Face it: a nation that maintains a 72% approval rating on George W. Bush is a nation with a very loose grip on reality.

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

without presence of love -heart is virgin within vast eternity

Women can do it all but that doesn’t mean they should have to.

When God plans to bless a man, he takes this poor time-cursed creature into His hand and says., My son, I breath into you eternity and immortality.

We should all have the opportunity to at least get a basic education and feel that you are worthy of something in life.

I think I like singing when I'm singing live. It's just in the studio when it's a drag.

It's more fun when you shoot well and when you have a good score, but that's not a prerequisite to me for having a good time.

Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department.

We are very lucky to be men because women have a terrible time getting older parts. It's much more difficult.

The ability to share whole scenes form our lives will be a valuable thing over time.

thou art the best o' the cut-throats