Childhood is the small town everyone came from.

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

The worship of power is an old religion.

A flower that refuses to bloom robs the world of its beauty.

The Bible teaches that you have three enemies . . . the devil . . . the world . . . the flesh.

From the moment fear begins I have ceased to fear.

We all know that education unlocks the door of opportunity for the young.

Passion, this absolute desire that can never be filled when it is driven by the absence of the other.

It's not helpful if we spend every day dreading tomorrow ~Jai

Familiarity breeds complacency.

Democrats, folks, only have five states where they have the governorship and the state legislature.

They told me I was everything. 'Tis a lie, I am not ague-proof.