I like to sing and it's just really fun to sing, and I don't get too much. And at my house I'm not allowed to because, you know, your children can't stand it when you sing at home.

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

My family is large and in charge! Thats my favorite way to describe them.

That's the difference between girls and women: Girls find men fascinating. Women know better.

Just witness yourself with your human part and hold yourself with love, if you can, or at least acceptance.

Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe.

There is this view that if you are not tormented you cannot be vital and creative. I would like to think that is not true.

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on how one looks at it.

Part of the skill of saying no is to shut up afterward and not babble on, offering material for an argument.

My attitude toward peace does not depend on which war we are discussing. I think that words should do the work of bombs.

When we direct our thoughts properly i.e. 'Things could be worse but aren't', we can control our emotions... i.e. and feel relieved, grateful, satisfied, hopeful and happy

The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.