History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That’s why events are always reinterpreted when values change.
BILL WATTERSONHistory is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That’s why events are always reinterpreted when values change.
BILL WATTERSONMOMMMM, I’m thirsty… What’s this, just water?
BILL WATTERSONI’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes.
BILL WATTERSONOf course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other.
BILL WATTERSONI’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life…procrastinating and rationalizing.
BILL WATTERSONAnimals 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.
BILL WATTERSONLeader, bandits at 2 o’clock! Roger; it’s only 1:30 now-what’ll I do ’til then?
BILL WATTERSONThat’s the whole problem with science. You’ve got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
BILL WATTERSONThe surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
BILL WATTERSONHobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.
BILL WATTERSONI’ve got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
BILL WATTERSONRainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
BILL WATTERSONI like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.
BILL WATTERSONGetting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
BILL WATTERSONWeekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
BILL WATTERSON