Mothers are the necessity of invention.
BILL WATTERSONOne of the jokes I really like is that the fantasies are drawn more realistically than reality, since that says a lot about what’s going on in Calvin’s head.
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You know, maybe we don’t need enemies.” “Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.
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If you give a little credit to the concept of the artist, I think you ought to indulge excesses a bit, because that reflects the personality of the writer.
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As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget it forever.
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Calvin: Today for show and tell, I’ve brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake!
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Calvin: Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we can think faster than we speak? Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.
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Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
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It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what’s cool.
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Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said ‘I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze ’em?
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Hobbes: Do you think there’s a God? Calvin: Well, somebody’s out to get me!
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It’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out.
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Buttons … check. Dials … check. Switches … check. Little colored lights … check.
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Calvin: Isn’t it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it’s weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity.
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Never argue with a six-year-old who shaves.
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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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Problems often look overwhelming at first. The secret is to break problems into small, manageable chunks. If you deal with those, you’re done before you know it.
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I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life…procrastinating and rationalizing.
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They can’t chain my spirit! My spirit runs free! Walls can’t contain it! Laws can’t restrain it! Authority has no power over it!
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I let my mind wander and it didn’t come back.
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You’ve taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system. Congratulations.
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Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce. Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.
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[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble] Calvin: Ha! I’ve got a great word and it’s on a “Double word score” box! Hobbes: “ZQFMGB” isn’t a word! It doesn’t even have a vowel! Calvin: It is so a word! It’s a worm found in New Guinea!
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If you’ve ever compared a film to a novel it’s based on, you know the novel gets bludgeoned. It’s inevitable, because different media have different strengths and needs, and when you make a movie, the movie’s needs get served.
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The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
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Calvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
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You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D’s in school. Well guess what, I get F’s!!!
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The way Calvin’s brain is wired, you can almost hear the fuses blowing.
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