34 Quotes by Bill Watterson
- The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.
- Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.
- Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running.
- Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.
- So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it.
- Sometimes when I'm talking, my words can't keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice.
- Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.
- That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.
- The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!
- There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.
- Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend.
- Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?
- 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.
- We don't devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
- When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.
- Mothers are the necessity of invention.
- Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.
- Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
- From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way.
- Heck, what's a little extortion among friends?
- Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.
- Genius is never understood in its own time.
- God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.
- I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?
- I liked things better when I didn't understand them.
- I think we dream so we don't have to be apart so long. If we're in each other's dreams, we can play together all night.
- Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything's different.
- I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.
- I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.
- If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live a lot differently.
- It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what's cool.
- It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.
- It's surprising how hard we'll work when the work is done just for ourselves.
- I won't eat any cereal that doesn't turn the milk purple.
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