Secret of life is to go through something harrowing that doesnt kill you...and to love one woman for the rest of your life.

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

Use your voice for good in this world, it may not seem like it is getting you anywhere, but in the end good wins.

Don’t write like your mentors

I mix my own lipsticks, so I don't really keep track of the brand as it's usually a number of them I've smushed together.

I wasn't willing to be a victim. I only wanted to survive, and I only wanted to get through.

If the constitutional process is not brought to a successful conclusion before the European elections, then the whole process might run out of steam.

Gazing at the rain, I consider what it means to belong, to become part of something. To have someone cry for me.

I'm the type of person where, A., I look at things as challenges, I like challenges and, B., I truly believe that you determine your own destiny.

Shape is a good part of the fig's delight.

I think it is shocking that 15- and 16-year-olds leave school unable to add up and with the reading ability of a four-year-old.

Prisons where people can't even work is the worst punishment you can think of. And I don't think we should put all convicts in such facilities where people are deprived of their freedom.