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Bil Keane

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I didn't always spell my name Bil. My parents named me Bill, but when I started drawing cartoons...
BIL KEANE Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present - Bil Keane
BIL KEANE I played rugby most of my life and then I switched to snowboarding, which provided me a lot of inspi...
CHARLIE BEWLEY Working at home for the first time with our five children under foot, I discovered that most of the ...
BILL KEANE A small family is soon provided for.
MARVIN KITMAN A small family is soon provided for.
ENGLISH PROVERB They have definitely provided some leadership and inspiration. They both have positive attitudes tha...
DAVE KRUSZEWSKI How we have provided family planning services in some ways has been creative.
LORETTA FUDDY When they (police) first approached me at The Falls, I provided them with my real name, my real addr...
DARRYL LITTLEJOHN My parents are very hard working people who did everything they could for their children. I have two...
DAVID OYELOWO I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
MARGARET THATCHER The people that molded me were my parents. They've always been there for me and provided good leader...
ALLAN EVRIDGE One particular image of an Edwardian woman captured my imagination, ... The movement of the dress as...
FRANK GEHRY Perish the Universe, provided I have my revenge.
CYRANO DE BERGERAC The family I'm from, well, no one had their name on big buildings. My family were builders of a ...
HILLARY CLINTON How do we ensure in the case of public goods that they are provided at all, and that they are provid...
ERIC MASKIN I'm extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
MARGARET THATCHER I am extraordinarily patient provided I get my own way in the end.
MARGARET THATCHER WE PROVIDED SOME GUIDANCE for them.
JAY ALLEN We entered a contract with [the Plano Surgery Center], where they performed the surgery and we provi...
GEOFFREY HARPER In the past five to 10 years, there has been a real shift for more nutritional food provided at camp...
JEFF SOLOMON We need to realize that the Lord has already provided our victory
SUNDAY ADELAJA They are actually providing the service; we just provided them the location.
CEO SCOTT VAN LANINGHAM The settlement strengthens the Commission's case. Real has already provided evidence for the case, a...
THOMAS VINJE In a weird way I must have loved my little collection of hurts and wounds. They provided me with som...
SUE MONK KIDD Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration!
THOMAS ALVA EDISON [The cartoon controversy] has struck a chord of public anger. The spark was provided by the cartoons...
AYAZ AMIR No notice was provided, and the department provided significant witnesses.
ANDREW GAMBACCINI The current real estate market in Baton Rouge provided this opportunity, which is representative of ...
ANTHONY MOORE I love fake people provided they are mannequins.
PUSHPA RANA Literature not only illuminated another’s experience, it provided, I believed, the richest materia...
PAUL KALANITHI They were assured in the wedding invitations that transportation to the ceremony would be provided f...
CHRISTOPHER CHRISTIE Amanda Regis is awarded the game ball. She left the game at halftime with a dislocated elbow and tha...
ROBERTO ABELE There is in my opinion a great similarity between the problems provided by the mysterious behavior o...
PAUL DIRAC Our first quarter results are better than we expected, however we stand by the overall outlook we pr...
HEINRICH VON PIERER The Internet is provided for academic use.
AMY BORGER No rationale was provided for the change.
WAYNE OAKES The funds have been provided for testing.
SUSAN ASPEY My inspiration comes from my real life experiences.
LILLY SINGH I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.
RICHARD BRANSON I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator
RICHARD BRANSON My creative process involves that old saying: It's 90% perspiration and only 10% inspiration.
ROSABETH MOSS KANTER Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
THOMAS A. EDISON Success is 10% inspiration, 20% perspiration, and 70% marketing.
AARON BOROK Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON He's the most naturally gifted player I have seen in my life. And Keane is still our main man. Even ...
DARREN FLETCHER I am a responsible parent and have always provided for my children. That fact cannot be disputed. I ...
JAMAL LEWIS The money for charter schools isn't provided by the state, it's provided by the local district. If t...
JODY SIEGLE My life. The life I'm living that's where all my inspiration comes from. Real life experienc...
FRED DURST We felt that that the Schutt helmet provided our athletes with more protection than the Revolution.
DENNIS RAMELLA The people of Iran, not only in our fight against terrorism and in our jihad, they cooperated. But t...
HAMID KARZAI Many of my constituents are in their 80s, 90s, even 100, and our focus is ensuring that their needs ...
TED DEUTCH It's fine because they have provided things for us. Other than that, we'd be in the water still,
DENISE YOUNG For the first time in the history of Bihar, I provided a stable government. Despite being denied fun...
