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 KEANEOh 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
More Bil Keane Quotes
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I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.
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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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Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.
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OF COURSE I’d like to be the ideal mother. But I’m too busy raising children.
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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 peaceful home is as sacred a place as any chapel or cathedral.
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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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Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.
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I don’t just try to be funny.
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We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment.
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God put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is ‘sposed to be a happy time.
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A peaceful home is as sacred a place as any chapel or cathedral.
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They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.
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I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.
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I think it’s a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally.
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