Calvin: Today for show and tell, I’ve brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake!
BILL WATTERSONI keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.
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County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that’s the problem.
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I’ve always tried to make the strip animated, even when the characters aren’t moving, with expressions or perspectives or some sort of exaggeration.
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Hobbes: Jump! Jump! Jump! I win! Calvin: You win? Aaugghh! You won last time! I hate it when you win! Aarrggh! Mff! Gnnk! I hate this game! I hate the whole world! Aghhh!
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I try to make everyone’s day a little more surreal.
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Does anything we say or do in here really matter? Have we done anything important? Have we been happy? Have we made the most of these precious few footsteps?
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I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
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Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery – it recharges by running.
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Calvin: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I’m not sure man needs the help.
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I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.
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In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
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In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.
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So, what’s it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don’t recommend it.
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Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
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Barney’s Dad was really bad so Barney hatched a plan when his dad said “Eat your peas.” Barney shouted no and ran Barney tricked his mean old dad and locked him in the cellar Barney’s Mom never found out where he’d gone, Cause Barney didn’t tell her. T
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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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If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
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You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure. The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.
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Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz. I love loopholes.
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A day can really slip by when you’re deliberately avoiding what you’re supposed to do.
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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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That’s one of the remarkable things about life. It’s never so bad that it can’t get worse.
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My problem is that I don’t paint ambitiously. It’s all catch and release – just tiny fish that aren’t really worth the trouble to clean and cook.
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I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.
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Few things are less comforting than a tiger who’s up too late.
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