I find my life is a lot easier the lower I keep everyone's expectations. Bill Watterson More Quotes by Bill Watterson More Quotes From Bill Watterson Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words. Bill Watterson calvin-and-hobbes-friendship harder disappointment What's the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see 'em? Bill Watterson ships rockets ems Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray. You realize nothing is as clear as it first appears. Ultimately, knowledge is paralyzing. Being a man of action, I cannot afford to take that risk. Hobbes: You're ignorant, but at least you act on it. Bill Watterson ignorant risk men A little rudeness and disrespect can elevate a meaningless interaction to a battle of wills and add drama to an otherwise dull day. Bill Watterson disrespect battle drama We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are. Bill Watterson live-in-the-moment running life Letting your mind play is the best way to solve problems. Bill Watterson play letting-go thinking Sometimes what holds you together and what tears you apart are the same things. Bill Watterson lonely dream reality I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor? Bill Watterson fairness favors world History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction. That's why events are always reinterpreted when values change. We need new versions of history to allow for our current prejudices. Bill Watterson prejudice events order It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept. Bill Watterson success beautiful life I've been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school publications - the newspaper and yearbook and soon. In college, I got interested in political cartooning and did political cartoons. Bill Watterson yearbook kids school I was reading about how countless species are being pushed toward extinction by man's destruction of forests. . . . Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. Bill Watterson intelligent reading thinking I suppose if we couldn't laugh at things that don't make sense, we couldn't react to a lot of life. Bill Watterson comic-strips existentialism laughing Selling out is usually more a matter of buying in. Sell out, and you’re really buying into someone else’s system of values, rules and rewards. Bill Watterson buying-in rewards matter In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Bill Watterson excess good-life culture You know, maybe we don't need enemies." "Yeah, best friends aree about all I can take. Bill Watterson yeah enemy needs I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood. Bill Watterson cold bad-mood winter The whole idea of hobknobbing and schmoozing and the concept of an "elite" class of celebrities better than the common people has always made my stomach turn. Bill Watterson class people ideas County library? Reference desk, please. Hello? Yes, I need a word definition. Well, that's the problem. I don't know how to spell it and I'm not allowed to say it. Could you just rattle off all the swear words you know and I'll stop you when...Hello? Bill Watterson library definitions needs Reality continues to ruin my life. Bill Watterson inspirational life funny