Want Quotes by Bill Watterson

14 Want quotes by Bill Watterson

Watterson’s humor shines through these short reflections on what we crave. The comic strip creator’s playful voice turns everyday yearning into something both funny and surprisingly insightful.

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

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Careful. We don't want to learn from this.

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I go to school, but I never learn what I want to know.

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“There's never enough time to do all the nothing I want.”

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There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want.

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From now on, I'm not doing anything I don't want to do! The world owes me happiness, fulfillment and success… I'm just…

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The world of a comic strip ought to be a special place with its own logic and life... I don't want the…

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We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for,…

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I'm willing to take the blame if the strip goes down the drain, and I want the credit if it succeeds. So…

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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,…

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For your information, I'm staying like this, and everyone else can just get used to it! If people don't like me the…

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CALVIN: When I grow up I want to be an inventor. First I will invent a time machine. Then I'll come back…

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Hobbes: Jump! Jump! Jump! I win! Calvin: You win? Aaugghh! You won last time! I hate it when you win! Aarrggh! Mff!…

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We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for,…

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What assurance do I have that your parenting isn't screwing me up?

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In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.

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I tell you all this because it's worth recognizing that there is no such thing as an overnight success. You will do well to…

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