[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble] Calvin: Ha! I’ve got a great word and it’s on a “Double word score” box! Hobbes: “ZQFMGB” isn’t a word! It doesn’t even have a vowel! Calvin: It is so a word! It’s a worm found in New Guinea!
BILL WATTERSONSo the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they’re already met?
More Bill Watterson Quotes
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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.
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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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Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other.
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Calvin: Life’s a lot more fun when you aren’t responsible for your actions.
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That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world. Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!
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There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.
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Every time I’ve built character, I’ve regretted it.
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I don’t think you’ve ever invited me to… Calvin’s Mom: Calvin, what are you doing? Calvin: Nothing, Mom. Go away. Calvin’s Mom: You’re contagious! You can’t have anyone over to play!
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The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.
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At that time, we turn around and say, yes, this is obviously where I was going all along. It’s a good idea to try to enjoy the scenery on the detours, because you’ll probably take a few.
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History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That’s why events are always reinterpreted when values change.
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Problems often look overwhelming at first. The secret is to break problems into small, manageable chunks. If you deal with those, you’re done before you know it.
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Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist – how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!
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Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said ‘I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze ’em?
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