Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor is an American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He is best known as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion (called Garrison Keillor’s Radio Show in some international syndication), which he hosted from 1974 to 2016.

Date of birth:
7th August, 1942
"Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people."
― Garrison Keillor
Topic(s): Time
"Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a function."
― Garrison Keillor
Topic(s): Pet
"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
Topic(s): Parenting
"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
Topic(s): Men
"A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it’s time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer."
― Garrison Keillor
Topic(s): Home
"Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won’t feel so thankful then."
― Garrison Keillor
Topic(s): God
"God writes a lot of comedy… the trouble is, he’s stuck with so many bad actors who don’t know how to play funny."
― Garrison Keillor
Topic(s): Funny
"The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose."
― Garrison Keillor
Topic(s): Food
"Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough."
― Garrison Keillor
Topic(s): Forgiveness
"I’m not busy… a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn’t think my schedule looked so busy."
― Garrison Keillor
Topic(s): Age

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