I don’t think I’d have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I’d known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed.
BILL WATTERSONWeekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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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.
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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: 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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County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that’s the problem.
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It’s gratifying to hear that from people who care about comic art. I never know what to make of it when someone writes to say, “Calvin and Hobbes is the best strip in the paper. I like it even more than Nancy.”
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Everybody I know fails the acid test of friendship.
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My problem is that I don’t paint ambitiously. It’s all catch and release – just tiny fish that aren’t really worth the trouble to clean and cook.
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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.
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It’s going to be a grim day when the world is run by a generation that doesn’t know anything but what it’s seen on TV.
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I can never enjoy Sundays, because in the back of my mind I always know I’ve got to go to school the next day. It’s like trying to enjoy your last meal before the execution.
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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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I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.
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You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don’t help.
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It’s psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I’ll get a saw.
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Know what’s weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.
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