LALU PRASAD YADAV It would have provided 100 jobs for the local community, provided $4 million a year in revenue that ...
BILL CHURCH The vendor provided the service that we asked and should be paid for it.
ABBY OTTENHOFF The other girls stepped up. They provided help for spurts when she (Carr) needed them.
COURTER SMITH Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
JOHN DRYDEN Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
THOMAS A. EDISON While they would have provided financial support if I had needed it, the greatest support my parents...
JUDD NELSON You can change your direction in life at anytime, provided you have one. 
RICHARD 'GRIMESY' GRIMES I appreciate our kids and how they provided us an exciting year and gave us a real chance to win the...
LARRY CHAPMAN By this campaign, bringing our source of energy into the light, we hope to make considerations like ...
KAVITA HARDY The educational resources provided by a child's fellow students are more important for his achie...
JAMES S. COLEMAN Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
THOMAS A. EDISON Sex should be 80% inspiration or foreplay & 20% perspiration or thrustplay.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) We appreciate their help with the meal and Al Barnes provided homemade cakes which were a real hit. ...
FREDRICK THOMAS Our parents deserve our honor and respect for giving us life itself. Beyond this they almost always ...
EZRA TAFT BENSON I have every confidence that the answer I provided was circulated to the appropriate officials withi...
JOSEPH WILSON Our parents provided us with the essentials, then got on with their own lives. Which makes me realis...
RACHEL JOHNSON They provided great peace of mind to me.
CAROL POTTER They have not provided us with a motivation.
GUS VALDESPINO Lunch is provided, poles are provided; everything is free at this event.
SHELLY SMITH We find not in the Gospel, that Christ hath anywhere provided for the uniformity of churches, but on...
ROGER WILLIAMS In traditional Hindu families like ours, men provided and women were provided for. My father was a p...
BHARATI MUKHERJEE Civil marriage, like all civil rights provided by the government, must be provided equally to all Am...
BENJAMIN TODD JEALOUS No other country on earth could have provided such tremendous opportunities and we should never take...
JANE D. HULL Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, pro...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT Athletics provided a life preserver for me, and that maybe kept me out of trouble. I never partied i...
BILL FAGERBAKKE We're not going to provide any visibility beyond what we provided for the first quarter.
MICHAEL DELL We have provided for the survival of man against all enemies except his fellow man
LYMAN LLOYD BRYSON Every one of the deer killed illegally in this incomprehensible spree is a lost opportunity for law-...
DONALD GARNER We live in a very uncertain world, and I think that uncertainty of itself generates an environment w...
DES BROWNE I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill.
SAMUEL BUTLER It is important to express oneself... provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own exp...
BERTHE MORISOT In my youth, daydreaming nurtured me, provided a safe haven. I'd sleep for twelve hours and even...
SANDRA CISNEROS These wage costs show that there are real wage increases going on in the community, but they are res...
PETER COSTELLO It provided something pretty tempting for someone. We feel very lucky that nothing else was bothered...
GEORGIA ARAUJO It provided something pretty tempting for someone. We feel very lucky that nothing else was bothered...
GEORGIA DE ARAUJO The power of your determination coupled with your inspiration fueled by perspiration determines your...
KEVIN FOBBS They used to draw cartoons of Jews in Germany. Later they started killing them in the Holocaust.
MUHAMMAD ALI When I first started dating my husband, I had this weird fascination with the circus and clowns and ...
CHRISTINA HENDRICKS I was born in New York City. But my family moved when I was still an infant. Except for a year and h...
E. L. KONIGSBURG My wife and family, to say the least, are the center of my life; they are my grounding. I don't ...
BILL DE BLASIO Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
THOMAS A. EDISON The promise of the American Dream requires that we are all provided an equal opportunity to particip...
CHARLES B. RANGEL It's true when they say songwriting is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. In truth, what happ...
GREG LAKE My craziest ideas come from cartoons. I approach music by taking that cartoon extreme and the real l...
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BIL KEANE I don't just try to be funny.
BIL KEANE On radio and television, magazines and the movies, you can't tell what you're going to get. ...
BIL KEANE We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment.
BIL KEANE I like to feel that what I'm doing portrays this: a family where there is love between mother, f...
BIL KEANE I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, ...
BIL KEANE I think it's a novelty for cartoon characters to cross over into another strip or panel occasion...
BIL KEANE Many of my cartoons are not a belly laugh. I go for nostalgia, the lump in the throat, the tear in t...
BIL KEANE I didn't always spell my name Bil. My parents named me Bill, but when I started drawing cartoons...
