Quotes by Bill Watterson

“If cartoonists would look at this more as an art than as a part time job or a get-rich-quick scheme, I think comics overall would be better. I think theres a tremendous potential to be tapped.”

“Amazingly, much of the best cartoon work was done early on in the mediums history. The early cartoonists, with no path before them, produced work of such sophistication, wit, and beauty that it increasingly seems to me that cartoon evolution is working backward. Comic strips are moving toward a primordial goo rather than away from it . . . Not only can comics be more than were getting today. but the comics already have been more than were getting today.”

“Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.”

“I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep everyones expectations.”

“Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a job, but if those books have forced you to ask yourself questions about what makes life truthful, purposeful, meaningful, and redeeming, you have the Swiss Army Knife of mental tools, and its going to come in handy all the time.”

“After today, Ill bet Santa takes a shovel to the reindeer stalls to fill your stocking.”

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

“Im not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.”

“Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?”

“We all have different desires and needs, but if we dont discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.”

“Sometimes when Im talking, my words cant keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice.”

“We dont devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.”

“Things are never quite as scary when youve got a best friend.”

“So, whats it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I dont recommend it.”

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

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

“A REAL job is a job you hate.”

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

“Genius is never understood in its own time.”

“I just read this great science fiction story. Its about how machines take control of humans and turn them into zombie slaves! . . . HEY! What time is it?? My TV show is on!”