Bill Watterson Quotes

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  • The only permanent rule in Calvinball is that you can never play it the same way twice! (Calvin)

  • We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.

  • I liked things better when I didn't understand them.

  • I'm killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.

  • It's always better to leave the party early.

    "Bill Watterson, creator of beloved 'Calvin and Hobbes' comic strip looks back with no regrets". Interview with John Campanelli, www.cleveland.com. February 1, 2010.
  • The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

  • When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.

  • What fun is it being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?

  • CALVIN: Our hero regains consciousness at the feet of a sarcastic alien.

  • Did you ever wonder if the person in the puddle is real, and you're just a reflection of him?

    Real  
    "Calvin and Hobbes". Comic strip by Bill Watterson, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 18, 1985 – December 31, 1995.
  • You know what's the rage this year? ...Hats.

    Hobbes  
  • 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. We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices.

    "Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat". Book by Bill Watterson, October 1994.
  • I played in rock bands in college and then right out of college I moved over to Europe and lived in Ireland for about four years playing in indie rock bands. I love and miss being in a band, I still am in a band but pursuing that as a career I definitely missed it but I felt like that ship had sailed.

  • I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man's destruction of forests. . . . Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.

    Calvin and Hobbes (comic strip), 8 Nov. 1989
  • Ah, the life of a newspaper cartoonist - how I miss the groupies, drugs and trashed hotel rooms!

    "Bill Watterson, creator of beloved 'Calvin and Hobbes' comic strip looks back with no regrets". Interview with John Campanelli, www.cleveland.com. February 1, 2010.
  • My guess is that the editor [Cincinnati Post] wanted his own Jeff MacNelly (a Pulitzer winner at 24), and I didn't live up to his expectations. My Cincinnati days were pretty Kafkaesque.

  • Calvin: Look, a dead bird! Hobbes: It must've hit a window. Calvin: Isn't it beautiful? It's so delicate. Sighhh... once it's too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is. You realize that nature is ruthless and our existence is very fragile, temporary, and precious. But to go on with your daily affairs, you can't really think about that... which is probably why everyone takes the world for granted and why we act so thoughtlessly. It's very confusing. I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up. Hobbes: No doubt.

    "There's Treasure Everywhere". Book by Bill Watterson, March 1996.
  • A REAL job is a job you hate.

    Jobs   Hate   Real  
    "Some thoughts on the real world by one who glimpsed it and fled". Bill Watterson's commencement speech at the Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, www.graduationwisdom.com. May 20, 1990.
  • 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.

    Source: www.annistonstar.com
  • I go to school, but I never learn what I want to know.

    "The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury". Book by Bill Watterson, October 1990.
  • 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. Sooner or later, we are all asked to compromise ourselves and the things we care about. We define ourselves by our actions. With each decision, we tell ourselves and the world who we are. Think about what you want out of this life, and recognize that there are many kinds of success.

    "Some thoughts on the real world by one who glimpsed it and fled". Bill Watterson's commencement speech at the Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, www.graduationwisdom.com. May 20, 1990.
  • Having an enviable career is one thing. Being a happy person is another

  • I think nighttime is dark so you can imagine your fears with less distraction.

    "The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury". Book by Bill Watterson, October 1992.
  • If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently.

  • The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.

    Funny  
  • You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help.

    "It's a Magical World". Book by Bill Watterson, October 1996.
  • It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what's cool.

    "Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons". Book by Bill Watterson, April 1992.
  • It's not the medium, but the quality of perception and expression, that determines the significance of art.

    Bill Watterson (1996). “The Calvin & Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book”
  • I guess I have a gift for expressing pedestrian tastes. In a way, it's kind of depressing.

    Source: www.tcj.com
  • Hee hee hee! You should've seen the look on your face!" "If mom and dad cared about me at all, they'd buy me some infra-red nighttime vision goggles.

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