BIL KEANE A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away.
BIL KEANE Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the pre...
BIL KEANE They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything.
BIL KEANE Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's ca...
BIL KEANE God put Santa Claus on earth to remind us that Christmas is 'sposed to be a happy time.
BIL KEANE I don't have to come up with a ha-ha belly laugh every day, but drawings with warmth and love or...
BIL KEANE Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present...
BIL KEANE A hug is the perfect gift; one size fits all, and nobody minds if you exchange it.
BIL KEANE The best gift you can give is a hug: one size fits all and no one ever minds if you return it
BIL KEANE Today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present - Bil Keane
BIL KEANE Yesterday was the past. Tomorrow is the future. Today is a gift, that why it's called the present.
BIL KEANE And if you have a minute, why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could...
BIL KEANE Ontem é história, amanhã é um mistério, hoje é um dom de Deus, que é por isso que chamamos o ...
BIL KEANE yesterday's the past
tomorrow's the future
but today is a gift
that's why it's calle...
BIL KEANE Oh simple thing, where have you gone?
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So t...
BIL KEANE I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth...
BIL KEANE Time goes by at such a pace,it's funny how it's easy to forget her face
BIL KEANE Lovesick, bitter and hardened heart. Aching, waiting for life to start
BIL KEANE Your mind is like this water, my friend. When it is agitated, it becomes difficult to see. But if yo...
BIL KEANE Sometimes I get the feeling that I'm
stranded in the wrong time
where love is just a lyric...
BIL KEANE Your imagination is critical to discovering your dream.
BIL CORNELIUS Despite the obvious intelligence and security failures that contributed to the attack against the U....
JACK KEANE When you had thugs and bullies and killers imposing their will on their own people or other people -...
JACK KEANE Aircraft are always going to be something that terrorists are interested in because you bring down a...
JACK KEANE Radical Islam, it has grown into a global jihad.
JACK KEANE This radical Islam is a religious-based ideology. And you actually have to, when you deal with the i...
JACK KEANE ISIS is on the offense, with the ability to attack at will, anyplace, anytime.
JACK KEANE Yes, we need a force to continue to train, assist, advise the Iraqi army.
JACK KEANE Most people who aspire to be president don't have a foreign policy and national security backgro...
JACK KEANE Only four secretaries of defense served longer than Robert M. Gates. Many others were as dedicated; ...
JACK KEANE The Arab Spring, nobody's in the streets demonstrating for radical Islam; they're in the str...
JACK KEANE I'm a New York kid, so when I saw that plane that hit the first building, I suspected it was ter...
JACK KEANE It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
JACK KEANE Senator Clinton is very knowledgeable about national security and is probably going to be strong on ...
JACK KEANE 'Duty' is a refreshingly honest memoir and a moving one. Mr. Gates scrupulously identifies h...
JACK KEANE By the end of 2008, clearly the Al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And in...
JACK KEANE The Taliban has not, in my judgment, in any significant way changed their fundamental goal and objec...
JACK KEANE Historically, aggression unanswered has led to more aggression.
JACK KEANE ISIS itself, it draws its central belief system from the Koran and from the writings of the Prophet ...
JACK KEANE Fighting forces, particularly ground forces, have to operate on the basis of unit cohesion.
JACK KEANE Very unusual in an insurgency to have absolutely no political agenda other than to return to power. ...
JACK KEANE Air power will not defeat ISIS. It has not been able to deny ISIS freedom of maneuver and the abilit...
JACK KEANE I totally disagree with the premise that al Qaeda is on the path to defeat. Quite the contrary, al Q...
JACK KEANE On a professional side, you've got a tough problem to fix, Geoff Miller's going to do it, an...
JACK KEANE I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm ...
JACK KEANE I have decorated soldiers for heroism before, and it was always such an honor to do it.
JACK KEANE Some have said it is the easiest group at the World Cup, but we realize it won't be like that. G...
ROBBIE KEANE We get on well and it won't be too much trouble spending so much time with him. He has a strange...
ROBBIE KEANE Yesterday's the past and tomorrow's the future. Today is a gift -- which is why they call it the pre...
BILL KEANE I am not naive enough to settle for anything less than a reasonable valuation of my worth.
ROY KEANE Afghanistan is where much of the al Qaeda journey began. It is the main site where Osama bin Laden, ...
JACK KEANE We have a great sense of togetherness. It is our team spirit that has taken us to this World Cup.
ROBBIE KEANE I watched the Bush administration overreact to the Clinton administration, who believed they did too...
