A character in A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)

Linus Van Pelt quotes from A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969)

2nd most-quoted character in A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969): in 7 of its 13 quotes
Most scenes with: Charlie Brown (6), Lucy Van Pelt (2)

Scenes with Linus Van Pelt

7 scenes

Aren't the clouds beautiful? They look like big balls of cotton. I could just lie here all day and watch them drift by. If you use your imagination, you can see lots of things in the cloud's formations. What do you think you see, Linus?

Linus Van Pelt

Well, those clouds up there look to me look like the map of the British Honduras on the Caribbean. [points up] That cloud up there looks a little like the profile of Thomas Eakins, the famous painter and sculptor. And that group of clouds over there... [points] ...gives me the impression of the Stoning of Stephen. I can see the Apostle Paul standing there to one side.

Uh huh. That's very good. What do you see in the clouds, Charlie Brown?

Well... I was going to say I saw a duckie and a horsie, but I changed my mind.

[Walks into Linus's bedroom and raises the shade]

Wake up Linus. It's time to go to school.

Linus Van Pelt

Again?

What do you mean 'again'?

Linus Van Pelt
[Snuggles back into bed]

I went yesterday.

Mom's already made your lunch.

Linus Van Pelt
[Sits up in bed, sighs]

Guess I might as well go to school. I can't waste a good lunch.

Linus Van Pelt

Life is difficult, isn't it, Charlie Brown?

Yes, it is. But I've developed a new philosophy. I only dread one day at a time.

Linus Van Pelt

You know, Charlie Brown, they say we learn more from losing than from winning.

Then that must make me the smartest person in the world.

Linus Van Pelt

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?

Linus Van Pelt

The world didn't come to an end.

Good morning, Linus and Snoopy. S-N-O-O-P-Y. Snoopy.

Linus Van Pelt

Well, Charlie Brown, you really did it!!!

Linus Van Pelt
[Snoopy yawns]

We looked for the blanket all over the city!!! And as for the hunts dog of yours, he's completely useless!!!

Useless. U-S-E-L-E-S-S. Useless. Gee, I'm sorry, Linus. I don't know what to say. S-A-Y. Say. I'm going to get ready for the contest. C-O-N-T-E-S-T. Contest.

Linus Van Pelt

I never see my blanket again!

Washing. W-A-S-H-I-N-G. Washing.

Linus Van Pelt

Look at it this way, Charlie Brown, they say we learn more from losing than from winning.

I guess that makes me the smartest person in the whole world.

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