--- title: "4 Length Quotes By Garrison Keillor" description: "4 Length quotes by Garrison Keillor. Plus more from Garrison Keillor and more Length sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8a/garrison-keillor-1037_good-sense_humor-a-good-sense-of-it-is-to-americans_283819.jpg" --- > [Humor, a good sense of it, is to Americans what manhood is to Spaniards and we will go to great lengths to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/humor-a-good-sense-of-it-is-to-americans-what-manhood-is-to-spaniards/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8a/garrison-keillor-1037_good-sense_humor-a-good-sense-of-it-is-to-americans_283819.jpg) > [To your left is the marina where several senior cabinet officials keep luxury yachts for weekend cruises on the Potomac. Some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/to-your-left-is-the-marina-where-several-senior-cabinet-officials/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/936/garrison-keillor-1037_cabinets_to-your-left-is-the-marina-where-several_949194.jpg) > [Humor, a good sense of it, is to Americans what manhood is to Spaniards and we will go to great lengths to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/humor-a-good-sense-of-it-is-to-americans-what-manhood-is-to-spaniards-2/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/garrison-keillor-1037_doe_humor-a-good-sense-of-it-is-to-americans_1225249.jpg) > [People meet writers and are bowled over when the writer is friendly to them and invites them to his house for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/people-meet-writers-and-are-bowled-over-when-the-writer-is-friendly/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/garrison-keillor-1037_arms_people-meet-writers-and-are-bowled-over_3012713.jpg) ## Other authors on Length ## More by Garrison Keillor > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/god-writes-a-lot-of-comedy-the-trouble-is-he-s-stuck-with-so-many-bad/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [The socially redeeming aspect of golf lies in the vast number of lawyers and bankers and managers who play it, and when you think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/the-socially-redeeming-aspect-of-golf-lies-in-the-vast-number-of/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [God plays a lot of jokes on us to get our attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/god-plays-a-lot-of-jokes-on-us-to-get-our-attention/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [Ha! Easy for nuns to talk about giving up things. That's what they do for a living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/ha-easy-for-nuns-to-talk-about-giving-up-things-that-s-what-they-do/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [This is the big reason most humorists fail. Drunks don't read books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/this-is-the-big-reason-most-humorists-fail-drunks-don-t-read-books/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [Before the world was made, when it was only darkness and mist and waters, God was well aware of Lake Wobegon, my family, our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/before-the-world-was-made-when-it-was-only-darkness-and-mist-and/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [On investments, 1998: Where I'm from we don't trust paper. Wealth is what's here on the premises. If I open a cupboard and see,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/on-investments-1998-where-i-m-from-we-don-t-trust-paper-wealth-is/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [“The rich can afford to be progressive. Poor people have reason to be afraid of the future.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/the-rich-can-afford-to-be-progressive-poor-people-have-reason-to-be/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [English is the perfect language for preachers because it allows you to talk until you think of what to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/english-is-the-perfect-language-for-preachers-because-it-allows-you/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [“If you can't read a simple goddam sign and follow one simple goddam instruction then get your fat butt the hell out of here.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/if-you-can-t-read-a-simple-goddam-sign-and-follow-one-simple-goddam/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [“The Gospel is meant to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/the-gospel-is-meant-to-comfort-the-afflicted-and-afflict-the/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [I don't want them to be told to remember me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-don-t-want-them-to-be-told-to-remember-me/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [Childhood is the small town everyone came from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/childhood-is-the-small-town-everyone-came-from/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [I have taken so many wrong turns and been so careless with precious things and managed to lose, or break, or leave out in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-have-taken-so-many-wrong-turns-and-been-so-careless-with-precious/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) > [Where I'm from we don't trust paper. Wealth is what's here on the premises. If I open a cupboard and see, say, thirty cans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/where-i-m-from-we-don-t-trust-paper-wealth-is-what-s-here-on-the/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/length/garrison-keillor/#itemlist", "name": "4 Length Quotes By Garrison Keillor", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Humor, a good sense of it, is to Americans what manhood is to Spaniards and we will go to great lengths to prove it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Garrison Keillor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/humor-a-good-sense-of-it-is-to-americans-what-manhood-is-to-spaniards/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8a/garrison-keillor-1037_good-sense_humor-a-good-sense-of-it-is-to-americans_283819.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8a/garrison-keillor-1037_good-sense_humor-a-good-sense-of-it-is-to-americans_283819.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8a/garrison-keillor-1037_good-sense_humor-a-good-sense-of-it-is-to-americans_283819.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Humor, a good sense of it, is to Americans what manhood is to Spaniards and we will go to great lengths to…” — Garrison Keillor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To your left is the marina where several senior cabinet officials keep luxury yachts for weekend cruises on the Potomac. 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