![The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that’s even worse](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GXuLqnf0Ay0/X1uKdOZHuvI/AAAAAAAAKeE/6Q636Im6iCoHBbcz1stNUHE1lZ6gdIdnwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-secret-to-enjoying-your-job-is-to-have-a-hobby-thats-even-worse.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Bill Watterson
![The secret to enjoying your job is to have a hobby that’s even worse](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GXuLqnf0Ay0/X1uKdOZHuvI/AAAAAAAAKeE/6Q636Im6iCoHBbcz1stNUHE1lZ6gdIdnwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-secret-to-enjoying-your-job-is-to-have-a-hobby-thats-even-worse.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sbeItTVL40U/X1uSl7E77MI/AAAAAAAALsA/l1r6NNrgf343Jxq-r4kXhzTxPG3Vo1S4QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/you-can-drag-my-body-to-school-but-my-spirit-refuses-to-go.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
You can drag my body to school but my spirit refuses to go.
![I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aO1kItTMEyA/X1tuTKsFh8I/AAAAAAAAHq8/CMfUwY1rsUYA6ve8oq6ByCobybIBzbfnACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-wonder-if-you-can-refuse-to-inherit-the-world.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I wonder if you can refuse to inherit the world.
![I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.-Calvin](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sJ5sUNbSdJY/X1tq_oh9frI/AAAAAAAAHKQ/FcrfTeXENgIhmJ-gBCzixbNtfD0F9S1ggCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-like-maxims-that-dont-encourage-behavior-modificationcalvin.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I like maxims that don’t encourage behavior modification.-Calvin
![You can present the material, but you can’t make me care.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PeLGxXSnyYE/X1uStFnqinI/AAAAAAAALtQ/9E_Q5dfG2moLl-jvzOAms0vcmCHP-0xGgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/you-can-present-the-material-but-you-cant-make-me-care.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
You can present the material, but you can’t make me care.
![Genius is never understood in its own time.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/--5DTLD0oYcM/X0bCQbCAMmI/AAAAAAAACW8/4E8PKFmoa9QMF0A36Id7O7zg04xL2OW-QCEwYBhgLKtMDAL1Ocqx9zd5bddDOGU7u1DxY0vbL8eK9hia_oExdYtgxbkXTaE14B29nAj8UwJIdsUCg8i5OJM7U5gDboZmyDycdSjyrLPBL_kTXMwts4jZK2zxkmoHS9r0Q2hRseY63wRMGobmr_OR3V6jqLSFiPAqDbzS8zgV80YqH-5ZkrdC0BT4kplCIt627F0oLDnDG0-HkKhV9IwM_cXKnOz8BInaR41CirKt_ONcgDeJjAquX6vg4ByhUK2kS_FzoaiVEfPgnXG2MKVAOxfZBioolPl5yAyPuiTcltx_o_1jGnYItRgZoEOoSK9doLOThYM3aEjgM6k4X4MhWJvl68eVQM0rQ0Tg8XwOWSCtLajHyw3bXjZgRZRT5kv_X3XTFJfyqDcWf-oyqGk1aX45RLJFtfSiaahgCMOHFYAvgrQt5FKU9lSQfgsxUXwFi3fztziW3933sumR355KREqBU5noKOJypqnnt_jOcnlZIjRbzBbZuQKtxjMD3Q_GKUr7odJy0i-B-pwG0Y-KSj1Gn5beeC207f2Xa24MbyyvTRxXzhYyl1tsKKzkqU2KUCTYL7bd6bGF4s_MXfepgQ5lpaYHJsAxHsuilnkuG1NMslpXHDWt602gw16uf-gU/w750-h750-p/genius-is-never-understood-in-its-own-time-quotes-by-bill-watterson-best-proverbs-and-sayings-about-brainy.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Genius is never understood in its own time.
![HOBBES:If you don’t get a goodnight kiss you get Kafka dreams.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IVErcf-RKY8/X1toka9b88I/AAAAAAAAGxs/3_7-KlvVYjAh0N5zWQzEnm8sf7VZ5VXjwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/hobbesif-you-dont-get-a-goodnight-kiss-you-get-kafka-dreams.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
HOBBES:If you don’t get a goodnight kiss you get Kafka dreams.
![CALVIN:Our hero regains consciousness at the feet of a sarcastic alien.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yAr6WQVrHjg/X1tiJueG9yI/AAAAAAAAF5s/NUGX9NRqccgOyuaPbtZpXeMDFUjqw3vrwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/calvinour-hero-regains-consciousness-at-the-feet-of-a-sarcastic-alien.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
CALVIN:Our hero regains consciousness at the feet of a sarcastic alien.
![Hello Dad! It is now three in the morning. Do you know where I am?](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CeNo6u-O4ec/X1tofCgvjAI/AAAAAAAAGwU/TVwANNj76a8HK0j4THtUvcfrfv3wjjN3ACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/hello-dad-it-is-now-three-in-the-morning-do-you-know-where-i-am.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Hello Dad! It is now three in the morning. Do you know where I am?
![I’m not a vegetarian! I’m a dessertarian!](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vahLEavfXes/X1tsvMjSF1I/AAAAAAAAHd8/0kvvfXAXU34p70J7SFzzBrDif6aD9GQbQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/im-not-a-vegetarian-im-a-dessertarian.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I’m not a vegetarian! I’m a dessertarian!
![If you can’t win by reason, go for volume.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YJObpmTNm38/X1tsF7sU37I/AAAAAAAAHW0/hirITD6bqRQzedugA-h7ZRV5RkSEUcdigCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/if-you-cant-win-by-reason-go-for-volume.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
If you can’t win by reason, go for volume.
![I’m a 21st-century kid trapped in a 19th-century family.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-apHEgbTN6LE/X1tsldoixSI/AAAAAAAAHcU/RH7PyBCxzVIedgieA5iQv8woGJyyuwfwQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/im-a-21stcentury-kid-trapped-in-a-19thcentury-family.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)