Elbert Hubbard? Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle? William J. Crawford? Walt Kelly? Pogo? Pierre Daninos? Alphonse Allais? Julien Green? Question for Quote Investigator: There is a trenchant family of fatalistic sayings concerning the solemnity of life. Here are four examples: This notion has been attributed to U.S. aphorist Elbert Hubbard and French essayist and scholar …
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Quote Origin: Don’t Take Life So Serious, Son … It Ain’t Nohow Permanent
Pogo? Walt Kelly? Porky Pine? Albert Alligator? Elbert Hubbard? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: Walt Kelly created the landmark comic strip “Pogo” which combined beautiful artwork with entertaining humor. One strip contained a philosophical remark suggesting that one should not take life too seriously because of its transience. Would you please help me to find …
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Quote Origin: Pogo Comic on Extraterrestrials: A Mighty Soberin’ Thought
Pogo? Porky Pine? Walt Kelly? Timothy Ferris? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: The comic strip “Pogo” by Walt Kelly combined beautiful artwork with entertaining wordplay and satire. Kelly also expressed a delightful sense of wonder as in the following supposed remark about the possibility of extraterrestrial life: Thar’s only two possibilities: Thar is life out …
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