First Quote Added
April 10, 2026
Latest Quote Added
"Franklin: My grandfather has a birthday this week."
"Lucy: Tomorrow is Beethoven's birthday... what are you going to buy me?"
"Lucy: Hey, banana nose! I never knew you had an older brother!"
"You're not pitching right, Charlie Brown. Whenever the other team hits the ball to us, and we try to catch it, the ball stings our hands! Try to pitch so that the ball won't sting our hands. (24 Apr 62)"
"I can't stand it! (Sometimes accompanied by "I just can't stand it!")"
"You blockhead(s)!"
"(usually Charlie Brown): That's the way it goes..."
"(usually Snoopy or some inanimate object): My mother didn't raise me to be..."
"No matter how hard you try, you can't... (do something silly and impossible)"
"Why can't I have a normal (dog, baseball team, groundskeeper, etc...) like everyone else?"
"My stomach hurts..."
"(to Lucy in the football gag) You'll pull it away and I'll land on my back and kill myself."
"I got a rock. (multiple times in "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown")"
"It depresses a manager to see his team cry... (14 Jun 58)"
"(sees Lucy wearing one of his shirts:) Well hello there, Charlie Brown, you blockhead!! (Violet and Patty crack up as Lucy sighs and Charlie Brown walks away) (22 Feb 59)"
"(after proving there are no spiders in the baseball gloves:) In all the history of baseball, there has never been a manager who has had to go through what I have to go through! (6 Apr 61)"
"Other kids' baseball heroes hit home runs. Mine gets sent down to the minors! (7 May 63)"
"Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter like unrequited love! (15 Dec 64)"
"(On the little red-haired girl:) I hate myself for not having enough nerve to talk to her! Well, that's not exactly true... I hate myself for a lot of other reasons too. (17 Dec 64)"
"(in the class spelling bee, asked to spell the word "maze":) M...A...Y...S... AAUGH! (9 Feb 66)"
"(waking up after getting hit with a line drive:) I'm dying, and all I hear is insults! (3 Aug 66 and A Boy Named Charlie Brown)"
"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "What can I do to keep my life from going by so fast?" Then a voice comes to me that says, "Try slowing down at the corners.". ( 30 July 96 )"
"I've developed a new philosophy. I only dread one day at a time. (8 Aug 66)"
"(on being made a school crossing guard:) When I got called to the office, I was a nobody...now, I'm a man with a badge! (14 Nov 66)"
"I don't have a ball team, I have a theological seminary! (17 Sep 67)"
"After Linus asks if people should only worry about today instead of tomorrow No, that's giving up... I'm still hoping that yesterday will get better. (24 Mar 79)"
"Now I know why we play baseball in the summer... When your shoes and socks get knocked off by a line drive, your feet don't get cold! (03 April 79)"
"Wouldn't it be something if that Little Red-Haired Girl came over here and gave me a kiss? I'd say, "Thank you! What was that for?", and wouldn't it be something if she said, "Because I've always loved you!" Then I'd give her a big hug, and she'd kiss me again! Wouldn't that be something? (Starts eating) Wouldn't it be something if it turned out that french fries were good for you? (26 Feb 81)"
"There's something lonely about a ball field when it's raining... What makes it lonely is being the only one dumb enough to be standing out here... (23 May 81)"
"(After Peppermint Patty asks him if he likes Marcie and her) I'm sorry... I'm not here anymore.. I've suddenly become a recording! (01 Jan 85)"
"How can I say the right thing and the wrong thing at the same time?"
"Yes, ma'am.. I'm late... I didn't plan to be late... The bus driver said I wasn't on her computer list so I had to walk... I also forgot my lunch and my homework, and I'm probably sitting in the wrong desk...How did I know that? (10 Sep 85)"
"(Gives Snoopy the letter about Spike:) Here...a letter from your brother Spike. (29 Mar 85)"
"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Why me?" Then a voice answers, "Nothing personal... your name just happened to come up." (13 Nov 93)"
"(in one of his last main strips:) This is my Joe Torre look. I'm going to use it next season. I'll manage the team from the bench like Joe Torre, and I'll stare at everybody like this, and we'll win every game. (27 Dec 99)"
"(on the little red-haired girl:) I don't ever want to forget her face, but if I don't, I'll go crazy. How can I remember the face I can't forget? Suddenly I'm writing country-western music! (4 Oct 69)"
"That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another... (2 Sept 81)"
"There's the house where the Little Red-Haired Girl lives.. Maybe if I stand here long enough, she'll come out.. She doesn't know that I could stand here for hours.. I have to because my mittens are frozen to the tree!(23 Feb 88)"
"Emily! It's so nice to be dancing with you again! Just to see you, and hold you, and.. Ma'am? Who am I dancing with? Who am I talking to? Who... (Realizes Emily isn't there) Oh, good grief! (17 Feb 97)"
"When you lose the first game of the season, it's a long walk home. If anything gets in your way, you just want to kick it! (fails to kick the rock in front him, trips, and falls on his back.) Then you discover you can't even kick good.(25 Mar 97)"
"I never know what anyone is talking about.(11 May 97)"
"We all need help with our homework. We're all pleading for someone to listen. We're all desperate. (12 May 97)"
"Somewhere in this great city there must be a mailbox with a love letter for me. But this isn't it.. Stupid mailbox! (16 May 97)"
"My anxieties have anxieties. (9 Nov 68)"
"(mixing up his proverbs:) "He to whom the early bird runs best learns wisdom and knowledge!""
"For one brief moment today I thought I was winning in the game of life. But there was a flag on the play!"
"I'm not a poor loser, I'm a good loser. I'm so good at it I lose all the time! (2 Aug 98)"
"Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask myself, "Why isn't the world perfect?" Then a voice comes to me that says, "We admit it.. There are still a few kinks that need working out."(29 Aug 98)"
"It's all very strange.. You can be walking along not thinking of anything in particular. (falls head over heels) Suddenly, you're reminded of a lost love... (11 Feb 85)"
"Sometimes you lie in bed at night, and you don't have a single thing to worry about...That always worries me! (6 Jul 85)"