Bill Watterson

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

“Verbing weirds language.”

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

“For me, it's been liberating to put myself in the mind of a fictitious six year-old each day, and rediscover my own curiosity. I've been amazed at how one idea leads to others if I allow my mind to play and wander.”

“You know what's the rage this year? ...Hats.”

“I've nearly started!”

“It seems like once people grow up, they have no idea what’s cool.”

“People pay more attention when they think you’re up to something.”

“I keep forgetting that rules are only for little nice people.”

“Paul Gauguin asked, "whence do we come? What are we? Where are we going?" Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I came from my room, I'm a kid with big plans, and I'm going outside! See ya later! Say, who the heck is Paul Gauguin anyway?”

“I'm related to people I don't relate to.”

“Good friends are hard to come by.. I need more money.”

“I'll bet my autopsy reveals my mouth is too big.”

“Calvin:"It says here that 'religion is the opiate of the masses.'...what do you suppose that means?"Television: "...it means that Karl Marx hadn't seen anything yet”

“I'm crying because out there he's gone, but he's not gone inside me.”

“In the short term, it would make me happy to go play outside. In the long term, it would make me happier to do well at school and become successful. But in the VERY long term, I know which will make better memories.”

“Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?”

“You 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.”

“Now what state do you live in?''Denial.”

“The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that's even worse”

“Calvin: Why are you crying mom?Mom: I'm cutting up an onion.Calvin: It must be hard to cook if you anthrpomorphisize your vegetables.”

“My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin”

“Calvin: Today for show and tell, I've brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake! I think we might all learn a lesson from how this utterly unique and exquisite crystal turns into an ordinary, boring molecule of water just like every other one when you bring it into the classroom.And now, while the analogy sinks in, I will be leaving you drips and going outside...”

“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.”

“The problem with people is that they're only human.”

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

“The score is still Q to 12!”

“No sport is less organized than Calvinball.”

“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.”

“I wonder where we go when we die?”“…Pittsburgh?”“You mean if we’re good or if we’re bad?”

“Mom’s not feeling well. So I’m making her a get well card.”“That’s thoughtful of you.”"See, on the front it says, ‘Get Well Soon’ … and on the inside it says,’Because my bed isn’t made, my clothes need to be put away and I’m hungry. Love Calvin.’ Want to sign it?”“Sure, I’m hungry too”

“County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that's the problem. I don't know how to spell it and I'm not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I'll stop you when...Hello?”

“I've been thinking Hobbes""On a weekend?""Well, it wasn't on purpose”

“Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.”

“You are demoted from First Tiger to bulk rate.”

“I'm not a vegetarian! I'm a dessertarian!”

“People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.”

“You know, sometimes the world seems like a pretty mean place.' 'That's why animals are so soft and huggy.”

“Mom and dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in. But every time I do, they tell me to stop it.”

“I'M SIGNIFICANT!!!...Say's the dust speck.”

“I say, if your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.”

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

“Reading goes faster if you don't sweat comprehension.”

“Since September it's just gotten colder and colder. There's less daylight now, I've noticed too.This can only mean one thing - the sun is going out.In a few more months the Earth will be a dark and lifeless ball of ice.Dad says the sun isn't going out. He says its colder because the earth's orbit is taking us farther from the sun. He says winter will be here soon.Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?”

“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.”

“Oh 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? ”

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

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

“It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!”

“Calvin is hammering nails into coffee table.Mom: CALVIN WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THE COFFEE TABLE?!?Calvin: Is this some sort of trick question, or what?”