County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that’s the problem.
BILL WATTERSONI don’t know how to spell it and I’m not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I’ll stop you when…Hello?
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Tomorrow we’ll not only seize the day, we’ll throttle it.
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Good friends are hard to come by… I need more money.
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From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
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They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around.
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Calvin: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I’m not sure man needs the help.
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Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
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Calvin the zombie searches for food. Horribly, the undead feed upon the living! …Although, in a pinch, a PBJ will do, if you eat it messily enough.
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I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
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I’m killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.
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So the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they’re already met?
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Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist – how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!
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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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I’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
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Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
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Do you feel lonely? I don’t have the courage to face reality so I get lost in my dreams. You know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray.
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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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The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life… I don’t want the issue of Hobbes’s reality settled by a doll manufacturer.
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Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other.
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If you can’t win by reason, go for volume.
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Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
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Once it’s too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
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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.
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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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A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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