Life is like topography, Hobbes. There are summits of happiness and success, flat stretches of boring routine and valleys of frustration and failure.
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 WATTERSONSo the secret to good self-esteem is to lower your expectations to the point where they’re already met?
BILL WATTERSONLife’s disappointments are harder to take when you don’t know any swear words.
BILL WATTERSONWhat’s the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see ’em?
BILL WATTERSONIf people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.
BILL WATTERSONHistory 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.
BILL WATTERSONFor me, it’s been liberating to put myself in the mind of a fictitious six year-old each day, and rediscover my own curiosity.
BILL WATTERSONHaving an enviable career is one thing. Being a happy person is another
BILL WATTERSONMaybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce. Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.
BILL WATTERSONVan Gogh would’ve sold more than one painting if he’d put tigers in them.
BILL WATTERSONIn the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.
BILL WATTERSONGetting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
BILL WATTERSONCalvin:”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
BILL WATTERSONLook! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I’d say our afternoon just got booked solid!
BILL WATTERSONWeekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
BILL WATTERSONThe surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
BILL WATTERSON