Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.
BILL WATTERSONSleepwalking?” “Nightmare?” “Homicidal psycho jungle cat!
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D’s in school. Well guess what, I get F’s!!!
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Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine and valleys of frustration and failure.
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Hobbes: How come we play war and not peace? Calvin: Too few role models.
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As “Calvin and Hobbes” went on, the writing pushed the drawings into greater complexity.
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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.
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But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He’s one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!
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I can never enjoy Sundays, because in the back of my mind I always know I’ve got to go to school the next day. It’s like trying to enjoy your last meal before the execution.
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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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The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes.
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I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.
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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.
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What a stupid game! You must have cheated! You must have used some sneaky, underhanded mindmeld to make me lose! I hate you! I didn’t want to play this idiotic game in the first place! I knew you’d cheat!
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I tell you all this because it’s worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success.
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People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
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