Second violins can play a concerto perfectly if they're in their own home and nobody's there.

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

A whetstone, though it cannot cut, may sharpen a knife that will.

Trust Begins In TRUth, even if the Truth is about how you broke my trust.

The Planet depends upon you, Rider of the Ancient Years!

Today he failed to change the world. As for tomorrow, who can tell?

The purpose of my life is not to get what I want. The purpose of my life is to become who I am.

Fall in love. It will reveal your true beauty.

The fact that so many of my friends were stumbling headfirst into their happily-ever-after gave my tired heart hope that I couldn't be far behind.

In 1978, I entered Tohoku University, into the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Technology.

I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.

The Postfix security model is based on keeping software simple and stupid.