Life is full of surprises, but never when you need one.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: Look, a dead bird! Hobbes: It must’ve hit a window. Calvin: Isn’t it beautiful? It’s so delicate. Sighhh… once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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It’s going to be a grim day when the world is run by a generation that doesn’t know anything but what it’s seen on TV.
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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.
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We all have different desires and needs, but if we don’t discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
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Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming.
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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man’s destruction of forests. . . .
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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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No sport is less organized than Calvinball.
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I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.
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Calvin: Why are you crying mom? Mom: I’m cutting up an onion. Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables.
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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!
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[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble] Calvin: Ha! I’ve got a great word and it’s on a “Double word score” box! Hobbes: “ZQFMGB” isn’t a word! It doesn’t even have a vowel! Calvin: It is so a word! It’s a worm found in New Guinea!
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We don’t devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
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Hobbes: Jump! Jump! Jump! I win! Calvin: You win? Aaugghh! You won last time! I hate it when you win! Aarrggh! Mff! Gnnk! I hate this game! I hate the whole world! Aghhh!
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Hobbes: Do you think there’s a God? Calvin: Well, somebody’s out to get me!
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