Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.

We have nearly complete misunderstanding between people of different faiths in Lake Wobegon, and that's probably one reason why we get along so very well. It's when you are trying to convince another person to think the same way that you do that there is friction and trouble between people. But when you feel that the other person is dumber than dirt, too dumb for words - why waste your breath - you get along pretty well. There's no bond between people that's quite so strong as when people each feel slightly superior towards the other one.

Being rich and thin isn't everything.

Some of us have a relentless urge to attempt what we can never be good at and neglect our true calling.

Winter: It's not just a season, it's who we are.

To choose Norm Coleman over Walter Mondale is like going to a great steakhouse and ordering the tuna sandwich.

I was afraid you had deceased,' he said. 'Or gotten engrossed in a long book.