JACK KEANE I didn't want people to know that I was an artist. I was ashamed. I thought artists were weird, ...
MARGARET KEANE We should be robustly assisting the Free Syrian Army with equipment and also with training.
JACK KEANE Stand up for your rights and be brave, and don't be intimidated. Read your Bible. That's rea...
MARGARET KEANE Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the pr...
BILL KEANE In 2012, General Dempsey, General Petraeus directed the CIA, Secretary Panetta and Secretary Clinton...
JACK KEANE The fact that we walked away from the Middle East, as distasteful as it was for us to stay involved ...
JACK KEANE Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
JACK KEANE There are a few people saying we can't (play together), but we know we can.
ROBBIE KEANE The team spirit has always been here, it was here under Brian as well. You can't say it wasn't here ...
ROBBIE KEANE We don't want to get too carried away. We'll take each game as it comes and hopefully in May we'll b...
ROBBIE KEANE It couldn't have gone better.
ROBBIE KEANE I have a close association with Gen. Petraeus... What you get in Dave Petraeus is a very unique offi...
JACK KEANE Circuit City is benefiting from the whole digital product cycle and is more competitive in getting t...
BRYAN KEANE If you're going to maintain true authorities over a subordinate organization, you have to have s...
JACK KEANE I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it'...
MARGARET KEANE There was a tremendous amount of disappointment in missing the World Cup finals in 1998, so they'...
ROBBIE KEANE When I signed for Celtic I did say to them that it would be best for the club and myself to maybe lo...
ROY KEANE At Leeds I've tried to concentrate on my club form, but you get caught up in all the World Cup f...
ROBBIE KEANE I am happy at Leeds and I want to stay. There has been talk that Leeds might sell some players, but ...
ROBBIE KEANE By the end of 2008, clearly, the al Qaeda and Sunni insurgency had been relatively stabilized. And i...
JACK KEANE People either hate my paintings or they love them. There does not seem to be much middle ground.
MARGARET KEANE As a kid growing up in the back streets of Dublin I used to pretend I was playing in the World Cup w...
ROBBIE KEANE I'm not at Manchester United to keep everyone happy.
ROY KEANE There were no ceilings. The walls were collapsed.
JOHN KEANE The reality is that we have two legislators who are very content with the situation as it is.
JOHN KEANE I've never had a green beer in my entire life. Oh, how I love Ireland. When she's doing well, I feel...
JOHN KEANE Everybody wants to talk about sectarian conflicts of the war in Iraq, but the fact of the matter is,...
JACK KEANE The homegrown terrorists are the most significant because any fighter returning from Syria to the Un...
JACK KEANE Before the game there was all this stuff about anti-racism and anti-bullying. It would be a good ide...
ROY KEANE The manager pulled me aside on the Saturday morning and said that he will be the one deciding when I...
ROY KEANE Over the last few months I've always put football first but come the summer I need to look at what's...
ROY KEANE Failure to prepare. Prepare to fail.'
ROY KEANE It's too early to know if he'd make it for any play-off or not. But he's told me he is still confide...
ROY KEANE Maybe Gary deserves to be chased up a tunnel every now and then - there would be a queue for him, pr...
ROY KEANE In 2005 in Iraq, the constitution was written. A new government was elected. That government was try...
JACK KEANE I think one thing that really dawned on me is, seeing the first program, is you're seeing the person...
KAREN KEANE Believe in your character. Animate (or write) with sincerity.
GLEN KEANE If The Family Circus has any social value, it shows parents that their children are normal. And if t...
BILL KEANE I like to feel that what I'm doing portrays this: a family where there is love between mother, fathe...
BILL KEANE Working at home for the first time with our five children under foot, I discovered that most of the ...
BILL KEANE Any time you design a character for a Disney picture, especially a fairy tale, it's going to become ...
GLEN KEANE Online advertising will serve as a catalyst for change in the traditional ad business. Media integra...
PATRICK KEANE I can't even remember when the Seventies was.
ROBBIE KEANE Obviously, it's good to see him. It's been quite an ordeal he's gone through in a really up-and-down...
MIKE KEANE Obviously, we want Jason in the lineup but his health is the No. 1 concern.
MIKE KEANE I'd be playing hockey somewhere.
MIKE KEANE If a trade happens, it could change the dynamics of your team. We're kind of in limbo right now. But...
MIKE KEANE We don't want to be a team that's not expected to win, we want to be the best in the league. Anytime...
MIKE KEANE Obviously, his ability stands out. He isn't a rah-rah type of guy but he goes out and plays hard. Th...
