Being Lutheran, Mother believed that self-pity is a deadly sin and so is nostalgia, and she had no time for either

Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.

Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.

It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming.

Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people.

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.

Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.

The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose.

Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.

Sometimes there is nothing you can do, and in those times, you must do something anyway.

Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head. ~Garrison Keillor

First, a bath. I'm feeling soiled. Too much contact with cold reality, I think.

Negativity only breeds more negativity. I wish to not allow it to enter my heart and not for it to take harbour. It may make itself a home and never leave.

Well family is obviously the most important. There was a time when I thought football was the most important.

I speak and the child plays: who can be more serious than we are?

Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.

By the time I got to record my first album, I was 26, I didn't need pen or paper - my memory had been trained just to listen to a song, think of the words, and lay them to tape.

Knowledge is Bought only with a weary care, And wisdom means a world of pain.

The sports world is an echo chamber. All it takes is one quote from a general manager and a thousand sports columns bloom.

I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect like that.

I like to live life in an understated way because that's who I am - an ordinary guy who has experienced an extraordinary journey.