Walt Kelly Quotes & Sayings

Traces of nobility, gentleness and courage persist in all people, do what we will to stamp out the trend. So, too, do those characteristics which are ugly. It is just unfortunate that in the clumsy hands of a cartoonist all traits become ridiculous, leading to a certain amount of self-conscious expostulation and the desire to join battle. — Walt Kelly

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities. — Walt Kelly

Thar's only two possibilities: Thar is life out there in the universe which is smarter than we are, or we're the most intelligent life in the universe. Either way, it's a mighty sobering thought. (Porkypine) — Walt Kelly

Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing. — Walt Kelly

Yowpee! I pulls my brandin' irons an' comes out a-bitin' the dust - a reg'lar Hoopalong Cassowary! — Walt Kelly

Some is more equal than others, as is well known. It ain't that your majority is outnumbered, you're just out-surrounded. — Walt Kelly

It is not good enough for things to be planned - they still have to be done; for the intention to become a reality, energy has to be launched into operation. — Walt Kelly

Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts. — Walt Kelly

Every burden is a blessing. — Walt Kelly

You want to cut down air pollution? Cut down the original source ... Breathin'! — Walt Kelly

Oop - I is tripped. — Walt Kelly

Many years ago in a period commonly know as Next Friday Afternoon, there lived a King who was very Gloomy on Tuesday mornings because he was so Sad thinking about how Unhappy he had been on Monday and how completely Mournful he would be on Wednesday ... — Walt Kelly

Albert made of solid alligator - he heavy. — Walt Kelly

Man tries to swallow meaning whole as a dog would eat his dinner. — Walt Kelly

The best break anybody ever gets is in bein' alive in the first place. An' you don't unnerstan' what a perfect deal it is until you realizes that you ain't gone be stuck with it forever, either. — Walt Kelly

If you wants to get elected president, you'se got to think up some
memoraboble homily so's school kids can be pestered into memorizin' it,
even if they don't know what it means. — Walt Kelly

There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand. Resolve, then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving and tiny blasts on tiny trumpets, we shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us. — Walt Kelly

Don't take life so serious, son ... it ain't no how permanent. — Walt Kelly

If I could only write, I'd write a nasty letter to the mayor, if he could only read. — Walt Kelly

Thank goodness modern convenience is a thing of the remote future. — Walt Kelly

Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohow permanent. — Walt Kelly

When we become negative and ungrateful, it is important to remember ... We have met the enemy; and he is us. — Walt Kelly

In like a dimwit, out like a light. — Walt Kelly

If you can't win, don't join them; learn how to lose. — Walt Kelly

Twenty Percent of Zero is Better than Nothing. — Walt Kelly

In this dark, when we all talk at once, some of us must learn to whistle. — Walt Kelly

Looking back on things, the view always improves. — Walt Kelly

God is not dead-He is merely unemployed ... — Walt Kelly

Scuse me - gotta hurry home - left the chillun on the stove. — Walt Kelly

Now is the time for all good men to come to. — Walt Kelly

What's good about March? Well, for one thing, it keeps February and April apart. — Walt Kelly

Women aren't as mere as they used to be. — Walt Kelly

We have met the enemy and he is us. — Walt Kelly

At wuntz? What HE do?
What HE do? Who do?
Wuntz do hoo doo? How do he do hoo doo?
Once do who do? What? What!? To wit, WHAT. — Walt Kelly