I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.
BIL KEANEWe are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment.
More Bil Keane Quotes
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Lovesick, bitter and hardened heart. Aching, waiting for life to start
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They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.
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Time goes by at such a pace,it’s funny how it’s easy to forget her face
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Many of my cartoons are not a belly laugh. I go for nostalgia, the lump in the throat, the tear in the eye, the tug in the heart.
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Time goes by at such a pace,it’s funny how it’s easy to forget her face
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A peaceful home is as sacred a place as any chapel or cathedral.
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Many of my cartoons are not a belly laugh. I go for nostalgia, the lump in the throat, the tear in the eye, the tug in the heart.
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A hug is like a boomerang – you get it back right away.
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I like to feel that what I’m doing portrays this: a family where there is love between mother, father and the kids. It’s a subject that is near and dear to me.
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Goal begins with “GO.”
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Mommy would never divorce Daddy. He’s just like one of the family.
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Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.
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Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I’m getting old and I need something to rely on So tell me when you’re gonna let me in I’m getting tired and I need somewhere to begin.
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When I was in high school at Northeast Catholic in Philadelphia in the late ’30s, I found that drawing caricatures of the teachers and satirizing the events in the school, then having them published in our school magazine, got me some notoriety.
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