Wells Quotes 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.

— 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…

— Garrison Keillor

God plays a lot of jokes on us to get our attention.

— Garrison Keillor

Ha! Easy for nuns to talk about giving up things. That's what they do for a living.

— Garrison Keillor

This is the big reason most humorists fail. Drunks don't read books.

— 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…

— 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,…

— Garrison Keillor

“The rich can afford to be progressive. Poor people have reason to be afraid of the future.”

— Garrison Keillor

English is the perfect language for preachers because it allows you to talk until you think of what to say.

— 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.”

— Garrison Keillor

“The Gospel is meant to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”

— Garrison Keillor

I don't want them to be told to remember me.

— Garrison Keillor

Childhood is the small town everyone came from.

— 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…

— 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…

— Garrison Keillor