Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?
BILL WATTERSONArt has to keep moving and discovering to stay alive.
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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Never argue with a six-year-old who shaves.
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Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?
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No sport is less organized than Calvinball.
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[Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It’s me, Calvin! I was wondering if you’d like to come over and play. Susie: Why, sure! Boy,
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You realize nothing is as clear as it first appears. Ultimately, knowledge is paralyzing. Being a man of action, I cannot afford to take that risk. Hobbes: You’re ignorant, but at least you act on it.
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Even when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
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But Calvin is no kind and loving god! He’s one of the old gods! He demands sacrifice!
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In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive.
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Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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Now if a joke is in bad taste or it’s not funny, okay, that’s awhole different thing, but how you craft a joke is really what the writer’s job is, and I don’t think that technique should be subject to any editorial constraints.
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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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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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County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that’s the problem.
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Reading goes faster if you don’t sweat comprehension.
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I’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
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