More from Bil Keane
I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.
Bil KeaneBil Keane 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.
Bil KeaneBil Keane We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment.
Bil KeaneBil Keane They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.
Bil KeaneBil Keane Lovesick, bitter and hardened heart. Aching, waiting for life to start
Bil KeaneBil Keane On radio and television, magazines and the movies, you can’t tell what you’re going to get. When you look at the comic page, you can usually depend on something acceptable by the entire family.
Bil KeaneBil Keane I don’t just try to be funny.
Bil KeaneBil Keane Time goes by at such a pace,it’s funny how it’s easy to forget her face
Bil KeaneBil Keane In Roslyn, Pennsylvania, we started our real-life family circus. They provided the inspiration for my cartoons. I provided the perspiration.
Bil KeaneBil Keane I don’t have to come up with a ha-ha belly laugh every day, but drawings with warmth and love or ones that put a lump in the throat. That’s more important to me than a laugh.
Bil KeaneBil Keane I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.
Bil KeaneBil Keane A peaceful home is as sacred a place as any chapel or cathedral.
Bil KeaneBil Keane I think it’s a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally.
Bil KeaneBil Keane 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.
Bil KeaneBil Keane Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.
Bil KeaneBil Keane 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.
Bil KeaneBil Keane
Original quotes
From our community writers
I am the universe, and every possibility belongs to me.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell The only thing that changed about you is me.
Elaine HaysElaine Hays He is my heaven and my hell. Serving passion and poison with the same spoon, and i am a sucker for a taste.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney My mistakes tell me I am quite human, but my brief flashes of brilliance tell me I am divine, too.
Rachel WolchinRachel Wolchin She now finds solace in vanilla-scented daydreams, as her soul sings away in a musical symphony of humid breaths and well-favored smiles.
Megan LaoMegan Lao Some things won’t change-some things can’t.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry My blood is fifty percent alcohol the other half was you.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Darling, you don’t fear love, you fear of loving wrong.
C.R. ElliottC.R. Elliott
Meet the writers
More on goal
I am a perfectionist. This job is a total ego thing in a way. To be a designer and say, ‘This is the way they should dress; this is the way their homes should look; this is the way the world should be.’ But then, that’s the goal: world domination through style.
Tom FordTom Ford I have just wanted to be an actress. That’s always been my goal. I didn’t want to be famous.
Kate WinsletKate Winslet I aim to be content with what I produce. It’s an aim I never achieve, but I go over my work word by word, time and again, so as to be as little dissatisfied as possible.
Graham GreeneGraham Greene Be honest about what you can get. To make a sacrifice and to get what you want you need to be very certain. In other words: always think about your objective, have a clear goal and commit to it from the heart.
Sophia LorenSophia Loren An indispensable hypothesis, even though still far from being a guarantee of success, is however the pursuit of a specific aim, whose lighted beacon, even by initial failures, is not betrayed.
Max PlanckMax Planck Goal setting should be part of your daily and weekly routines and should not be based on a calendar year or month.
Lewis HowesLewis Howes You just can’t believe how quickly things happen in football and the way life turns. I went from being the bad guy, the worst player who gets all the criticism, to being the player who makes the difference and scores the important goals.
Luis SuárezLuis Suárez I hope to be around past the 90’s. I don’t want to just be categorized as one of this era. My goal is to have a career that stands.
Mariah CareyMariah Carey
