Bill Watterson

Bill Watterson

15 quotes

Bill Watterson is an American cartoonist, born 1958, whose eloquence matched a remarkable career. Known for his negative views on comic syndication and licensing, his efforts to expand and elevate the newspaper comic as an art form, and his move back into private life after Calvin and Hobbes ended, their words carry the weight of lived experience. Our collection holds 16 quotes from Bill Watterson, each offering a different angle on Best, Time, Science, Mom, and Life. To get a sense of their style, try: "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."

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

— Bill Watterson

Experience

All Quotes by Bill Watterson

“The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.”

— Bill Watterson

Intelligence

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

— Bill Watterson

Best

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

— Bill Watterson

Food

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

— Bill Watterson

Future

“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.”

— Bill Watterson

Dreams

“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.”

— Bill Watterson

God

“Things are never quite as scary when you've got a best friend.”

— Bill Watterson

Best

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

— Bill Watterson

Cool

“That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.”

— Bill Watterson

Science

“Know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything's different.”

— Bill Watterson

Change

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

— Bill Watterson

Time

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

— Bill Watterson

Learning

“Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running.”

— Bill Watterson

Car

“Mothers are the necessity of invention.”

— Bill Watterson

Mom

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

— Bill Watterson

Experience