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 KellyY'see, when you start to lick a national problem you have to go after the fundamentables. You want to cut down air pollution? Cut down the original source... Breathin!
Walt KellyTraces 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 KellyFlattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog. Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.
Walt KellyIt 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 KellyTraces 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 KellyWhen we become negative and ungrateful, it is important to remember... We have met the enemy; and he is us.
Walt KellyThere's no easy quick way out, we're gonna have to live through our whole lives, win, lose, or draw.
Walt KellyThe 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 KellyThere 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 KellyYou got to be yourself, you got to discard all the bull and get YOU across ... and get what you have to say across.
Walt KellyEventually every man gotta face the problem of tryin' to figger if it's worthwhile to prove that he is himself.
Walt KellyDon't believe something just because you didn't read it in the papers. Wait until you haven't seen it on television.
Walt KellyToo 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?
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