Jim Davis Quotes

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

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

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

Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Good morning is a contradiction of terms.

I never met a lasagna I didn't like

When all else fails, look cute.

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.

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

When in doubt, pig out!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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