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"(when Lucy was crying over Charlie Brown in the hospital:) It's interesting that you should cry over him when you're the one who always treated him so mean! And stop wiping your tears with my piano! (19 Jul 79)"
"(After Charlie Brown carries in a package he ordered) "BEETHOVEN!!! (sighs)" (11 Nov 51)"
"(After Lucy asks him to get her perfume for Beethoven's birthday) "That's a good idea...I'll get you a bottle of 'Eau Dé Jumprope'". (11 Nov 60)"
"(to Marcie:) Stop calling me "sir"! (22 July 71 and numerous other strips from there onwards)"
"(to Charlie Brown) Hi, Chuck!"
"(on Charlie Brown:) I could strike him out on three straight pitches! (11 Mar 71 and other strips)"
"(to Charlie Brown, flirtatiously:) You touched my hand, Chuck! (5 Jun 71 and other strips)"
"(In Patty's very first strip, she watches Roy write to Linus:) Is he cute? If he is, tell him your very good friend, "Peppermint" Patty, says hello. Tell him what a real swinger I am. Put in a good word for me, Roy, and the next time we Indian wrestle, I'll try not to clobber you! (22 Aug 66)"
"(on Schroeder:) I come clear across town to play ball, and who do I get for a catcher? A miniature Leonard Bernstein! (1 Sep 66)"
"(on Snoopy:) That shortstop is the funniest-lookin' kid I've ever seen! (29 Aug 66 - Patty did not learn until several years later, on 21 Mar 74, that Snoopy is really a dog)"
"No book on psychology could be any good if one can understand it! (3 Jun 72)"
"Subtraction? Oh, yes, ma'am, I can explain it. Subtraction is the awful feeling that you know less today than you did yesterday. (13 Nov 78)"
"Ma'am? What kind of test are we having today? Multiple choice? Good! I choose not to take it! (8 Jan 79)"
"Who was the first Tudor king? Well, let me think... Is this for real, Ma'am? Or are we playing Trivia? (25 May 84)"
"(the first day of school, after Patty was held back a grade the previous year:) Fasten your seat belt, ma'am! Here I come again! (4 Sep 84)"
"(bowling a boy down the aisle at school after he insults her:) Watch for you and me on TV, kid...the program is called "bowl a pupil"! (6 Sep 84)"
"Ma'am? I don't understand this first question... which ocean are we studying? Could you be more Pacific? (7 Sep 88)"
"I don't look so bad after all! That's always been my ambition... to not look so bad after all. (8 Aug 97)"
"Here's my term paper, ma'am. Please judge it with mercy. Treat it as you would a newborn child. Which it is because I just wrote it this morning! (3 Mar 81)"
"Don't hassle me with your sighs, Chuck! (5 Feb 76)"
"This is my report on Hamlet. A hamlet is a small village with a population of maybe a few hundred, and... (19 May 94)"
"Sometimes I think I tore all the ligaments in my head. (8 Jun 89)"
"(after falling asleep in class:) I'm awake! The answer is twelve!"
"(usually said after she tries to confide in Charlie Brown and he doesn't tell her what she wants to hear:) I hate talking to you, Chuck!"
"(on why she gets bad grades:) Teachers don't like kids with big noses!"
"(reporting on a classical concert she attended:) We went to the concert, and heard "Adagio for Strings" by Samuel The Barber. (30 Jul 95)"
"This is my report on the story of the Five Little Hogs. Or was it the Six Little Pigs? Or the Nine Little Hogs, or something like that.. which is the kind of report you get when you write it while walking from your desk to the front of the room. (21 Nov 94)"
"(taking a test:) True! ... False! ... And one good old-fashioned MAYBE!!! (12 Sep 73)"
"(to Peppermint Patty:) You're weird, sir!"
"Do footballs mind being kicked, sir? Do you think it causes them to be traumatized? (12 Sep 82)"
"(her father is taking her to a Mighty Ducks hockey game:) I think we're going to see the Mighty Flamingos. (17 Nov 93)"
"(after the hockey game) I got to meet the guy who drives the Zucchini. (27 Sep 93)"
"Your optimism should be framed, Charles. (16 Mar 83)"
"(trying to clean a golf ball:) After I peeled the white cover off, I couldn't get the ball back in. (13 April 80)"
"(on why she's taking violin lessons for the summer instead of going to camp:) You can't play Brahms on a canoe paddle, sir. (28 Jun 98)"
"(on the Super Bowl:) We'll never make it to the Splendid Bowl, sir. (13 Nov 88)"
"(on the Super Bowl:) Sometimes I get a little curious ... did anybody make a hole-in-one? (12 April 93)"
"(after admiring Charlie Brown at his events:) I admire your élan, Charles."
"It's just human nature...we all need someone to kiss us goodbye."
"(once more antagonizing Snoopy about being the only animal in the neighborhood:) You're so smug! You think you've got it made, don't you? You think you're king because you're the only animal around here! Well, do you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna get a cat! (15 May 61)"
"People hate cats. People hate people who own cats. And people especially hate people with naturally curly hair who own cats! (12 Jul 61)"
"Good grief!"
"What's the good of having naturally curly hair if nobody's jealous?!? (24 Oct 62)"
"People always expect more of you when you have naturally curly hair! (11 Dec 63)"
"(berating Snoopy for his lack of exercise:) You're flabby! If a crisis ever occurred, your muscles would never respond! (12 Aug 64)"
"(after Charlie Brown angrily discovered she reported his dog to the Head Beagle:) It was his own fault! He never wanted to go rabbit chasing with me! (14 Oct 69)"
"(after everyone in the neighborhood ostracizes her for reporting Snoopy to the Head Beagle:) Everyone's mad at me! No one will speak to me. (After Linus replies, "Of course, they won't! Anyone who would turn someone in to the Head Beagle doesn't deserve to be spoken to!") I didn't know what I was doing! I was upset! (To which Linus answers, "Don't talk to me, it's too late now!") (17 Oct 69)"
"(Lucy tells her that to hang around Schroeder, she has to like Beethoven:) All right, but I'll just have a small glass... (18 Jan 70)"
"I have affixed to me the dust and dirt of countless ages...who am I to disturb history? (18 Sep 55)"
"You know what I am? I'm a dust magnet! (25 Nov 59)"