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title: "1 End Justifies Quotes By Walt Kelly"
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> [Too 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/too-soon-we-breast-the-tape-and-too-late-we-realize-the-fun-lay-in/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

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## More by Walt Kelly

> [When we become negative and ungrateful, it is important to remember... We have met the enemy; and he is us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/when-we-become-negative-and-ungrateful-it-is-important-to-remember-we/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

> [A lump in the throat is worth two on the head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/a-lump-in-the-throat-is-worth-two-on-the-head/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

> [Don't believe something just because you didn't read it in the papers. Wait until you haven't seen it on television.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/don-t-believe-something-just-because-you-didn-t-read-it-in-the-papers/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/if-you-wants-to-get-elected-president-you-se-got-to-think-up-some/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

> [There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/there-is-no-need-to-sally-forth-for-it-remains-true-that-those-things/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

> [Now is the time for all good men to come to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/now-is-the-time-for-all-good-men-to-come-to/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

> [Eventually every man gotta face the problem of tryin' to figger if it's worthwhile to prove that he is himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/eventually-every-man-gotta-face-the-problem-of-tryin-to-figger-if-it/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

> [God is not dead-He is merely unemployed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/god-is-not-dead-he-is-merely-unemployed/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

> [There's no easy quick way out, we're gonna have to live through our whole lives, win, lose, or draw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/there-s-no-easy-quick-way-out-we-re-gonna-have-to-live-through-our/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

> [“Scuse me—gotta hurry home—left the chillun on the stove.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/scuse-me-gotta-hurry-home-left-the-chillun-on-the-stove/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

> [A parade is the worst form of transportation known to man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/a-parade-is-the-worst-form-of-transportation-known-to-man/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

> [Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/having-lost-sight-of-our-objectives-we-redoubled-our-efforts/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

> [Twenty Percent of Zero is Better than Nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/twenty-percent-of-zero-is-better-than-nothing/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

> [Don't take life so serious. It ain't no-hows permanent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/don-t-take-life-so-serious-it-ain-t-no-hows-permanent/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

> [“Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohow permanent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-kelly/don-t-take-life-so-serious-it-ain-t-nohow-permanent/)

[Walt Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-kelly/)

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