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.
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.
BILL WATTERSONYou can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.
BILL WATTERSONWhen life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: 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.
BILL WATTERSONCounty library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that’s the problem.
BILL WATTERSONFor me, it’s been liberating to put myself in the mind of a fictitious six year-old each day, and rediscover my own curiosity.
BILL WATTERSONYou have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it’s going to come in handy all the time.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: 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.
BILL WATTERSONThings are never quite as scary when you’ve got a best friend.
BILL WATTERSONShutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery – it recharges by running.
BILL WATTERSONThat’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
BILL WATTERSONFrom now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
BILL WATTERSONEverybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
BILL WATTERSONIn a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.
BILL WATTERSONYou 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.
BILL WATTERSONI’m learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework…procrastinating and negotiation.
BILL WATTERSON