Quotes by Bill Watterson

“You know, sometimes kids get bad grades in school because the class moves too slow for them. Einstein got D's in school. Well guess what, I get F's!!!”

“I go to school, but I never learn what I want to know.”

“You can present the material, but you can't make me care.”

“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.”

“There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”

“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 ver...”

“I say if a novelty Christmas song is funny one time, then it is funny every time. - Calvin”

“That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.”

“Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.”

“If good things lasted forever, would we appreciate how precious they are?”

“Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people j...”

“They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines.""Maybe thats why its hard to tell if were living in a tragedy or a farce.""We need more s...”

“I wish I had more friends, but people are such jerks. If you can just get most people to leave you alone, you're doing good. If you can find even one person you really like, you're lucky. And if th...”

“You know, maybe we don't need enemies.""Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.”

“Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray. You realize nothing is as clear as it first appears. Ul...”

“Until you stalk and overrun, you cannot devour anyone.-Hobbes”

“BE CAREFUL, OR BE ROADKILL!”

“We don't value craftsmanship anymore! All we value is ruthless efficiency, and I say we deny our own humanity that way! Without appreciation for grace and beauty, there's no pleasure in creating th...”

“Cigars are all the rage, dad. You should smoke cigars!" - Calvin"Flatulence could be all the rage, but it would still be disgusting." - Calvin's mom”

“Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding.”