ran across this quote today in an article that i’m not sure how i ended up finding let alone reading (well, i read it b/c i’m a Keillor fan, but no recollection of how i ended up there. Somehow googling to find a sesame chicken recipe, ended with blogging about a Keillor quote).
I think that past the age of thirty there is no obligation to be clever at all. Cleverness is a burden after that. You are supposed to settle down and be a good person, raise your children, and be good to your friends, which you may not have been back when you were clever.
-Garrison Keillor (the Prarie home companion guy)
Whew, 6 more months & then i’m off the hook.
Clever move posting a quote like that.
We always listened to Garrison Keillor on road trips with my dad when we were kids. Ah, Lake Woebegone and all those attractive Swedes who live there! I always liked Guy Noir, the private detective, and the constant adds for “duck” tape. Garrison is clever, even if he is past 30.
I know you posted this a while ago, but I don’t always get to get on here and read your blogs in a timely matter. But your blog grabbed me and made me feel better about my sometimes lacking smarts. I’m in the clear and now know I have been for 2 years 7 months.
I feel so much better now.