Quote

They say the secret of success is being at the right place at the right time, but since you never know when the right time is going to be, I figure the trick is to find the right place and just hang around.

Bill Watterson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Bill Watterson
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: July 5
Author
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
Washington
District of Columbia
Time
Secret
Success
Place
Trick
Around
Hang
Find
Tricks
Right
Figure
Going
Figures
Never
Since

More quotes by Bill Watterson

Image
Having an enviable career is one thing. Being a happy person is another
Bill Watterson
Image
Years from now, when I'm successful and happy, ...and he's in prison... I hope I'm not too mature to gloat.
Bill Watterson
Image
People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate themselves on their superiority to the rest of the world. As my artist’s statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance.
Bill Watterson
Image
Like delicate lace, so the threads intertwine, oh, gossamer web of wond'rous design! Such beauty and grace wild nature produces... Ughh, look at that spider suck out that bug's juices!
Bill Watterson
Image
Verbing weirds language.
Bill Watterson
Image
My likely historical significance is a terrible burden. ~ Calvin
Bill Watterson
Image
My whole problem is that my lips move when I think.
Bill Watterson
Image
You know, maybe we don't need enemies. Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take.
Bill Watterson
Image
Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.
Bill Watterson
Image
It's psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy. I'll get a saw.
Bill Watterson
Image
I'M SIGNIFICANT!!! ... Say's the dust speck.
Bill Watterson
Image
Reality continues to ruin my life.
Bill Watterson
Image
Calvin: They say the world is a stage. But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Hobbes: Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce. Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.
Bill Watterson
Image
Even when you look for it, you're never prepared for it.
Bill Watterson
Image
The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that's even worse
Bill Watterson
Image
Calvin: Dad where do babies come from? Dad: Well Calvin, you simply go to Sears, buy the kit and follow the assembly instructions. Calvin: I came from Sears? Dad: No you were a blue-light special at K-Mart - almost as good and a lot cheaper!
Bill Watterson
Image
Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea and a good book.
Bill Watterson
Image
You can make your superhero a psychopath, you can draw gut-splattering violence, and you can call it a graphic novel, but comic books are still incredibly stupid.
Bill Watterson
Image
Once it's too late, you appreciate what a miracle life is.
Bill Watterson
Image
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.
Bill Watterson