Walt Kelly Quotes

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• We have met the enemy and he is us.

  Walt Kelly

  Trust, Peace, Fun

  Poster for Earth Day (1970). Also appeared in the Pogo comic strip for 8 Aug. 1970.

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

  Walt Kelly

  Gratitude, Ungrateful, Enemy

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• We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

  Walt Kelly

  Motivational, Future, Opportunity

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• Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.

  Walt Kelly

  Military, Sight, Effort

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• Don't believe something just because you didn't read it in the papers. Wait until you haven't seen it on television.

  Walt Kelly

  Believe, Waiting, Television

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• Women aren't as mere as they used to be.

  Walt Kelly

  Used, Used To Be, Mere

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• 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

  Intelligent, Two, Way

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• Now is the time for all good men to come to.

  Walt Kelly

  Funny, Humorous, Men

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• Too soon we breast the tape and too late we realize the fun lay in the running. We deny that the end justifies the means without ever stopping to consider that for practical purposes the End and the Means are one and the same thing. If there is to be any satisfaction in life it must come in transit, for who can tell when he will be struck down in mid-method?

  Walt Kelly

  Running, Fun, Mean

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• 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.

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  Perfect, Forever, Gone

  "Pogo". Comic strip by Walt Kelly, 1948 - 1975.

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• Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog. Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.

  Walt Kelly

  Dog, Real, Looks

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• Don't take life so serious. It ain't no-hows permanent.

  Walt Kelly

  Life, Writing, Serious

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• Looking back on things, the view always improves.

  Walt Kelly

  Views, Looking Back

  "Impollutable Pogo". Book by Walt Kelly, 1970.

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• 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

  Hands, Enemy, Needs

  Walt Kelly (1974). “Pogo revisited: containing the complete volumes of The Pogo poop book, Instant Pogo [and] The Jack Acid Society black book”, Simon & Schuster

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

  Walt Kelly

  Writing, Letters, Nasty

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• God is not dead-He is merely unemployed.

  Walt Kelly

  Unemployed

  "The Pogo Poop Book". Book by Walt Kelly, 1966.

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• There's no easy quick way out, we're gonna have to live through our whole lives, win, lose, or draw.

  Walt Kelly

  Winning, Way, Easy

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• 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.

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  Reality, Not Good Enough, Energy

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

  Walt Kelly

  April, March, February

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• Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.

  Walt Kelly

  Real, Food, Cooking

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• 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

  Majority, Well Known, Equal

  "Pogo". Comic strip by Walt Kelly, 1948 - 1975.

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• In like a dimwit, out like a light.

  Walt Kelly

  Light, Dimwits

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• Eventually every man gotta face the problem of tryin' to figger if it's worthwhile to prove that he is himself.

  Walt Kelly

  Men, Faces, Problem

  "Pogo". Comic strip by Walt Kelly, 1948 - 1975.

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• Twenty Percent of Zero is Better than Nothing.

  Walt Kelly

  Zero, Twenties, Percent

  Walt Kelly (1970). “Impollutable Pogo”

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• 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.

  Walt Kelly

  People, Ugly, Trends

  Walt Kelly (1974). “Pogo revisited: containing the complete volumes of The Pogo poop book, Instant Pogo [and] The Jack Acid Society black book”, Simon & Schuster

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