Possessing the ideal makes a person nervous: you sense the inevitable decline just ahead.

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

No one who is good can ever be ugly.

I like to think I'm like water that adapts to its surroundings and eventually finds a way in.

The only mistake that we can make as human beings is to be asleep, unaware of ourselves.

If you consider the contribution of plumbing to human life, the other sciences fade into insignificance.

I got involved because I wanted to help inspire more people to get off their butts and register and vote - not just in this election, but in every other election from now on, you know?

Girls do what their mothers tell them. Ladies do what society tells them. Women make up their own minds.

I say I drownin' in river. She don't look me like I'm crazy but say, If you just sit there the river gonna rise up drown you! Writing could be the boat carry you to the other side. (97)

I love attention. I love going to events and photo shoots... I enjoy it all; the clothing, the makeup, the excitement.

Truth never lost ground by enquiry.

Well, I'm a history buff, anyway. I love learning about different periods, especially in American history. I'm a fan.