In Lake Wobegon, we don't forget mistakes.

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 point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.

It's the folks that depend on us for this and for the other that we most do miss.

It's not communism, it's shouldn't be that everybody gets a try no matter how good or bad they are. It's our profession and our art, so we should eventually strive to be working with the best people.

Heavy metal is a universal energy -- it's the sound of a volcano. It's rock, it's earth shattering. Somewhere in our primal being we understand.

What may look like a small act of courage is courage nevertheless. The important thing is to be willing to take a step forward.

Everything should be done with moderation and using common sense.

I believe in deeply ordered chaos

Working at a job that you hate. Having a career and a life that you have no passion for. That's hell.

No small thing, a bee's sting When it enters the heart Not so benign, the growing vine When it tears stone apart

Chan Ho had a great career and was the exemplification of class, dignity and character.