01UndatedYou know, maybe we don't need enemies.""Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.Bill Watterson / quote ↗
02UndatedSome 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 just act on any whim that enters their heads. I wonder which one YOU are. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles!Bill Watterson / quote ↗
05UndatedWe 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 things and no pleasure in having them! Our lives are made drearier, rather than richer! How can a person take pride in his work when skill and care are considered luxuries! We're not machines! We have a human need for craftsmanship!Bill Watterson / quote ↗
06UndatedMaybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding.Bill Watterson / quote ↗
07UndatedCalvin: 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 / quote ↗
08UndatedCigars are all the rage, dad. You should smoke cigars!" - Calvin"Flatulence could be all the rage, but it would still be disgusting." - Calvin's momBill Watterson / quote ↗
09UndatedHold it. You know what I'd like to see? I'd like to see the three bears eat the three little pigs, and then the bears join up with the big bad wolf and eat Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood! Tell me a story like that, OK?Bill Watterson / quote ↗
10UndatedOn gray days, when it's snowing or raining, I think you should be able to call up a judge and take an oath that you'll just read a good book all day, and he'd allow you to stay home.Bill Watterson / quote ↗
11UndatedI 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 / quote ↗
12UndatedYou know, sometimes the world seems like a pretty mean place.' 'That's why animals are so soft and huggy.Bill Watterson / quote ↗
13UndatedI 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 / quote ↗
14UndatedAs you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget it forever. You’ve taught me nothing except how to cynically manipulate the system. Congratulations.Bill Watterson / quote ↗
15UndatedSusie: Hi Calvin! Aren't you excited about going to school? Look at all these great school supplies I got! I love having new notebooks and stuff!Calvin:All I've got to say is they're not making me learn any foreign languages. If English is good enough for me, then by golly, it's good enough for the rest of the world! Everyone should just speak English or shut up, that's what I say!Susie: You should maybe check the chemical content of your breakfast cereal.Bill Watterson / quote ↗
16UndatedOh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer.... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously?Bill Watterson / quote ↗
17UndatedCalvin: Dear Santa, before I submit life to your scrutiny, I demand to know who made YOU the matter of my fate?! Who are YOU to question my behavior, HUH??? What gives you the right?! Hobbes: Santa makes the toys, so he gets to decide who to give them to.Calvin: Oh.Bill Watterson / quote ↗
18UndatedNowadays, ads don't just sell a product. They sell an attitude! Look at this one! Here's a cool guy saying nobody tells him what to do. He does whatever he wants and he buys this product as a reflection of that independence. So basically, this maverick is urging everyone to express his individuality through conformity in brand-name selection?Bill Watterson / quote ↗
19UndatedCalvin : There's no problem so awful, that you can't add some guilt to it and make it even worse.Bill Watterson / quote ↗
20UndatedThere are few things less comforting than a tiger who's been up too late.Bill Watterson / quote ↗
21UndatedI'm a misunderstood genius.""What's misunderstood?""Nobody thinks I'm a genius.Bill Watterson / quote ↗
22UndatedSome days you get up and you already know that things aren't going to go well. They're the type of days when you should just give in, put your pajamas back on, make some hot chocolate and read comic books in bed with the covers up until the world looks more encouraging. Of course, they never let you do that.Bill Watterson / quote ↗
23UndatedYou can make your superhero a psychopath, you can draw gut-splattering violence, and you can call it a "graphic novel," but comic books are still incredibly stupid.Bill Watterson / quote ↗
