I’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
BILL WATTERSONI’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
BILL WATTERSONMy whole problem is that my lips move when I think.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: Know what I pray for? Hobbes: What? Calvin: The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can’t, and the incapacity to tell the difference.
BILL WATTERSONBoy, there’s nothing worse than an inscrutable omen.
BILL WATTERSONEven when you look for it, you’re never prepared for it.
BILL WATTERSONThere’s great potential for that which has yet to be fully mined.
BILL WATTERSONThe secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that’s even worse
BILL WATTERSONCalvin: Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we can think faster than we speak? Hobbes: Probably so we can think twice.
BILL WATTERSONLife is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine and valleys of frustration and failure.
BILL WATTERSONYou mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
BILL WATTERSONHobbes: Jump! Jump! Jump! I win! Calvin: You win? Aaugghh! You won last time! I hate it when you win! Aarrggh! Mff! Gnnk! I hate this game! I hate the whole world! Aghhh!
BILL WATTERSONOn the other hand, the mass media is disintegrating, and audiences are atomizing. I suspect comics will have less widespread cultural impact and make a lot less money.
BILL WATTERSONSurprise is the essence of humor, and nothing is more surprising than truth.
BILL WATTERSONI think of football as a sport the way ducks think of hunting as a sport.
BILL WATTERSONI’m a misunderstood genius.” “What’s misunderstood?” “Nobody thinks I’m a genius.
BILL WATTERSONAs you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget it forever.
BILL WATTERSON