Garrison Keillor Quotes in A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

Lola Johnson: What if you die some day?

Garrison Keillor: I will die.

Lola Johnson: Don't you want people to remember you?

Garrison Keillor: I don't want them to be told to remember me.

Garrison Keillor: The penguin joke. Two penguins standing on an ice floe. And the first penguin says, "You look like you're wearing a tuxedo." And the second penguin says, "What makes you think I'm not?"

Dangerous Woman: Is there more?

Garrison Keillor: No.

Dangerous Woman: That's the joke?

Garrison Keillor: Uh huh.

Dangerous Woman: Why is that funny?

Garrison Keillor: I guess it's funny because people laugh at it.

Dangerous Woman: I'm not laughing.

Garrison Keillor: You're an angel.

[from trailer]

Garrison Keillor: We come from people who brought us up to believe that life is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this will pass.

Yolanda Johnson: How about just a moment of silence?

Garrison Keillor: Silence on the radio... I don't know how that works.

Lola Johnson: This isn't really going to be your last show, is it?

Garrison Keillor: Every show is your last show. That's my philosophy.

Rhonda Johnson: Thank you, Plato.

Rhonda Johnson: Hey, that was a terrific eulogy you gave old man Soderbergh at his memorial service.

Garrison Keillor: Thank you.

Guy Noir: Too bad the old coot couldn't have been there to hear it.

Yolanda Johnson: Yeah... and to have missed it by just a few days.