Lake Wobegon Days
A source page for quotes linked to Garrison Keillor.
Related Quotes
“I feel like a blind man searching a dark room for a pair of black socks that aren’t there.”
“I feel like a blind man searching a dark room. (Old Man Alone on Labor Day Weekend -- blog post)”
Source: Lake Wobegon Summer, 1956
Source: Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America
Source: Lake Wobegon Days
“Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.”
“An interesting thing about New York City is that the subways run through the sewers.”
“Don't worry about the past and don't try to solve the future.”
Source: A Christmas Blizzard: A Novel
“The mass of men lead lives of shallow happiness; the superior man exults in his gloom.”
“The majority of people who keel over dead at concerts are killed by a long trumpet passage.”
Source: Liberty: A Novel of Lake Wobegon
“Most men are prisoners at best, Who some strong habit every drag about Like chain and ball.”
Source: We Are Still Married: Stories and Letters
Source: Lake Wobegon Days
“Men peak at age nineteen and go downhill.”
Source: The Book of Guys: Stories
“Possessing the ideal makes a person nervous: you sense the inevitable decline just ahead.”
Source: Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America
Source: Love Me
“Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement, and now it is a problem to be overcome.”
Source: Lake Wobegon Days
“Sometimes you have to avoid mentioning things because people's feelings are tender.”
“I usually don't work with other people; I do the whole show myself.”
“I write on a laptop, so it's impossible to count drafts anymore.”