Charles M. Schulz Quotes

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

— Charles M. Schulz

“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

“Be yourself. No one can say you're doing it wrong.”

— Charles M. Schulz

If I stand here, I can see the Little Red Haired girl when she comes out of her house ... Of course, if she sees me peeking around this tree, she'll think I'm the dumbest person in the world ... But if I don't peek around the tree, I'll never see her ... Which means I probably AM the dumbest person in the world ... which explains why I'm standing in a batch of poison oak.

— Charles M. Schulz

“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

“There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.”

— Charles M. Schulz

“If you grit your teeth and show real determination, you'll always have a chance.”

— Charles M. Schulz

“Lucy: Do you think you have Pantophobia, Charlie Brown?
Charlie: I don't know, what is pantophobia?
Lucy: The fear of Everything.
Charlie: THAT'S IT!!!”

— Charles M. Schulz

“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

“Dear Valentine, I love you. Whoever you are.”

— Charles M. Schulz

“People shouldn't be embarrassed just because they get caught acting a little silly.”

— Charles M. Schulz

“Love is letting him win even though you know you could slaughter him.”

— Charles M. Schulz

“Dearest darling, how I love you. Words cannot tell how much I love you. So forget it.”

— Charles M. Schulz

“There's no sense in doing a lot of barking if you don't really have anything to say.”

— Charles M. Schulz

“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

“The early bird gets the worm but the late bird doesn't even get the late worm.”

— Charles M. Schulz

“You know what Oscar Wilde said, ma'am? He said, "nothing that is worth knowing can be taught". Nothing personal, ma'am ... Carry on.”

— Charles M. Schulz

Charlie Brown says that we're put here on earth to make others happy."
"Is that why we're here? I guess I'd better start doing a better job ... I'd hate to be shipped back!

— Charles M. Schulz

I feel sorry for little babies ... When a little baby is born into this cold world, he's confused! He's frightened! He needs something to cheer him up ... The way I see it, as soon as a baby is born, he should be issued a banjo!

— Charles M. Schulz

“Lucy was using my blanket to dry the dishes ... We now have very secure dishes!”

— Charles M. Schulz

“We used to have a dog named Snoopy, you know, a real live dog. I suppose people who love Snoopy won't like it, but we gave him away. He fought with other dogs, so we traded him in for a load of gravel.”

— Charles M. Schulz

“Going to our school is an education in itself which is not to be confused with actually getting an education.”

— Charles M. Schulz

“You know, in a way, 'Dear Santa Claus' is rather stuffy ... Perhaps something a little more intimate would be better ... Something just a shade more friendly ... "
"How about 'Dear Fatty'?”

— Charles M. Schulz

“Dear Sweetheart, do you ever think of me? Just the other day I was thinking of you. I'm pretty sure it was you.”

— Charles M. Schulz

“All I wanted to do was be a hero ... But do I ever get to be a hero? All I ever get to be is the stupid goat!"
"Don't be discouraged, Charlie Brown ... In this life we live, there are always some bitter pills to be swallowed ... "
"If it's all the same with you, I'd rather not renew my perscription!”

— Charles M. Schulz

“Just wait and see, Charlie Brown. I'll see the Great Pumpkin. I'll SEE the Great Pumpkin! Just you wait, Charlie Brown. The Great Pumpkin will appear and I'll be waiting for him ...”

— Charles M. Schulz

“Schroeder, do you think love is the answer to everything?"
"Boy, I hope not!”

— Charles M. Schulz

“I never seem to know what's going on ... Right from the very start, my life has been strange. I think I know what happened ... I must have missed all the rehearsals.”

— Charles M. Schulz

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

— Charles M. Schulz

“Nobody likes me!"
"I wish I could like you, Charlie Brown, but I can't ... If I were to like you, it would be admitting that I was lowering my standards! You wouldn't want me to do that, would you? Be reasonable! I have standards that I have set up for liking people, and you just don't meet those standards! It wouldn't be reasonable for me to like you!"
"I hate myself for being so unreasonable!”

— Charles M. Schulz

It was a dark and stormy night. - Snoopy

— Charles M. Schulz

“Travel tips: How to avoid carsickness, seasickness and airsickness ... Be careful what you eat. And stay home.”

— Charles M. Schulz

“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

“I want to know about life! I want some real answers ... "
"Five."
"Five?!"
"I thought that was a pretty good answer!”

— Charles M. Schulz

“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

“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?”

— Charles M. Schulz

“All right, so you believe in Santa Claus, and I'll believe in the 'Great Pumpkin.' The way I see it, it doesn't matter what you believe just so you're sincere! (Linus)”

— Charles M. Schulz

She nibbles her pencil ... She's human!

— Charles M. Schulz

“Patty: I'll be the good guy.
Shermy: I'll be the bad guy.
Patty: What are you going to be, Charlie Brown?
Charlie Brown: I'll be sort of in-between; I'll be a hypocrite!”

— Charles M. Schulz

“No one would have been invited to dinner so often as Jesus was unless he were interesting and had a sense of humor.”

— Charles M. Schulz

Happiness is a sad song.

— Charles M. Schulz

Some days, a beautiful sunset with your best friend can be one of the most peaceful and relaxing mediations of the day.

— Charles M. Schulz

“I think we can rule out 'mixed brain dominance' as a cause of your poor performance at school, Charlie Brown" "Have you ruled out stupidity?" "Peanuts", Charles M”

— Charles M. Schulz

“Life is full of choices, but you never get any!”

— Charles M. Schulz

“When no one loves you, you have to pretend that everyone loves you.”

— Charles M. Schulz

“A watched supper dish never fills!”

— Charles M. Schulz

One night I was sitting listening to some Hank Williams songs - and they'll change your life in a hurry ...

— Charles M. Schulz

“Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy ... How can I ever forget them ...”

— Charles M. Schulz

If I were a better artist, I'd be a painter, and if I were a better writer, I'd write books.. but I'm not, so I draw cartoons!

— Charles M. Schulz

What's the sense in having an eclipse if you can't look at it? Somebody in production sure slipped up this time!

— Charles M. Schulz