"The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, ‘Daddy, I need to ask you something,’ he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan."
- Garrison Keillor
Love
"When his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, ‘Daddy, I need to ask you something,’ he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan."
- Garrison Keillor
Love
""When in doubt, look intelligent.""
- Garrison Keillor
Awareness
"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."
- Garrison Keillor
Compassion
"The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out his nose."
- Garrison Keillor
Happiness
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."
- Vince Lombardi
Well-being
"Sometimes you lie in bed at night and you don’t have a single thing to worry about. That always worries me!"
- Charlie Brown
Well-being
"People waste their time pondering whether a glass is half empty or half full. Me, I just drink whatever’s in the glass."
- Sophia Petrillo
Well-being
"Every day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work."
- Robert Orben
Well-being
"If you think your boss is stupid, remember: You wouldn’t have a job if he was any smarter."
- John Gotti
Well-being