Charles M. Schulz Quotes

American cartoonist, known for creating the comic strip, "Peanuts" (1922-2000)

Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist, the creator of the comic strip Peanuts.

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Native Name: Charles Monroe Schulz

Also Known As: Sparky

Alternative Names: Sparky Schulz • Charles Schulz

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

Never set your stomach for a jelly-bread sandwich until you're sure there's some jelly!

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.

To avoid getting sick while travelling, be careful what you eat, and stay home.

"Hello? Oh, nothing... Just sort of hanging around... My brother? He's right here... He's reading... He's always reading... He has no life of his own, and he's a very boring person so he reads a lot... What's he reading? I don't know... She wants to know what you're reading..."
"How to survive living in the same family with an annoying sister."
"Ivanhoe."

I'm dying and all I hear are insults!

"For one brief moment victory was within our grasp!"
"And then the game started!"

"Peppermint Patty's team is short a glove, so I'm walking over to lend them mine."
"You're kidding! Don't you think they're taking advantage of you?"
"No, I'm doing it because I want to do it."
"What are you, some kind of mystic?!"

Snowflakes fascinate me... Millions of them falling gently to the ground... And they say that no two of them are alike! Each one completely different from all the others... The last of the rugged individualists!

"Let's just say that life has me beaten... So I give up! I admit there's no way I can win..."
"What is it you want, Charlie Brown?"
"How about two out of three?"

I never give my work to somebody else and say, "What do you think about that?" I just don't trust anybody. If I think it's funny, or if I think it's silly, I send it in anyway because I'm just trying to please myself. I never try to please a certain audience. I think that's disastrous. There's no way in the world you can anticipate what your reader is going to like or dislike.

"Can't you see me as king of the Hereford ranchers, Lucy?"
"Oh, I can see you, all right... I can see you riding out on your beautiful palomino checking the herd... There you sit, silhouetted against the evening sky... Sucking your thumb and holding that stupid blanket!"

"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.

"That stupid Charlie Brown! He had the nerve to say I'm not perfect!"
"So I suppose you hit him, huh?"
"Rats! I knew I forgot something!"

If light travels so fast,
How come afternoons are so long?