Bill Watterson on command
Bill Watterson140 quotes“Ms. Wormwood: See me after class, Calvin. Calvin: [retrospectively] I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.”
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Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson 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.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson I’ve got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what’s cool.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson Calvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man’s destruction of forests. . . .
Bill WattersonBill Watterson I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word ‘booger’ in a newspaper comic strip.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson Barney’s Dad was really bad so Barney hatched a plan when his dad said “Eat your peas.” Barney shouted no and ran Barney tricked his mean old dad and locked him in the cellar Barney’s Mom never found out where he’d gone, Cause Barney didn’t tell her. T
Bill WattersonBill Watterson As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget it forever.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson Weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson 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.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson 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!
Bill WattersonBill Watterson Since September it’s just gotten colder and colder. There’s less daylight now, I’ve noticed too. This can only mean one thing – the sun is going out. In a few more months the Earth will be a dark and lifeless ball of ice. Dad says the sun isn’t going out.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson They can’t chain my spirit! My spirit runs free! Walls can’t contain it! Laws can’t restrain it! Authority has no power over it!
Bill WattersonBill Watterson I’m killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.
Bill WattersonBill Watterson
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People who don’t know how to love you are always going to hurt your heart.
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Ava NicoleAva Nicole There is no such thing as a good investment.
Manish KhuntetaManish Khunteta Without you, I’m lost.
Amanda KarchAmanda Karch I did everything I could to make it work I was casting nets into the ocean and all they were doing was returning back empty.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados We flew to heaven, and we touched the sun.
Jennifer JulietteJennifer Juliette You told me everything would be okay. I wish you had said – you’ll hurt but I’ll hold you.
Ullie KayeUllie Kaye Be brave, be bold, beware that you must believe before becoming.
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Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price.
Jean BaudrillardJean Baudrillard Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King’s daughter,
Joan of ArcJoan of Arc I did not take this dress or do anything but by the command of Our Lord and of the Angels.
Joan of ArcJoan of Arc He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
Niccolo MachiavelliNiccolo Machiavelli Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
Dag HammarskjoldDag Hammarskjold Sometimes I get insecure about being a real director because I look at the great directors, and they have such command. But maybe that keeps me critical of myself. Maybe it keeps me moving forward.
Ben AffleckBen Affleck In peace there is profundity from which the highest respect arises from respect comes power and command therefore observe peace.
Akkineni NagarjunaAkkineni Nagarjuna Well, if it really was her anger, then she should be able to tell it to go away, shouldnt she? But it really isn’t hers to command.
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