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.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: 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!
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
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My whole problem is that my lips move when I think.
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I 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?
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What a stupid game! You must have cheated! You must have used some sneaky, underhanded mindmeld to make me lose! I hate you! I didn’t want to play this idiotic game in the first place! I knew you’d cheat!
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Hobbes: Do you think there’s a God? Calvin: Well, somebody’s out to get me!
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Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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I suppose if we couldn’t laugh at things that don’t make sense, we couldn’t react to a lot of life.
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Someday, I’d like to meet that little boy… and tell him the awful TRUTH ABOUT THIS PLACE!! Calvin’s Dad: Calvin, be quiet and eat the stupid Lima beans.
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The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
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Hold it. You know what I’d like to see? I’d like to see the three bears eat the three little pigs, and then the bears join up with the big bad wolf and eat Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood! Tell me a story like that, OK?
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Having an enviable career is one thing. Being a happy person is another
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I’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
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Every artist learns through imitation, but I rather doubt the aim of these things is artistic development.
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I hate to think that all my current experiences will someday become stories with no point.
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You’ve taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system. Congratulations.
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