Bill Watterson Quotes

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• The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

  Bill Watterson

  Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic

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• It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.

  Bill Watterson

  Religious, People, Religion

  "Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons". Book by Bill Watterson, April 1992.

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• Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive... To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble.

  Bill Watterson

  Good Life, Thinking, Creating

  "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.

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• The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.

  Bill Watterson

  Motivational, Detours, Truth Is

  "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.

  61 Copy quote

• I asked mom if I was a gifted child. She said they certainly wouldn't have paid for me.

  Bill Watterson

  Motivational, Mom, Children

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• I let my mind wander and it didn't come back.

  Bill Watterson

  Mind, Wander, Funny Bumper Sticker

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• Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything's different.

  Bill Watterson

  Change, Funny Life, Different

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• Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.

  Bill Watterson

  Friday, Cute Life, Sunday

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• 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.

  Bill Watterson

  Motivational, Funny Life, Accomplish Nothing

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• We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are.

  Bill Watterson

  Life, Running, Live In The Moment

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• I don't think I'd have been in such a hurry to reach adulthood if I'd known the whole thing was going to be ad-libbed.

  Bill Watterson

  Growing Up, Thinking, Ads

  "The Revenge of the Baby-Sat". Book by Bill Watterson, April 1991.

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• My whole problem is that my lips move when I think.

  Bill Watterson

  Moving, Thinking, Lips

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

  Bill Watterson

  Funny, Humorous, Future

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• I like maxims that don't encourage behavior modification.

  Bill Watterson

  Behavior, Modification, Calvin And Hobbes Friendship

  "Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons". Book by Bill Watterson, April 1992.

  9 Copy quote

• Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words.

  Bill Watterson

  Disappointment, Calvin And Hobbes Friendship, Harder

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• I'm related to people I don't relate to.

  Bill Watterson

  People, Relate, Related

  "The Days Are Just Packed". Book by Bill Watterson, October 1993.

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• I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?

  Bill Watterson

  World, Favors, Fairness

  57 Copy quote

• 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. Ultimately, knowledge is paralyzing. Being a man of action, I cannot afford to take that risk. Hobbes: You're ignorant, but at least you act on it.

  Bill Watterson

  Men, Risk, Ignorant

  26 Copy quote

• I wish people were more like animals. Animals don't try to change you or make you fit in. They just enjoy the pleasure of your company. Animals aren't conditional about friendships. Animals like you just the way you are. They listen to your problems, they comfort you when you're sad, and all they ask in return is a little kindness.

  Bill Watterson

  Kindness, Animal, People

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• Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I'd say our afternoon just got booked solid!

  Bill Watterson

  Running, Humorous, Water

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• What's the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see 'em?

  Bill Watterson

  Ems, Rockets, Ships

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• To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble.

  Bill Watterson

  Wisdom, Thinking, Trouble

  "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.

  30 Copy quote

• You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. What mood is that? Last-minute panic.

  Bill Watterson

  Creativity, Procrastination, Panic

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• Calvin: Know what I pray for? Hobbes: What? Calvin: The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can't, and the incapacity to tell the difference.

  Bill Watterson

  Differences, Inability, Praying

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• A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day.

  Bill Watterson

  Drama, Disrespect, Battle

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