“Cleverness is a burden after that. You are supposed to settle down and be a good person, raise your children, and be good to your friends, which you may not have been back when you were clever.” MayChildrenPersonsHas BeensOur ChildrenDown AndRaisesBurdenBe GoodCleverSettlingYour ChildrenGood PersonBack WhenClevernessSettling DownBeing A Good Person Author:Garrison Keillor
“Powdermilk biscuits: Heavens, theyre tasty and expeditious! Theyre made from whole wheat, to give shy persons the strength to get up and do what needs to be done” NeedsGivingPersonsMadeDoneWholeHeavenGet UpShyWheatBiscuitsTastyShy Person Author:Garrison Keillor
“Secret of life is to go through something harrowing that doesnt kill you...and to love one woman for the rest of your life.” Life IsSecretRest Of Your LifeOne WomanSecret Life Author:Garrison Keillor
“One day Donald Trump will discover that he is owned by Lutheran Brotherhood and must re negotiate his debt load with a committee of silent Norwegians who dont understand why anyone would pay more than $120.00 for a suit.” PayTrumpOne DaySilentDebtSuitsBrotherhoodLoadCommitteesNorwegiansLutherans Author:Garrison Keillor
“TV news is as bloody as Shakespeare but without the intelligence and the poetry. If you watch television news you know less about the world than if you drank gin out of a bottle” IfsKnowsWorldWatchesTelevisionTvsNewsBottlesBloodyDrankGinTelevision NewsTv News Author:Garrison Keillor
“Eating a little was like vomiting a little, just as bad as a lot.” LittlesEatingVomiting Author:Garrison Keillor
“If you can… fall in love, with the work, with people you work with, with your dreams and their dreams. Whatever it was that got you to this school, don’t let it go. Whatever kept you here, don’t let that go. Believe in your friends. Believe that what you and your friends have to say… that the way you’re saying it — is something new in the world.” PeopleIfsWorldWayBelieveDreamSchoolFallFalling In LoveYour DreamsSomething NewBelieve In YouLet It Go Author:Robert Krulwich
“How can you tell somebody who is pursuing happiness that they're somehow not American when that was the very first promise that America made?” FirstsMadeAmericaHappinessPromisePursuing Happiness Author:Dan Savage