreamed that little red-haired girl and I were eating lunch together... But she's gone... She's moved away, and I don't know where she lives, and she doesn't know I even exist, and I'll never see her again... And... I wish men cried...
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Girl #Dream #Crazy

I want to be liked... No, I want to be more than just liked... I want people to say, "that Charlie Brown is a great guy!" And when people are at parties, I want them to look for me, and when I finally arrive, I want them to say, "here comes good ol' Charlie Brown... Now everything will be all right!" I want to be a special person... I want to be needed... It's kind of hard to explain... Do you understand? I mean, do you know what I'm talking about?" "Sure, I understand perfectly..." "Well?" "Forget it! Five cents, please!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Party #Mean #Talking

On a beautiful day like this it would be best to stay in bed so you wouldn't get up and spoil it!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Beautiful #Bed #Would Be

Do you have your own room, Charlie Brown?" "Oh, yes... I have a very nice room." "I hope you realize that you won't always have your own room... Someday you'll get drafted or something, and you'll have to leave your room forever!" "Why do you tell me things like that?" "It's on a list I've made up for you... I call it, Things You Might As Well Know!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Nice #Forever #Might

One of Beethoven's favorite dishes was macaroni and cheese. The girl I marry must be able to make good macaroni and cheese..." "How did Beethoven feel about cold cereal?
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Girl #Cereal #Able

What happened to fun?" "Our insurance doesn't cover it!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Fun

Travel tips: How to avoid carsickness, seasickness and airsickness... Be careful what you eat. And stay home.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Home #Be Careful #Careful

Sometimes, when you walk by the home of the girl you love, you can see her standing by the window... She waves at you, and you wave back... But it's her grandmother...
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Girl #Love You #Home

I fall in love with any girl who smells of library paste.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Girl #Falling In Love #Smell

My mind reels with sarcastic replies.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Sarcastic #Mind #Peanuts

Snoopy (musing on his rooftop): Good Grief! Is it November already? My life is going by too fast. I think someone pushed the "Fast Forward" button.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Grief #Thinking #Buttons

Humor is proof that everything is going to be all right with God nevertheless.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Proof #Theologian

Life is too short not to live it up a little!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Life Is Too Short #Littles #Live It Up

I think anybody who is writing finds he puts a little bit of himself in all of the characters, at least in this kind of a strip. It's the only way that you can survive when you have to do something every day. You have to put yourself, all of your thoughts, all of your observations and everything you know into the strip.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Writing #Character #Thinking

Do what is absolutely you and nobody else.
-- Charles M. Schulz

Brothers and sisters should never be in the same family.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Brother #Brothers And Sisters #Should

Love makes you do strange things...
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Love #Strange

Only in math can you buy sixty cantaloupes and no one asks what the hell is wrong with you.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Math #Hell #Sixty

All of earth's creatures have, hidden within their beings, a wild uncontrollable urge to punt!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Earth #Uncontrollable #Creatures

A watched supper dish never fills!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Dishes #Supper

Each year, the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere. He's gotta pick this one. He's got to. I don't see how a pumpkin patch can be more sincere than this one. You can look around and there's not a sign of hypocrisy. Nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Eye #Thinking #Years

I’m torn between the desire to create and the desire to destroy.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Desire #Torn

How can we lose when we're so sincere?
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Sincere

I gave up trying to understand people long ago. Now I let them try to understand me!
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Long #People #Trying

Sometimes I wonder how you can stand being just a dog..." "You play with the cards you're dealt... Whatever that means.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Dog #Mean #Play

When you die, are you ever allowed to come back?" "Only if you had your hand stamped...
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Hands

I just don't know how to write a love letter. What can you say to a girl that shows you really like her?" "How about, enclosed please find a cookie?
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Girl #Writing #Cookies

Never give your heart to a blockhead.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Heart #Giving #Blockheads

It's either the flu or love... The synptoms are the same.
-- Charles M. Schulz

#Flu