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List of Bil Keane Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 25 inspiring quotes by Bil Keane.

About Bil Keane

  • Born: October 5, 1922
  • Died: November 8, 2011
  • Occupation: Cartoonist
    • Mommy would never divorce daddy. he's just like one of the family.
    Father Divorce Daddy
    I didn't always spell my name bil. my parents named me bill, but when i started drawing cartoons on the wall, they knocked the 'l' out of me.
    Wall Names Drawing
    In roslyn, pennsylvania, we started our real-life family circus. they provided the inspiration for my cartoons. i provided the perspiration.
    Real Inspiration Cartoon
    Many of the network television shows have done takeoffs on 'family circus,' including 'david letterman,' 'friends,' 'roseanne,' and others, and, in my estimation the use of them is a compliment to the popularity of the feature, which just by mentioning it's name sets up the image of a warm, loving family-type feature.
    Names Use Done
    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.
    Drawing Laughing Important
    Time goes by at such a pace,it's funny how it's easy to forget her face
    Pace Faces Forget
    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.
    Mother Father Kids
    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.
    Teacher School Drawing
    God put santa claus on earth to remind us that christmas is 'sposed to be a happy time.
    Happy Times Earth Santa
    I don't just try to be funny.
    Trying
    Lovesick, bitter and hardened heart. aching, waiting for life to start
    Heart Waiting Bitter
    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.
    Heart Eye Laughing
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