Garrison Keillor Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChildrenEyesParentingYouNothing

I would have had an easier life if I were straight, but I would not be me. And I now like being myself better than the idea of being someone else, someone who, to be honest, I have neither the option of being nor the ability fully to imagine.

Andrew Solomon

LifeMyselfMeBetterBeing Myself

There is something wonderful in seeing a wrong-headed majority assailed by truth.

John Kenneth Galbraith

TruthSeeingWonderfulSomething

Although the French appellation system has its roots in the 1923 system created in Chateauneuf-du-Pape by Baron Le Roy, proprietor of the renowned Chateau Fortia, Chateauneuf-du-Pape never developed a reputation for quality or achieved the prestige enjoyed by such regions as Burgundy and Bordeaux.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

QualityRootsReputationNever

It's been very hard for the guitar as a serious synthesizer to compete with keyboards.

Andy Summers

GuitarSeriousHardCompeteBeen

Pursuing music eats into your life to the point where there is no space left for anything else. You are lucky if you find a partner who is able to understand that, but even then, they will only understand it for a while, and then things get - you know, difficult.

Jean-Michel Jarre

LifeMusicSpacePartnerYouFind

A lot of my movies were completely destroyed by the censors, who can be pretty arbitrary. They're not completely fair with how they treat one person vs. another.

Amy Heckerling

TreatPersonMoviesFairPrettyWho

'No Flex Zone' is when somebody walks in and accuses you of stealing their cellphone, and you didn't, and you know in your pocket you have enough money to buy their cellphone, and you have your own.

Slim Jimmy

MoneyEnoughYouKnowBuyOwn

In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.

Simone Weil

ChurchSocialBeliefsOrganism

Barcelona has always had issues with Brazilian players: Neymar, Romario, Ronaldinho, and me. We were all treated badly by the club in the end, despite all our contributions and dedication.

Ronaldo

DedicationMeEndAlwaysClubOur

The power of lying is much less than the power of what is not to be discussed.

Mason Cooley

PowerLyingThanMuchLess

The trouble with capitalism as a system is that only those who have or can get capital can make it work for them, and that leaves out damn near all of us.

Molly Ivins

WorkCapitalismTroubleDamnOutUs

I happened to the be the fifth child of my family, so everybody was already grown and had left home already.

Djimon Hounsou

FamilyHomeChildLeftHappenedHad

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