You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
BILL WATTERSONYou mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
BILL WATTERSONSuddenly, we realize our time in here is fleeting. Is our quick experience here pointless?
BILL WATTERSONTo invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.
BILL WATTERSONHaving an enviable career is one thing. Being a happy person is another
BILL WATTERSONRaised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you’re old and weak… Am I scary, or what?
BILL WATTERSONWhat’s the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see ’em?
BILL WATTERSONI’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
BILL WATTERSONBoy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
BILL WATTERSONEven when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
BILL WATTERSONHobbes: Do you think there’s a God? Calvin: Well, somebody’s out to get me!
BILL WATTERSONI’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 WATTERSONCalvin: Isn’t it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it’s weird that we have a physiological response to absurdity.
BILL WATTERSONThat’s the whole problem with science. You’ve got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
BILL WATTERSONIt’s a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it’s light out.
BILL WATTERSONWe need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.
BILL WATTERSONLife is full of surprises, but never when you need one.
BILL WATTERSON