Mothers are the necessity of invention.

Quote by Bill Watterson

Topics: Bill Watterson Quotes

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is...

Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is...

If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live...

If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I'll bet they'd live...

God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now...

God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now...

If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously...

If your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously...

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

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

When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.

When birds burp, it must taste like bugs.

Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a...

Reading those turgid philosophers here in these remote stone buildings may not get you a...

A real job is a job you hate.

A real job is a job you hate.

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

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

That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe...

That's the whole problem with science. You've got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe...

Heck, what's a little extortion among friends?

Heck, what's a little extortion among friends?

Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.

Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.

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

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

The syndicates take the strip and sell it to newspapers and split the income with...

The syndicates take the strip and sell it to newspapers and split the income with...

I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I...

I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I...

Hobbes: Do you think there's a God? Calvin: Well, SOMEBODY'S out to get me.

Hobbes: Do you think there's a God? Calvin: Well, SOMEBODY'S out to get me.

I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.

I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.

Genius is never understood in its own time.

Genius is never understood in its own time.

I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.

I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.

Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?

Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous?