“Calvin: "I read this library book you got me." Calvin's Mom: "What did you think of it?" Calvin: "It really made me… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
“I say, if your knees aren’t green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life.” — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Long before Einstein told us that matter is energy, Machiavelli and Hobbes and other modern political philosophers defined man as a lump… — George Will Copy Share Image
“If I may paraphrase Hobbes 's well-known aphorism, I would say that 'books are the money of Literature, but only the counters… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
“Start with that. Chaos. No control, no law, no government at all. Like being in the arena. Where do we go from… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
Probably Hobbes got it right when he said that a leviathan, a third party with a monopoly on the use of legitimate… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that's the problem. I don't know how to spell… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
There's Hobbes, who understood in the 1640s that the sovereign is not an appointee of God, or even a figure of superior… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
Calvin: Life's a lot more fun when you aren't responsible for your actions. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
CALVIN: Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it's weird that we… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
A colleague once described political theorists as people who were obsessed with two dozen books; after half a century of grappling with… — Alan Ryan Copy Share Image
"War," says Machiavelli, "ought to be the only study of a prince;" and by a prince he means every sort of state,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Calvin: Look, a dead bird! Hobbes: It must've hit a window. Calvin: Isn't it beautiful? It's so delicate. Sighhh... once it's too… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Mom’s not feeling well. So I’m making her a get well card.” “That’s thoughtful of you.” "See, on the front it says,… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble.] Calvin: Ha! I've got a great word and it's on a "Double word score" box! Hobbes:… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Government is founded not on force, as was the theory of Hobbes; nor on compact, as was the theory of Locke and… — James Otis Copy Share Image
I hate Calvin and Hobbes. I think its a big re-hash of formula kid strips. — Bill Griffith Copy Share Image
“The philosophy of Hobbes , it is true, contains nothing of modern race doctrines, which not only stir up the mob, but… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
I am a super nostalgic person in general. I think part of the reason that I'm in the film business is because,… — Jordan Vogt-Roberts Copy Share Image
Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man?… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The will to power, as the modern age from Hobbes to Nietzsche understood it, far from being a characteristic of the strong,… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
CALVIN: This whole Santa Claus thing just doesn't make sense. Why all the secrecy? Why all the mystery? If the guy exists… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image