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Verbing weirds language.
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Bill Watterson |
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You know what's the rage this year? ...Hats.
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hobbes
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Bill Watterson |
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They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines.
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life
life-philosophy
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Bill Watterson |
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My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin
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Bill Watterson |
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If you do the job badly enough, sometimes you don't get asked to do it again.
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work
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Bill Watterson |
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Virtual reality has nothing on Calvin.
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Bill Watterson |
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Never argue with a six-year-old who shaves.
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Bill Watterson |
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Calvin: As 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.
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truth-of-life
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Bill Watterson |
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Calvin: I'm a genius. I can't believe how smart I am. ...I've got more brains than I know what to do with. Hobbes: So I've noticed.
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Bill Watterson |
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I hope some historian will confirm that I was the first cartoonist to use the word 'booger' in a newspaper comic strip.
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calvin-and-hobbes
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Bill Watterson |
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Calvin: Somewhere in Communist Russia I'll bet there's a little boy who has never known anything but censorship and oppression. But maybe he's heard of America, and he dreams of living in this land of freedom and opportunity! Someday, I'd like to meet that little boy...and tell him the awful TRUTH ABOUT THIS PLACE!! Calvin's Dad: Calvin, be quiet and eat the stupid lima beans.
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Bill Watterson |
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Dad: Honey, have you seen my glasses? I can"t find them. Mom: I haven't seen them. Calvin: (with glasses, to Dad) Calvin, go do something you hate! Being miserable builds character!"
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Bill Watterson |
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Sleepwalking?" "Nightmare?" "Homicidal psycho jungle cat!"
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Bill Watterson |
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The more you think about things, the weirder they seem. Take this milk. Why do we drink COW milk?? Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said, 'I think I'll drink whatever comes out of these things when I squeeze 'em!'?
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Bill Watterson |
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I should be doing my homework now. But the way I look at it, playing in the snow is a lot more important. Out here I'm learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life. - Such as? - Procrastination and rationalization.
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Bill Watterson |
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Some 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.
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rain
hot-chocolate
snuggle
read
snow
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Bill Watterson |
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Hobbes: What are you doing? Calvin: Being "cool." Hobbes: You look more like you're being bored. Calvin: The world bores you when you're cool. Hobbes: Look, I brought a sombrero! Now we can both be "cool." Calvin: A sombrero?! Are you crazy?! Cool people don't wear sombreros! Hobbes: What fun is it being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?"
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genuineness
hip
image
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Bill Watterson |
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The only permanent rule in Calvinball is that you can never play it the same way twice! (Calvin)
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Bill Watterson |
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MOMMMM, I'm thirsty... What's this, just water?
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Bill Watterson |
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Like delicate lace, So the threads intertwine, Oh, gossamer web Of wond'rous design! Such beauty and grace Wild nature produces... Ughh, look at the spider Suck out that bug's juices!
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poetry
spiders
spiderweb
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Bill Watterson |
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You know, maybe we don't need enemies." "Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take."
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friends
friendship
humor
enemies-and-friends
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Bill Watterson |
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Even when you look for it, you're never prepared for it.
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Bill Watterson |
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It's a funny world, Hobbes." "True." "But it's not a hilarious world....unless you like sick humour." "The world is probably funnier to people who don't live here."
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Bill Watterson |
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I 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.
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friendship
love
animals
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Bill Watterson |
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On 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.
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rain
books
snuggle
judge
read
home
oath
snow
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Bill Watterson |
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We 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!
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creating
human
beauty
care
handmade
quantity
craftsmanship
efficiency
grace
art
skill
quality
value
machines
pleasure
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Bill Watterson |
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Barney's Dad was really bad so Barney hatched a plan when his dad said "Eat your peas." Barney shouted no and ran Barney tricked his mean old dad and locked him in the cellar Barney's Mom never found out where he'd gone, Cause Barney didn't tell her. There his dad spent his life eating mice and gruel With every bite for fifty years he was sorry he'd been cruel"
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Bill Watterson |
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The score is still Q to 12!
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Bill Watterson |
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Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other...
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Bill Watterson |
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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.
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Bill Watterson |
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I say if a novelty Christmas song is funny one time, then it is funny every time. - Calvin
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funny
song
calvin
calvin-and-hobbes
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Bill Watterson |
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No sport is less organized than Calvinball.
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Bill Watterson |
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You are demoted from First Tiger to bulk rate.
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Bill Watterson |
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Idiocy is the essence of the male mind.
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Bill Watterson |
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The best presents don't come in boxes.
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Bill Watterson |
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Calvin: 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.
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humor
santa
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Bill Watterson |
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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.
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Bill Watterson |
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Watcha doin'?" "Looking for frogs."
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Bill Watterson |
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Nowadays, 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?
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individuality
independence
conformity
peer-pressure
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Bill Watterson |
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Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor?
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Bill Watterson |
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My book is called, "Shut Up And Stop Whining: How To Do Something With Your Life Besides Think About Yourself."
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Bill Watterson |
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Don't look into car headlights and freeze, because you'll either get run over or shot!
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humor
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Bill Watterson |
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There are few things less comforting than a tiger who's been up too late.
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humor
comic
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Bill Watterson |
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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."
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hobbes
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