Garrison Keillor Quotes

Garrison Keillor is best known for being the host of the Minnesota Public Radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, which he has been doing since 1971. A man with great character and humor, he keeps us entertained throughout the ages. Here are some of his classic, honest, and humerous words:

"Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average."
- Garrison Keillor

"Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough."
- Garrison Keillor

"Sometimes you have to look reality in the eye, and deny it."
- Garrison Keillor

"Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known."
- Garrison Keillor

"Nothing you do for children is ever wasted. They seem not to notice us, hovering, averting our eyes, and they seldom offer thanks, but what we do for them is never wasted."
- Garrison Keillor

"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."
- Garrison Keillor

"Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people."
- Garrison Keillor

"Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose."
- Garrison Keillor

"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

"A book is a gift you can open again and again."
- Garrison Keillor


Links to Garrison Keillor and The Praire Home Companion:

1. Brainy Quotes: Garrison Keillor Quotes:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/garrison_keillor.html


2. Think Exist: Garrison Keillor Quotes:
http://thinkexist.com/quotes/garrison_keillor/


3. A Prairie Home Companion Official Website:
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/?refid=6


4. A Prairie Home Companion Official Movie Website:
http://www.aprairiehomecompanionmovie.com/