I don’t think you’ve ever invited me to… Calvin’s Mom: Calvin, what are you doing? Calvin: Nothing, Mom. Go away. Calvin’s Mom: You’re contagious! You can’t have anyone over to play!
BILL WATTERSONProblems 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.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Animals aren’t conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you’re sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.
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It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.
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If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.
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I knew you’d win! Oh! Oh! Aarg! [Calvin runs in circles around Hobbes screaming “Aaaaaaaaaaaa”, then falls over.] Hobbes: Look, it’s just a game. Calvin: I know! You should see me when I lose in real life!
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I can never enjoy Sundays, because in the back of my mind I always know I’ve got to go to school the next day. It’s like trying to enjoy your last meal before the execution.
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Ms. Wormwood: Calvin, can you tell us what Lewis and Clark did? Calvin: No, but I can recite the secret superhero origin of each member of Captain Napalm’s Thermonuclear League of Liberty.
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That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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I would turn out rough idea after rough idea, and he would veto eighty percent of them. I pretty much prostituted myself for six months but I couldn’t please him, so he sent me packing.
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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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Hold it. You know what I’d like to see? I’d like to see the three bears eat the three little pigs, and then the bears join up with the big bad wolf and eat Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood! Tell me a story like that, OK?
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I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.
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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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But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He’s one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!
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The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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I tell you all this because it’s worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success.
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