80 Quotes & Sayings By Charles M Schulz

American cartoonist and creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. Charlie Brown and his friends live in a world that is both familiar and strange. Charlie Brown, Sally, Linus, Lucy, Schroeder and Snoopy all share the same path to happiness. They often face obstacles involving physical dilemmas such as walking a tightrope or avoiding a Halloween monster Read more

Often they get help from their friends such as Lucy always receiving support from Snoopy or Linus getting support from Woodstock.

Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like...
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Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. Charles M. Schulz
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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
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes...
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely. Charles M. Schulz
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where...
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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
I think I've discovered the secret of life -- you...
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I think I've discovered the secret of life -- you just hang around until you get used to it. Charles M. Schulz
In the Book of Life, The answers aren't in the...
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In the Book of Life, The answers aren't in the back. Charles M. Schulz
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Well, I can understand how you feel. You worked hard, studying for the spelling bee, and I suppose you feel you let everyone down, and you made a fool of yourself and everything. But did you notice something, Charlie Brown?" "What's that?"" The world didn't come to an end. Charles M. Schulz
Sometimes I feel that life has passed me by... Do...
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Sometimes I feel that life has passed me by... Do you ever feel that way, Charlie Brown?""I feel that it has knocked me down and walked all over me! Charles M. Schulz
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Life is just too much for me. I've been confused right from the day I was born... I think the whole trouble is that we're thrown into life too fast... We're not really prepared..."" What did you want... A chance to warm up first? Charles M. Schulz
I'm dying and all I hear are insults!
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I'm dying and all I hear are insults! Charles M. Schulz
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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
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What's the good of living if you don't try a few things? Charles M. Schulz
If I were given the opportunity to present a gift...
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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
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All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. Charles M. Schulz
Happiness is a warm puppy.
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Happiness is a warm puppy. Charles M. Schulz
Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to...
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Try not to have a good time...this is supposed to be educational. Charles M. Schulz
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Just remember, when you’re over the hill, you begin to pick up speed. Charles M. Schulz
Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest...
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Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest this afternoon. Charles M. Schulz
Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask,
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Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask, "Why me?", then a voice answers "Nothing personal, your name just happened to come up. Charles M. Schulz
I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread...
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I have a new philosophy. I'm only going to dread one day at a time. Charles M. Schulz
I know the answer! The answer lies within the heart...
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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
Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow...
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Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement. Charles M. Schulz
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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
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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
Lucy: You learn more when you lose Charlie Brown: Well...
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Lucy: You learn more when you lose Charlie Brown: Well then I must be the smartest person in world! ! ! Charles M. Schulz
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That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another.... Charles M. Schulz
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Those who find no humor in faith are probably those who find the church a refuge for their own black way of looking at life, although I think many of us find the church a refuge for a lot of our personality faults. Those of us, for example, who never learned to dance feel that the church is an ideal place for us if we can find a church that doesn't believe in dancing. Then we can get away with never having learned how to dance. You can carry this in all sorts of directions and see that the church is a refuge for what is really a 'flaw' in your own makeup. . Charles M. Schulz
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There is a thought among some brands of theology that souls are waiting up in heaven to be born. Now how in the world anybody comes up with that is beyond me, and how you can be so sure of that is also beyond me. I always like to go back to Snoopy's theological writings, which he called, "Has It Ever Occurred to You That You Might Be Wrong." And that's the way I feel. These things fascinate me, and I like to talk about them with other people, and hear what they think. But I'm always a little bit leery of people who are sure that they're right about things that nobody's ever been able to prove, and never will be able to prove. Charles M. Schulz
