With each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success.
BILL WATTERSONShutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery – it recharges by running.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I wonder where we go when we die?” “…Pittsburgh?” “You mean if we’re good or if we’re bad?
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A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
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Calvin: Why are you crying mom? Mom: I’m cutting up an onion. Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables.
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I don’t think I’d have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I’d known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed.
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Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
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From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
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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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County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that’s the problem.
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At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It’s a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you’ll probably take a few.
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Suddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless?
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If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.
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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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Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development.
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One 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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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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You have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it’s going to come in handy all the time.
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My whole problem is that my lips move when I think.
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Now if a joke is in bad taste or it’s not funny, okay, that’s awhole different thing, but how you craft a joke is really what the writer’s job is, and I don’t think that technique should be subject to any editorial constraints.
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If people looked at the stars each night, they’d live a lot differently. When you look into infinity, you realize that there are more important things than what people do all day.
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It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.
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The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life… I don’t want the issue of Hobbes’s reality settled by a doll manufacturer.
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If you can’t win by reason, go for volume.
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Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
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Raised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you’re old and weak… Am I scary, or what?
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I like my smock. You can tell the quality of the artist by the quality of his smock. Actually, I just like to say smock. Smock smock smock smock smock smock.
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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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