I was afraid you had deceased,' he said. 'Or gotten engrossed in a long book.

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

Always think at least two steps ahead [in everything, with everyone].

When you show others love, you are shown love. When you give love, you receive love.

If it didn't work out today, don't feel incapable of achieving it and give up. Learn from it without losing faith and enthusiasm. Tomorrow is another opportunity to try again with a better approach.

The things I want to know are in books my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

I'm always looking for a girlfriend.

Pure photography is a system of picture-making that describes more or less faithfully what might be seen through a rectangular frame from a particular vantage point at a given moment.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

Adrenaline is the reason I do what I do.

Yeah, I don't mess with chicks younger. They got to be almost thirty.

It is very unlikely that [Lasith Malinga] would be able to play in the World Cup