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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


Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.
-- Walt Kelly


Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.
-- Walt Kelly, "Potluck Pogo"


Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.

-- Walt Kelly


He: Let's end it all, bequeathin' our brains to science.
She: What?!? Science got enough trouble with their OWN brains.
-- 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, "The Pogo Party"


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

-- Walt Kelly


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


Ladybug, ladybug,
Look to your stern!
Your house is on fire,
Your children will burn!
So jump ye and sing, for
The very first time
The four lines above
Have been put into rhyme.
-- Walt Kelly


We are confronted with insurmountable opportunities.

-- Walt Kelly, "Pogo"


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


Twenty Percent of Zero is Better than Nothing.

-- Walt Kelly


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


Thank goodness modern convenience is a thing of the remote future.
-- Pogo, by Walt Kelly


A possum must be himself, and being himself he is honest.
-- Walt Kelly


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


We is confronted with insurmountable opportunities.
-- Walt Kelly, "Pogo"


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


A possum must be himself, and being himself he is honest.
-- Walt Kelly


Romeo wasn't bilked in a day.
-- Walt Kelly, "Ten Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Years With Pogo"


Thank goodness modern convenience is a thing of the remote future.
-- Pogo, by Walt Kelly


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

-- Pogo, by 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, "The Pogo Party"


“Now is the time for all good men to come to.”

-- Walt Kelly


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

-- Walt Kelly


We have met the enemy, and he is us.

-- Walt Kelly


Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.
-- Walt Kelly, "Potluck Pogo"


Deck Us All With Boston Charlie

-- Deck us all with Boston Charlie,
Walla Walla, Wash., an' Kalamazoo!
Nora's freezin' on the trolley,
Swaller dollar cauliflower, alleygaroo!

-- Don't we know archaic barrel,
Lullaby Lilla Boy, Louisville Lou.
Trolley Molly don't love Harold,
Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!

-- Walt Kelly


We have met the enemy, and he is us.

-- Walt Kelly


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