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I don't believe in school prayer. I think it's total nonsense..who is the teacher there that is going to have them pray? And is the teacher going to be Catholic or Mormon or Episcopalian or what? It just causes all sorts of problems. And what are the kids praying about anyway? Does it really matter, does praying in school..what are you doing it for? The whole thing just opens up all sorts of elements of discussion. I think it's crazy. . Charles M. Schulz
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I do not like a high-organized church. I think that as soon as the congregation reaches a level of one hundred or so people, it is time to build a new church. As soon as the congregation gets to the point where you are not on fairly intimate terms with every other person in that church, then you have become a theater where people can attend services. I do not think you can attend a church service. Service is not something which is there to be viewed as if it were a play or a movie. Charles M. Schulz
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I see no reason why church services have to be standard. I've discussed this with the man who used to be a pastor here at the Methodist Church in Sebastopol. I told him I saw no reason why, on a certain Sunday morning, if a minister has felt during the week the burden of a topic upon his heart and he knows that it is going to take more than the standard twenty minutes to discuss this thing, why he can't rise at the beginning of the service and say 'I have something of special importance this morning so let's sing just one song, and if you'll forgive me, I think I'm going to need about an hour to explain it to you.' I think the congregation would appreciate his candor and give him their attention. If, on the other hand, he does not feel that a definite message has been given him, why not admit it from the pulpit and say, 'This morning, I'm not going to try to make up something to fill the time. We'll sing a few extra hymns and go home! ' Why do the services have to begin and end at the same time, and why does everything have to be so rigid? . Charles M. Schulz
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I think we place the wrong emphasis upon examples, that we're treading on very weak ground when we set ourselves up as examples for others to become religious. If people are going to look at me for religious guidance, then I think they're looking in the wrong place. Charles M. Schulz
All right, so you believe in Santa Claus, and I'll...
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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
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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
Happiness is waking up, looking at the clock and finding...
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Happiness is waking up, looking at the clock and finding that you still have two hours left to sleep. Charles M. Schulz
There's our excuse... we'll blame everything on the round-headed kid!
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There's our excuse... we'll blame everything on the round-headed kid! Charles M. Schulz
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You sold out! We elected you, and you sold out! The next time we have an election, I think everyone should vote for himself. Or we might just as well vote for Charlie Brown! Yes, next year we may even say, 'You're elected, Charlie Brown! Charles M. Schulz
That has to be the most embarrassing thing that's ever...
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That has to be the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me in my whole life. Charles M. Schulz
Lucy's polls were sometimes kind of violent.
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Lucy's polls were sometimes kind of violent. Charles M. Schulz
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I think they assign things to students which are way over their heads, which destroy your love of reading, rather than leading you to it. I don't understand that. Gosh. Charles M. Schulz
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Brothers and sisters should never be in the same family. Charles M. Schulz
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Winning isn’t everything, but losing isn’t anything. Charles M. Schulz
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I used to have more tolerance for these views, but I am losing patience with what I see. The test of anything is the fruit it bears. I see no good fruit being born. Charles M. Schulz
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Look out! ! Ha! Now you've done it! Now you've broken a lamp, and you've got no one to blame it on but yourself! "" Maybe I could blame it on society! Charles M. Schulz
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I have deep feelings of depression... What can I do about this?'' Snap out of it! Five cents, please. Charles M. Schulz
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Look at Charlie Brown's face. Would you please hold still a minute Charlie Brown? I want Linus to study your face. Now this is what you call a failure face, Linus. Notice how it has failure written all over it. Study it carefully Linus. You rarely see such a good example. Notice the deep lines, the dull vacant look in the eyes. Yes, I would say this is one of the finest examples of a failure face that your liable to see for a long while. Charles M. Schulz
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Happiness does not create humor. There's nothing funny about being happy. Sadness creates humor. Krazy Kat getting hit on the head by a brick from Ignatz Mouse is funny. All the sad things happening to Charlie Chaplin are funny. It's funny because it's not happening to us. Charles M. Schulz
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Rats! There goes the bell.. oh, how I hate lunch hours! I always have to eat alone because nobody likes me.. Peanut butter again.. I wish that little red haired girl would come over, and sit with me. Wouldn’t it be great if she’d walk over here, and say, “May I eat lunch with you, Charlie Brown?” I’d give anything to talk with her.. she’d never like me, though.. I’m so blah and so stupid.. she’d never like me.. I wonder what would happen if I went over and tried to talk to her! Everyone would probably laugh.. she’d probably be insulted someone as blah as I am tried to talk to her. I hate lunch hour.. all it does is make me lonely.. during class it doesn’t matter.. I can’t even eat.. Nothing tastes good.. Rats! Nobody is ever going to like me.. Lunch hour is the loneliest hour of the day! . Charles M. Schulz
