Top 15 Walt Kelly Quotes

American cartoonist (1913-1973)

Walter Crawford Kelly, Jr. (25 August 1913 – 18 October 1973) was an American animator and cartoonist, usually known simply as Walt Kelly, most famous for the comic strip Pogo.

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We have met the enemy and he is us.

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

We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

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

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

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

Don't take life so serious, son...it ain't no how permanent. — Porky Pine, June 19-24, 1950

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

Looking back on things, the view always improves.

Oop — I is tripped.

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

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.

Now, really, how arch
Can you be when you march
With a sword,
With a spear?
You belong

To a curious team,
You're in the extreme,
Maybe left,
Maybe right,
Maybe wrong.

She touched me once
And life then stopped.
She held my hand,
My frog heart hopped.
She left my mouth
And formed a smile
With lips that promised:
“In a while.”

I look, I hope, I stand, a dunce — Where is the one who touched me once?

Albert made of solid alligator — he heavy.