"The relationship between truth and a newspaper is……" — Garrison Keillor
"The relationship between truth and a newspaper is like the relationship between the color green and the number seven. Occasionally you will see the number seven written in green, but you learn not to expect this."
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157 Quotes by Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor has 157 quotes on this site.
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No innocent man buys a gun, and no happy man writes his memoirs.
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Easter is so disappointing. You suffer all the way through lent, and what do you get for it? A ham.
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Boys, the first drink is a boon, the second is a gamble, the third is poor judgment, and then the…
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Some people think it is difficult to be a Christian and to laugh, but I think it's the other way…
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I don't want them to be told to remember me.
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I thought A Prairie Home Companion would be an interesting thing to do for a summer or so. Public radio…
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That's what I am, Frank thought, an ordinary genius. He had unlocked the secret of radio. The sport of the…
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You learn this great lesson of life: it's not about me. It's just not. The matter of talent-which seemed so…
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She gave him such a look... Man oh man, if looks could kill. That one might have totalled a city…
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Children can find other children to be pals. Children need fathers to be fathers.
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