Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
BILL WATTERSONMothers are the necessity of invention.
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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All the new media will inevitably change the look, function, and maybe even the purpose of comics, but comics are vibrant and versatile, so I think they’ll continue to find relevance one way or another. But they definitely won’t be the same as what I grew up with.
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I know the world isn’t fair, but why isn’t it ever unfair in my favor?
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Since September it’s just gotten colder and colder. There’s less daylight now, I’ve noticed too. This can only mean one thing – the sun is going out. In a few more months the Earth will be a dark and lifeless ball of ice. Dad says the sun isn’t going out.
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I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.
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Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist – how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!
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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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Someday, I’d like to meet that little boy… and tell him the awful TRUTH ABOUT THIS PLACE!! Calvin’s Dad: Calvin, be quiet and eat the stupid Lima beans.
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I suppose if we couldn’t laugh at things that don’t make sense, we couldn’t react to a lot of life.
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Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I’d say our afternoon just got booked solid!
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Scientific Progress goes boink?
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I try to make everyone’s day a little more surreal.
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The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
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And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It’s hard to charge admission without a gate.
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Good friends are hard to come by… I need more money.
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I’d hate to have a kid like me.
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Buttons … check. Dials … check. Switches … check. Little colored lights … check.
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Reading goes faster if you don’t sweat comprehension.
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Few things are less comforting than a tiger who’s up too late.
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I let my mind wander and it didn’t come back.
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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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If your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.
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From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
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Although I’m certainly glad cartoons are finally getting some respect as an art, I’m fairly ambivalent to see cartooning as a legitimate academic offering. If comics need to be deconstructed and explained, something is really wrong with them.
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I’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
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Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement.
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