Top 30 Bill Watterson Quotes

Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made.

There is not enough time to do all the nothing we want to do.

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.

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

We don’t devote enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.

I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep everyone’s expectations.

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

Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.

Heck, what’s a little extortion among friends?

Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience.

Mothers are the necessity of invention.

Genius is never understood in its own time.

Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?

Sometimes when I’m talking, my words can’t keep up with my thoughts. I wonder why we think faster than we speak. Probably so we can think twice.

If your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.

A real job is a job you hate.

From now on, I’ll connect the dots my own way.

It’s always better to leave the party early.

So, what’s it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don’t recommend it.

I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can play together all night.

Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems.

When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.

Weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.

I thought my life would seem more interesting with a musical score and a laugh track.

If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.

We all have different desires and needs, but if we don’t discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.

If you can’t control your peanut butter, you can’t expect to control your life.

Reality continues to ruin my life.

God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.

Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery – it recharges by running.