That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: Trick or treat! Adult: Where’s your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I’m yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories with no point.
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Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming.
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Having an enviable career is one thing. Being a happy person is another
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Calvin: Dad where do babies come from? Dad: Well Calvin, you simply go to Sears, buy the kit and follow the assembly instructions. Calvin: I came from Sears? Dad: No you were a blue-light special at K-Mart – almost as good and a lot cheaper!
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We all have different desires and needs, but if we don’t discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
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Calvin: Look, a dead bird! Hobbes: It must’ve hit a window. Calvin: Isn’t it beautiful? It’s so delicate. Sighhh… once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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I’d like to see cartoonists measuring their work by higher standards than how many papers their strips are in and how much money they make.
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I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.
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Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development.
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The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that’s even worse
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I don’t know how to spell it and I’m not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I’ll stop you when…Hello?
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Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.
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Hello Dad! It is now three in the morning. Do you know where I am?
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That’s one of the remarkable things about life. It’s never so bad that it can’t get worse.
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If your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.
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