Bil Keane Quotes

“A hug is like a boomerang – you get it back right away.”

“God put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is 'sposed to be a happy time.”

“I didn't always spell my name Bil. My parents named me Bill, but when I started drawing cartoons on the wall, they knocked the 'L' out of me.”

“I don't have to come up with a ha-ha belly laugh every day, but drawings with warmth and love or ones that put a lump in the throat. That's more important to me than a laugh.”

“They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.”

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”

“Your mind is like this water, my friend. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if you allow it to settle, the answer becomes clear.”

“Sometimes I get the feeling that I'm
stranded in the wrong time
where love is just a lyric in a children's rhyme.”