MIKE KEANE Three days off is a lot, it was enough.
MIKE KEANE Your No. 1 concern is to kill the penalty, but (the threat of scoring short-handed) is important to ...
MIKE KEANE We have to be smarter than that in our decisions. We had a five on three and we know they're going t...
MIKE KEANE Yes, we'll have to put a stop to this bookworming. No future in that.
MOLLY KEANE I believe, for a long time, protracted wars test the will of any democracy, to be sure, and people w...
JACK KEANE The thing I have in common with Donald Trump is, about a dozen years ago, we got a 'Man of the Y...
JACK KEANE I'm not at Manchester United to keep everyone happy.
ROY KEANE Putin has put Russia on a path to be a world power with global influence.
JACK KEANE Don't tell lies, ever. No matter what - not even little white lies.
MARGARET KEANE Our voluntary agreement with the state attorneys general builds on Philip Morris USA's existing trad...
DENISE KEANE Our voluntary agreement ... sets a framework for continued information sharing with law enforcement ...
DENISE KEANE The Pentagon is a series of wedges. So you have - the outer wedge has windows on the outside, and th...
JACK KEANE Our Fourth Quarter results closed out the year on a positive note that sets the tone for the year ah...
BRIAN KEANE By providing full visibility into engagement performance, Productivity Insight demonstrates our comm...
BRIAN KEANE We believe Roaming Messenger has a unique technology in the exciting and growing wireless sector. Es...
BRIAN KEANE Going into the announcement, there was hope that they would be able to provide some upside because l...
BRIAN KEANE It was largely in line with what people wanted, and people wanted some upside, especially in the gui...
BRIAN KEANE People are looking for answers. A perfect storm of issues is coalescing.
BRIAN KEANE We are thrilled to welcome Rich to Keane's leadership team. His exceptional track record at building...
BRIAN KEANE We are thrilled to welcome Rich to Keane's leadership team. His exceptional track record at building...
BRIAN KEANE They're benefiting from rebuilding from the hurricane season in the fall and warm weather in January...
BRYAN KEANE Obesity is a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
BRYAN KEANE With the GM contract renewal now behind us, a large cloud has been lifted over the EDS shares.
BRYAN KEANE (There) still might be a deal out there, but at current valuations, we see little room for upside.
BRYAN KEANE They have a strong U.S. boot franchise and future growth potential in Europe.
BRYAN KEANE This happens nearly every year on New Year's Eve somewhere in the state.
KEVIN KEANE It's not big and glamorous and there's not a fortune to be made in it, but if you run your business ...
DAVID KEANE I had to pretend like I knew what I was doing, convince them that I was cheap and durable and wouldn...
DAVID KEANE You shouldn't have spoken to the players like that. No, you should have.
ROY KEANE Radical Islamists spread from Western Africa through the Middle East, all the way to South Asia to s...
JACK KEANE While conducting a conventional war in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has staged terrorist attacks on a global...
JACK KEANE Here's the problem the Free Syrian Army has. They really want to topple the regime in Damascus, ...
JACK KEANE An aerial IED would be another indication of the enemy's innovation and creativity. Clearly they rec...
GENJOHN KEANE An aerial IED would be another indication of the enemy's innovation and creativity.
GENJOHN KEANE It could be just a lucky shot. Or it could be that they have invested in a training program, and the...
GENJOHN KEANE I think that it does happen to be sort of the wildcard element to the show. There are sort of surpri...
KAREN KEANE I know a lot about a lot of things, but there's always something to learn. That's the beauty of the ...
KAREN KEANE The thing that is really changed is people have become a little more camera-ready. They come more pr...
KAREN KEANE AOL tries to be all things to all people. It's a known brand name, so AOL is in the best position to...
PATRICK KEANE The response from the public has been better than anyone expected.
MICHAEL KEANE The main driver is really the increase in the cost of gas.
ROBERT KEANE The Pentagon is actually a 10-story building, five up and five down.
JACK KEANE Cyberespionage and cyberattack is exploding from our adversaries inside our country. We don't se...
JACK KEANE I think the Irish woman was freed from slavery by bingo. They can go out now, dressed up, with their...
JOHN B. KEANE Now listen lads, I'm not happy with our tackling. We're hurting them but they keep getting up.
JOHN BRENDAN KEANE A Kerry footballer with an inferiority complex is one who thinks he's just as good as everybody ...
JOHN B. KEANE Now listen lads, I'm not happy with our tackling. We're hurting them but they keep getting u...
JOHN B. KEANE