Calvin:”It says here that ‘religion is the opiate of the masses.’…what do you suppose that means?” Television: “…it means that Karl Marx hadn’t seen anything yet
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Like delicate lace, so the threads intertwine, oh, gossamer web of wond’rous design! Such beauty and grace wild nature produces… Ughh, look at that spider suck out that bug’s juices!
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From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.
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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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It’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.
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Van Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
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Isn’t it sad how some people’s grip on their lives is so precarious that they’ll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
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There are no restrictions of taste, approach, or subject matter. The gatekeepers are gone, so the prospect for new and different voices is exciting. Or at least it will be if anyone reads them.
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I’ve got plenty of common sense! I just choose to ignore it.
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Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other.
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In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.
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Although I’m certainly glad cartoons are finally getting some respect as an art, I’m fairly ambivalent to see cartooning as a legitimate academic offering. If comics need to be deconstructed and explained, something is really wrong with them.
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I like my smock. You can tell the quality of the artist by the quality of his smock. Actually, I just like to say smock. Smock smock smock smock smock smock.
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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!
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It’s psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I’ll get a saw.
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Good friends are hard to come by… I need more money.
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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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I’M SIGNIFICANT!!! … Say’s the dust speck.
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Reality continues to ruin my life.
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Calvin: Do you believe in the Devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I’m not sure man needs the help.
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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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I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn’t have paid for me.
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To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.
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What’s the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see ’em?
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When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.
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If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your 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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