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title: "4 Cartoon Quotes By Bil Keane"
description: "4 Cartoon quotes by Bil Keane. Plus more from Bil Keane and more Cartoon sayings from other authors."
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> [In Roslyn, Pennsylvania, we started our real-life family circus. They provided the inspiration for my cartoons. I provided the perspiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/in-roslyn-pennsylvania-we-started-our-real-life-family-circus-they/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bd/bil-keane-20367_cartoon_in-roslyn-pennsylvania-we-started-our-re_21703.png)

> [Many of my cartoons are not a belly laugh. I go for nostalgia, the lump in the throat, the tear in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/many-of-my-cartoons-are-not-a-belly-laugh-i-go-for-nostalgia-the-lump/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/bil-keane-20367_belly_many-of-my-cartoons-are-not-a-belly-laug_143251.png)

> [I didn't always spell my name Bil. My parents named me Bill, but when I started drawing cartoons on the wall, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/i-didn-t-always-spell-my-name-bil-my-parents-named-me-bill-but-when-i/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/bil-keane-20367_always_i-didn-t-always-spell-my-name-bil-my-par_2514820.png)

> [I think it's a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasionally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/i-think-it-s-a-novelty-for-cartoon-characters-to-cross-over-into/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4e/bil-keane-20367_another_i-think-it-s-a-novelty-for-cartoon-chara_3065159.png)

## Other authors on Cartoon

## More by Bil Keane

> [In Roslyn, Pennsylvania, we started our real-life family circus. They provided the inspiration for my cartoons. I provided the perspiration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/in-roslyn-pennsylvania-we-started-our-real-life-family-circus-they/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

> [Many of my cartoons are not a belly laugh. I go for nostalgia, the lump in the throat, the tear in the eye, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/many-of-my-cartoons-are-not-a-belly-laugh-i-go-for-nostalgia-the-lump/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

> [I had this desk alongside the most beautiful Australian 18-year-old girl with long brown hair, and I got up enough nerve to ask her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/i-had-this-desk-alongside-the-most-beautiful-australian-18-year-old/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

> [I was portraying the family through my eyes. Everything that's happened in the strip has happened to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/i-was-portraying-the-family-through-my-eyes-everything-that-s/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

> [A peaceful home is as sacred a place as any chapel or cathedral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/a-peaceful-home-is-as-sacred-a-place-as-any-chapel-or-cathedral/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

> [Mommy would never divorce Daddy. He's just like one of the family.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/mommy-would-never-divorce-daddy-he-s-just-like-one-of-the-family/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

> [I like to feel that what I'm doing portrays this: a family where there is love between mother, father and the kids. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/i-like-to-feel-that-what-i-m-doing-portrays-this-a-family-where-there/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

> [We have five children whom I love dearly and have exploited mercilessly for my cartoons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/we-have-five-children-whom-i-love-dearly-and-have-exploited/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

> [I did cartoons for four high school publications and then and there decided I wanted to spend my life at the drawing board.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/i-did-cartoons-for-four-high-school-publications-and-then-and-there/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

> [Even the strictest religious person from the strictest religious sect allows a little levity. Today, they congratulate you for carrying the Christian message into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/even-the-strictest-religious-person-from-the-strictest-religious-sect/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

> [On radio and television, magazines and the movies, you can't tell what you're going to get. When you look at the comic page, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/on-radio-and-television-magazines-and-the-movies-you-can-t-tell-what/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

> [OF COURSE I'd like to be the ideal mother. But I'm too busy raising children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/of-course-i-d-like-to-be-the-ideal-mother-but-i-m-too-busy-raising/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

> [I don't just try to be funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/i-don-t-just-try-to-be-funny/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

> [Religion was a part of our home life when I was growing up. I attended Catholic school. It was a good education - for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/religion-was-a-part-of-our-home-life-when-i-was-growing-up-i-attended/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

> [Many of the network television shows have done takeoffs on 'Family Circus,' including 'David Letterman,' 'Friends,' 'Roseanne,' and others, and, in my estimation the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bil-keane/many-of-the-network-television-shows-have-done-takeoffs-on-family/)

[Bil Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bil-keane/)

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