A lovely thing about Christmas is that its compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together. – Garrison Keillor
Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I wont feel so thankful then. – Garrison Keillor
They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that Im going to miss mine by just a few days. – Garrison Keillor
A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, its time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer. – Garrison Keillor
God writes a lot of comedy… the trouble is, hes stuck with so many bad actors who dont know how to play funny. – Garrison Keillor
Im not busy… a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldnt think my schedule looked so busy. – Garrison Keillor
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted. – Garrison Keillor
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function. – Garrison Keillor
Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average. – Garrison Keillor
Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. – Garrison Keillor
The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose. – Garrison Keillor
It’s a shallow life that doesn’t give a person a few scars. – Garrison Keillor
You taught me to be nice, so nice that now I am so full of niceness, I have no sense of right and wrong, no outrage, no passion. – Garrison Keillor
Sex is good, but not as good as fresh, sweet corn. – Garrison Keillor
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose. – Garrison Keillor
Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people. – Garrison Keillor
The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out his nose. – Garrison Keillor
Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known. – Garrison Keillor
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch. – Garrison Keillor
