If you can’t win by reason, go for volume.
BILL WATTERSON
BILL WATTERSON
More from Bill Watterson
There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink
Booth TarkingtonBooth Tarkington Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson Everyone knows that! Hobbes: I’m looking it up. Calvin: You do, and I’ll look up that 12-letter word you played with all the Xs and Js! Hobbes: What’s your score for ZQFMGB? Calvin: 957.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson I’ve got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what’s cool.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson Calvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man’s destruction of forests. . . .
Bill WattersonBill Watterson I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word ‘booger’ in a newspaper comic strip.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson 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
Bill WattersonBill Watterson 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.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson Weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson I’ve been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school publications – the newspaper and yearbook and soon. In college, I got interested in political cartooning and did political cartoons.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson Calvin: Dad where do babies come from? Dad: Well Calvin, you simply go to Sears, buy the kit and follow the assembly instructions. Calvin: I came from Sears? Dad: No you were a blue-light special at K-Mart – almost as good and a lot cheaper!
Bill WattersonBill Watterson 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.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson They can’t chain my spirit! My spirit runs free! Walls can’t contain it! Laws can’t restrain it! Authority has no power over it!
Bill WattersonBill Watterson
Original quotes
From our community writers
Find someone who can hear you even when you’re silent.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
Lang LeavLang Leav
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More on volume
I’m always throwing out ideas, so it’s not creativity, it’s just volume.
Ben HuhBen Huh It is a matter of some interest, that the only other volume A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt reminds one of is Ake, by Wole Soyinka. What is it about these Yorubas?
Ama Ata AidooAma Ata Aidoo Of any place that I have ever been to, it speaks such high volumes about God and creation.
Alan RobertsonAlan Robertson To be frivolous time-wasters, delighted in putting her favorite volumes into her grandchildren’s hands.
Alan BradleyAlan Bradley We have continued to position ourselves in a way that will catch this very sustainable and fundamentally supported wave of volume growth and at the same time, help our customer base achieve their lofty goals of growth as well.
Alun ArmstrongAlun Armstrong It is time to bring down the volume and bring up the program.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton The process of learning huge volumes of information about disease, of learning a specialised language, can ironically make one lose sight of the patient one came to serve;.
Abraham VergheseAbraham Verghese . I turned the volume up to 10 and I hit one chord, and I said, I’m in love.
Ace FrehleyAce Frehley