Quotes by Bill Watterson

“I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood.”

“If you do the job badly enough, sometimes you dont get asked to do it again.”

“To make a bad day worse, spend it wishing for the impossible.”

“Why should I have to WORK for everything?! Its like saying I dont deserve it!”

“Theres no problem so awful that you cant add some guilt to it and make it even worse!”

“Happiness is being famous for your financial ability to indulge in every kind of excess.”

“I say, when life gives you a lemon, wing it right back and add some lemons of your own!”

“Theres an inverse relationship between how good something is for you, and how much fun it is.”

“Why isnt my life like a situation comedy? Why dont I have a bunch of friends with nothing better to do but drop by and instigate wacky adventures? Why arent my conversations peppered with spontaneous witticisms? Why dont my friends demonstrate heartfelt concern for my well being when I have problems? ...I gotta get my life some writers.”

“Some 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 pragmatically turn my whims into principles.”

“I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I said, heck, this is crazy! Now I crank out crude imitations of whats already popular! It takes no time or thought, and most people dont care about the difference, anyway! And what good is originality if you cant crank it out?”

“Its a magical world, Hobbes, ol buddy . . . lets go exploring!”

“If anything Ive said seems useful to you, Im glad. If not, dont worry. Just forget about it.”

“Life is eternal, love is immortal and death is only a horizon.Life is eternal as we move into the lightand the horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.”

“The past is the past, no matter how successful its been. For me, its only tomorrow thats interesting.”

“When the president decides something on Monday, he still believes it on Wednesday - no matter what happened Tuesday.”

“Christianity simply does not make sense until you have faced the sort of facts I have been describing. Christianity tells people to repent and promises them forgiveness. It therefore has nothing (as far as I know) to say to people who do not know they have done anything to repent of and who do not feel that they need forgiveness.”

Reality continues to ruin my life.

Im killing time while I wait for life to shower me with meaning and happiness.

When life gives you lemons, chunk it right back.