Garrison Keillor Quotes

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

Garrison Keillor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 7, 1942

Topics

BookGiftYouOpenAgain

Giants versus Jets Super Bowl. I'm telling you, that's all I want to see.

Jesse McCartney

YouSuper BowlWantSeeGiantsBowl

I like people who have a pulse and aren't afraid to show it.

Stephan Jenkins

PeopleAfraidShowPulseWhoLike

When families break down, you have a lot of repercussion from that, from poverty to crime to lack of discipline.

Tony Evans

DisciplinePovertyYouDownCrime

To sum it up, I would say that the Premier League is football's NBA.

Riyad Mahrez

FootballSayUpNBAWouldSum

I taught myself English. My English teacher was the sitcom 'Friends.' Back in the days when I was, like, 15, 14, it was like a syndrome for Korean parents to make their kids watch 'Friends.' I thought I was a victim at that time, but now I'm the lucky one.

RM

TeacherTimeMyselfParentsThought

Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.

Mason Cooley

TalentYouBeingIrritatingYour

Once you do have a child, you want to talk about every detail of it. And it is really boring to all your friends, and it should be. I was really worried about even going there at all.

Matt Berninger

ChildDetailFriendsYouBoring

Certainly, by providing individuals coming out of institutions with ways to become productive citizens, we reduce recidivism. What that means is we reduce crime. There are fewer victims when individuals have options - when they have job skills, when they have life skills, we break the cycle of children following their parents into institutions.

Loretta Lynch

LifeChildrenJobParentsSkills

I auditioned for Lamorne Morris' part, Winston, on 'New Girl.' In the scene, the character was eating a mayonnaise sandwich. I thought, 'Nobody else is going to go into the audition eating, and this is how I'm gonna set myself apart.'

Jay Ellis

GirlCharacterMyselfEatingThought

Folk music - and what people are now perceiving as being folk music - is music that's quite close to the ground. The songs sound quite old, even if they're new. They sound like they've been sung by different people for years.

Johnny Flynn

MusicPeopleNewNowSoundOld

I was debauched in my 20s, but I was fit and healthy in my teens.

Davinia Taylor

HealthyFitTeens

If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion.

William J. Brennan, Jr.

FreePrivacyRightSingleAnything

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