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Well, I know about loneliness. I won't talk about it, but I was very lonely after the war. I know what it feels like to spend a whole weekend all by yourself and no one wants you at all. Charles M. Schulz
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There must be different kinds of loneliness, or at least different degrees of loneliness, but the most terrifying loneliness is not experienced by everyone and can be understood by only a few. I compare the panic in this kind of loneliness to the dog we see running frantically down the road pursuing the family car. He is not really being left behind, for the family knows it is to return, but for that moment in his limited understanding, he is being left alone forever, and he has to run and run to survive. It is no wonder that we make terrible choices in our lives to avoid loneliness. . Charles M. Schulz
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If you cant beat 'em cooperate 'em to death! Charles M. Schulz
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She nibbles her pencil... She's human! Charles M. Schulz
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I have underlined words and sentences in one of the Bibles that has always been my study Bible, but when I look at those words and sentences now, I can’t remember why they were underlined. One day I was rereading a short story by Joanne Greenberg, and I came across a long passage that I had marked off, but as I looked at it, I couldn't remember why. Perhaps I had meant to ask her about it the next time we talked on the phone, but now I have no idea what it could be that I wanted to ask her. My Revised Standard version of the Bible is filled with markings, for I have gone through it word for word with study groups at least four times, and of course, I have used it on various occasions to begin speeches. I know that the underlined passages served some purpose, but here and there are verses that have no special meaning to me. It is almost as if a friend had secretly opened the book and made some markings just to tease me. What was the spirit trying to say to me then that I no longer need to hear? Or, what was I listening for then that I no longer care about?. Charles M. Schulz
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Charlie Brown: A penny! Rats! Why couldn't I have found a nickel? What good is a penny these days? Why do things like that always happen to me?! *walks off frustrated* Lucy: Gee, he found a penny! Why don't things like that ever happen to me? Charles M. Schulz
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I think this is irresponsible preaching and very dangerous, and especially when it is slanted toward children, I think it's totally irresponsible, because I see nothing biblical that points up to our being in the last days, and I just think it's an outrageous thing to do, and a lot of people are making a living–they've been making a living for 2, 000 years–preaching that we're in the last days. Charles M. Schulz
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Happiness is loving your enemies. Charles M. Schulz
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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
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Tell me what you'll do if you're captured by the coyotes... Well, that might work, but does your mother live near here? Charles M. Schulz
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My mind reels with sarcastic replies! Charles M. Schulz
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I’m torn between the desire to create and the desire to destroy. Charles M. Schulz
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Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. Charles M. Schulz
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How do we know where we're going? Follow the moon! Remember, the moon is always over Hollywood, and Needles isn't far from Hollywood. Charles M. Schulz
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Whenever the sun is shining, I feel obligated to play outside! Charles M. Schulz
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My last penny! I think I'll squander it on myself. I never feel badly about spending money my dad has earned honestly! I can't decide whether I should buy a balloon or a gumball. A gumball would taste mighty good, but a balloon would be a lot more fun.. I'll take a balloon! Sooner or later in life a person has to learn to make decisions! (Sees someone with a different color balloon) Gee, I wish I'd bought a RED balloon. . Charles M. Schulz
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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
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Life has its sunshine and its rain, sir... its days and its nights... its peaks and its valleys... Charles M. Schulz
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I fall in love with any girl who smells of library paste. Charles M. Schulz
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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
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I've developed a new philosophy - I only dread one day at a time. Charles M. Schulz
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Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. It makes it feel needed. Charles M. Schulz
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A whole stack of memories never equal one little hope. Charles M. Schulz
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I love mankind it's people I can't stand. Charles M. Schulz
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Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia. Charles M. Schulz
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Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time. Charles M. Schulz
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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
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I love mankind it's people I can't stand. Charles M. Schulz
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Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use. Charles M. Schulz
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I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it. Charles M. Schulz
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Decorate your home. It gives the illusion that your life is more interesting than it really is. Charles M. Schulz