--- title: "13 Want Quotes By Garrison Keillor" description: "13 Want quotes by Garrison Keillor. Plus more from Garrison Keillor and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/garrison-keillor-1037_life_i-want-to-resume-the-life-of-a-shy-perso_2197839.jpg" --- > [I want to resume the life of a shy person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-want-to-resume-the-life-of-a-shy-person/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/garrison-keillor-1037_life_i-want-to-resume-the-life-of-a-shy-perso_2197839.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/garrison-keillor-1037_inspirational_i-don-t-want-them-to-be-told-to-remember_179307.jpg) > [I'm of an age when if I started to do eulogies, I'd be doing nothing else. You don't want to be remembered?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-m-of-an-age-when-if-i-started-to-do-eulogies-i-d-be-doing-nothing/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/garrison-keillor-1037_age_i-m-of-an-age-when-if-i-started-to-do-eu_2064530.jpg) > [You don't want to get that sort of sound in your writing that boing that gives you away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/you-don-t-want-to-get-that-sort-of-sound-in-your-writing-that-boing/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ab/garrison-keillor-1037_giving_you-don-t-want-to-get-that-sort-of-sound_2184164.jpg) > [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](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/beauty-isn-t-worth-thinking-about-what-s-important-is-your-mind-you/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abb/garrison-keillor-1037_beauty_beauty-isn-t-worth-thinking-about-what-s_1045650.jpg) > [Just because we're fictional characters doesn't mean you can pick us up and move us anywhere you want.--the people of Lake Woebegon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/just-because-we-re-fictional-characters-doesn-t-mean-you-can-pick-us/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4aa/garrison-keillor-1037_character_just-because-we-re-fictional-characters_2259789.jpg) > [The reason to retire is to try to avoid embarrassment; you ought to do it before people are dropping big hints. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/the-reason-to-retire-is-to-try-to-avoid-embarrassment-you-ought-to-do/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0f/garrison-keillor-1037_big_the-reason-to-retire-is-to-try-to-avoid_1469166.jpg) > [Writing is the main gig and teaching and performing are sidelines, an excuse for not writing more. Working on a novel and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/writing-is-the-main-gig-and-teaching-and-performing-are-sidelines-an/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46d/garrison-keillor-1037_books_writing-is-the-main-gig-and-teaching-and_3079050.jpg) > [When writing loses touch with the beautiful surface of the world, it loses its way. You always want to be in touch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/when-writing-loses-touch-with-the-beautiful-surface-of-the-world-it/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/757/garrison-keillor-1037_beautiful_when-writing-loses-touch-with-the-beauti_2617557.jpg) > [Minnesota is a state of public-spirited and polite people, where you can get a good cappucino and eat Thai food and find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/minnesota-is-a-state-of-public-spirited-and-polite-people-where-you/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a17/garrison-keillor-1037_backyards_minnesota-is-a-state-of-public-spirited_2382413.jpg) > [I love New York, and I'm drawn to a certain intensity of life, but I've just never felt like I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-love-new-york-and-i-m-drawn-to-a-certain-intensity-of-life-but-i-ve/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/garrison-keillor-1037_certain_i-love-new-york-and-i-m-drawn-to-a-certa_3016365.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) > [A person cannot coast along in old destructive habits year after year and accept whatever comes along. A person must stand up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/a-person-cannot-coast-along-in-old-destructive-habits-year-after-year/) [Garrison Keillor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garrison-keillor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c42/garrison-keillor-1037_accepting_a-person-cannot-coast-along-in-old-destr_1533667.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/garrison-keillor/#itemlist", "name": "13 Want Quotes By Garrison Keillor", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to resume the life of a shy person.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Garrison Keillor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-want-to-resume-the-life-of-a-shy-person/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/garrison-keillor-1037_life_i-want-to-resume-the-life-of-a-shy-perso_2197839.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/garrison-keillor-1037_life_i-want-to-resume-the-life-of-a-shy-perso_2197839.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a8/garrison-keillor-1037_life_i-want-to-resume-the-life-of-a-shy-perso_2197839.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want to resume the life of a shy person.” — Garrison Keillor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't want them to be told to remember me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Garrison Keillor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garrison-keillor/i-don-t-want-them-to-be-told-to-remember-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/garrison-keillor-1037_inspirational_i-don-t-want-them-to-be-told-to-remember_179307.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/garrison-keillor-1037_inspirational_i-don-t-want-them-to-be-told-to-remember_179307.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/garrison-keillor-1037_inspirational_i-don-t-want-them-to-be-told-to-remember_179307.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't want them to be told to remember me.” — Garrison Keillor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm of an age when if I started to do eulogies, I'd be doing nothing else. 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