The real fun of living wisely is that you get to be smug about it.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: Trick or treat! Adult: Where’s your costume? What are you supposed to be? Calvin: I’m yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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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’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
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Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz. I love loopholes.
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Leader, bandits at 2 o’clock! Roger; it’s only 1:30 now-what’ll I do ’til then?
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The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
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I’m related to people I don’t relate to.
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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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Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
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Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.
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Years from now, when I’m successful and happy, …and he’s in prison… I hope I’m not too mature to gloat.
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On the other hand, the mass media is disintegrating, and audiences are atomizing. I suspect comics will have less widespread cultural impact and make a lot less money.
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The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that’s even worse
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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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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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No sport is less organized than Calvinball.
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