Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
BILL WATTERSONI’ve been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life…procrastinating and rationalizing.
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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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Does anything we say or do in here really matter? Have we done anything important? Have we been happy? Have we made the most of these precious few footsteps?
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MOMMMM, I’m thirsty… What’s this, just water?
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You have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and it’s going to come in handy all the time.
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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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Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce. Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.
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Calvin: 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.
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I knew you’d win! Oh! Oh! Aarg! [Calvin runs in circles around Hobbes screaming “Aaaaaaaaaaaa”, then falls over.] Hobbes: Look, it’s just a game. Calvin: I know! You should see me when I lose in real life!
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One of the jokes I really like is that the fantasies are drawn more realistically than reality, since that says a lot about what’s going on in Calvin’s head.
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Mothers are the necessity of invention.
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I’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
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I’m not a vegetarian! I’m a dessertarian!
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Boy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
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You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D’s in school. Well guess what, I get F’s!!!
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