I wonder where we go when we die?” “…Pittsburgh?” “You mean if we’re good or if we’re bad?
BILL WATTERSONWith each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
-
-
Never argue with a six-year-old who shaves.
BILL WATTERSON -
If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.
BILL WATTERSON -
Hello Dad! It is now three in the morning. Do you know where I am?
BILL WATTERSON -
Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine and valleys of frustration and failure.
BILL WATTERSON -
Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
BILL WATTERSON -
That’s one of the remarkable things about life. It’s never so bad that it can’t get worse.
BILL WATTERSON -
From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
BILL WATTERSON -
That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
BILL WATTERSON -
I like my smock. You can tell the quality of the artist by the quality of his smock. Actually, I just like to say smock. Smock smock smock smock smock smock.
BILL WATTERSON -
Years from now, when I’m successful and happy, …and he’s in prison… I hope I’m not too mature to gloat.
BILL WATTERSON -
I’m learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework…procrastinating and negotiation.
BILL WATTERSON -
Calvin: Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we can think faster than we speak? Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.
BILL WATTERSON -
Few things are less comforting than a tiger who’s up too late.
BILL WATTERSON -
It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.
BILL WATTERSON -
And it will be even more exciting if anyone pays for them. It’s hard to charge admission without a gate.
BILL WATTERSON -
Although I’m certainly glad cartoons are finally getting some respect as an art, I’m fairly ambivalent to see cartooning as a legitimate academic offering. If comics need to be deconstructed and explained, something is really wrong with them.
BILL WATTERSON -
Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
BILL WATTERSON -
Surprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.
BILL WATTERSON -
Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
BILL WATTERSON -
I try to make everyone’s day a little more surreal.
BILL WATTERSON -
I don’t think you’ve ever invited me to… Calvin’s Mom: Calvin, what are you doing? Calvin: Nothing, Mom. Go away. Calvin’s Mom: You’re contagious! You can’t have anyone over to play!
BILL WATTERSON -
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.
BILL WATTERSON -
But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He’s one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!
BILL WATTERSON -
I would turn out rough idea after rough idea, and he would veto eighty percent of them. I pretty much prostituted myself for six months but I couldn’t please him, so he sent me packing.
BILL WATTERSON -
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.
BILL WATTERSON -
Scientific Progress goes boink?
BILL WATTERSON