Quotes from Bill Watterson

The best presents don't come in boxes.

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

Hee hee hee! You should've seen the look on your face! If mom and dad cared about me at all, they'd buy me some infra-red nighttime vision goggles.

No sport is less organized than Calvinball.

Repetition is the death of magic.

Problems often look overwhelming at first. The secret is to break problems into small, manageable chunks. If you deal with those, you're done before you know it.

Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor?

There's a sort of jet lag when you time-travel to your own past.

Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand euphoria!

Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other...

This is where dad burried the little raccoon. I don't even know he existed a few days ago and now he's gone forever. It's like I found him for no reason. I had to say good-bye as soon as I said hello. Still...in a sad, awful, terrible way, I'm happy I met him. What a stupid world.

I say if a novelty Christmas song is funny one time, then it is funny every time. - Calvin

The score is still Q to 12!

Oh lovely snowball, packed with care, smack a head that's unaware! Then with freezing ice to spare, melt and soak through underwear! Fly straight and true, hit hard and square! This, oh snowball, is my prayer. I only throw consecrated snowballs.

Calvin: ME TARZAN! KING OF JUNGLE! Suzy: Nice underpants. Does your mom know you're over here like this? Calvin:...I don't think Jane EVER said that to Tarzan.

You are demoted from First Tiger to bulk rate.

Calvin: I read this library book you got me. Calvin's Mom: What did you think of it? Calvin: It really made me see things differently. It's given me a lot to think about. Calvin's Mom: I'm glad you enjoyed it. Calvin: It's complicating my life. Don't get me any more.

BE CAREFUL, OR BE ROADKILL!

I've nearly started!

Wake up, get up… Shut up. Listen up… Throw up…Mix up, Goof up… Hurry up… How's your day? Looking up.

Things I will never like: 1. Drying off with a cold, damp towel. 2. The feeling of seaweed wrapping around my legs. 3. Anything that was popular in the 70's. 4. Licorice, yam, or raisins. 5. That high-pitched screech that babies make. 6. Writhing maggots.

Calvin: I'm being educated against my will! My rights are being trampled! Hobbes: Is it a right to remain ignorant? Calvin: I don't know, but I refuse to find out!

Mom says death is as natural as birth, and it's all part of the life cycle. She says we don't really understand it, but there are many things we don't understand, and we just have to do the best we can with the knowledge we have. I guess that makes sense.

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.