I’ll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.
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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I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man’s destruction of forests. . . .
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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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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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Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery – it recharges by running.
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That’s the whole problem with science. You’ve got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
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Reality continues to ruin my life.
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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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At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you’ll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own.
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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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It’s surprising how hard we’ll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
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Since September it’s just gotten colder and colder. There’s less daylight now, I’ve noticed too. This can only mean one thing – the sun is going out. In a few more months the Earth will be a dark and lifeless ball of ice. Dad says the sun isn’t going out.
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You will do well to cultivate the resources in yourself that bring you happiness outside of success or failure.
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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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You mix a bunch of ingredients, and once in a great while, chemistry happens.
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[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!
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