They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad to realize I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.
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.
That's the news from Lake Woebegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore.
In TIME June 7, 2010
Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.
How many pessimists does it take to change a lightbulb? Never mind. Nobody would get the joke anyway.
Was asking what the difference was between mime and pantomime and no one would say.
Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, becau...
They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.
A minister has to be able to read a clock. At noon, it's time to go home and turn up the pot roast and get the peas out of the freezer.
If you lived today as if it were your last, you'd buy up a box of rockets and fire them all off, wouldn't you?
He (coach) looks for size, speed being rare among Norwegians and Germans, and for malleability or what he calls attitude.
It is a sin to believe evil of others but it is seldom a mistake.
The French have a new president, the British will soon have a new P.M., and we envy them as we endure the endless wait for this small dim man to go back to Texas and resume his life.
Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
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.
A person cannot coast along in old destructive habits year after year and accept whatever comes along. A person must stand up on her own two legs and walk. Get off the bus and go get on another. Climb...
What would people think?'Jesus said that people think all sorts of things. The human mind is like a cloud of gnats. Constant motion. That's why you have to look at the heart.'Oh,' said Grandpa.
Nothing you do for children is ever wasted.