Jim Davis Quotes

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.

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

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

I didn't have a whole lot of success getting dates, I was always a bit of a geek.

Wimps take life as it comes; superior people slap life up the side of the head until it gives them turf.

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.

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

When in doubt, pig out!

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

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.

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

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

I probably get more inspiration for human stories and idiosyncrasies than I do animal stories.

You'd have to go a long way to find someone who was more proud and grateful for what our veterans have done for all of us.

I stop short of being a workaholic.

I thought you were dead, Mr. McCandles.

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

When you're through with your cat, you can't throw it in the trash.

Nothing spoils lunch any quicker than a rogue meatball rampaging through your spaghetti.

It's not the valleys in life I dread so much as the dips.

The understatement is the English contribution to comedy.

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

Great chefs know it's the appearance of food that counts ... but great eaters know its the amount of food that counts

Don't eat fruits or nuts. You are what you eat.

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

I can go everywhere and no one recognises me.

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

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