Holiday Quotes - Page 5

• the success of a holiday depends on what you find for yourself on the spot, not what you bring with you.

  Ellis Peters

  Travel, Spots, Depends

  Ellis Peters (2015). “Flight of a Witch”, p.207, Open Road Media

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• Some holiday traditions are sacred. In our house one such tradition is the annual Christmas classic cinema celebration.

  Sarah Ban Breathnach

  Healing, House, Cinema

  Sarah Ban Breathnach (2012). “Simple Abundance”, Random House

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• Holidays - Have no pity.

  Eugenio Montale

  Pity

  Eugenio Montale (1966). “Selected Poems”, p.79, New Directions Publishing

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• The sensation of falling into the past is not unlike that of coming home for the holidays.

  Patrick O'Brian

  Fall, Home, Past

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• A holiday in a new dress—can earth offer anything more enchanting?

  O. Henry

  Dresses, Earth, Enchanting

  O. Henry (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)”, p.364, Delphi Classics

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• There is less leisure now than in the Middle Ages, when one third of the year consisted of holidays and festivals.

  Ralph Borsodi

  Years, Age, Festivals

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• The two great moments in human history are the day that Christ was born and the day He was raised from the dead. These are represented by Christmas and Easter - the two biggest holidays for the church. People who don't even go to church do go on these days.

  Louie Giglio

  Easter, Two, People

  "A conversation with pastor, author and songwriter Louie Giglio". Interview With Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.

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  I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

  Bill Cosby

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Quoted in Barbara Rowes, The Book of Quotes (1979)

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• Thoughts turn to other's just a little more this time of year. Days grow shorter and memories grow longer. Families and friends gather in celebration or hope. Giving is a reflection of our love and caring for each other and those less fortunate. May your thoughts turn to gratitude this holiday season and carry on throughout the next year.

  James A. Murphy III

  Gratitude, Memories, Caring

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• Our family holidays always include our animals. On Thanksgiving, we love to walk around our farm and visit with our rescued pigs, goats, horses, emus and many other rescued animals. We give them all special vegetables that day, and the whole family enjoys a vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner. We know that the animals are giving thanks that day, and we are also giving thanks for the joy they bring to our lives.

  Noah Wyle

  Thanksgiving, Horse, Animal

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• I always try to describe making movies like summer camp, or some holiday where you spend all day, every day with a new group of people whom you kind of love and then never see again.

  Eddie Redmayne

  Summer, People, Trying

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• Sunny, happy with the music, no money. I'm thinking you're on holiday. Sipping yellow lemonade.

  Alexandra Stan

  Thinking, Yellow, Sunny

  Song: Lemonade

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• Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing centuries-old traditions such as trying to find a parking space at the mall.

  Dave Barry

  Christmas, Years, Space

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry's Greatest Hits”, p.79, Ballantine Books

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• I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the 'history' I was told in second grade. But considering that (when it comes to holidays) mainstream America's traditions tend to be over-eating, shopping, or getting drunk, I suppose it's a miracle that the concept of giving thanks even surfaces at all.

  Ellen Orleans

  Thanksgiving, Strong, Shopping

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• He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth, he writes verses, he speaks holiday, he smells April and May.

  William Shakespeare

  Dance, Eye, Writing

  'The Merry Wives of Windsor' (1597) act 3, sc. 2, l. [71]

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• Celebration never need depend on outside circumstances. We need not wait for a special holiday or a formal occasion, nor a sunny and cloudless day. True celebration arises from a joy that is first experienced deep within, and spills over into an overflow of song and dance and laughter, and yes, even tears of gratitude.

  Rajneesh

  Dance, Song, Gratitude

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• I don't really think of Valentines Day as much of a holiday, you should show love for people you care about everyday.

  John O'Callaghan

  Valentines Day, Thinking, People

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• My 20s was a sea of worry. I worried about benefit forms, about being thrown out of my flat. I never went on holiday because I thought: 'What if an audition comes up?' I was a nervous wreck.

  David Nicholls

  Sea, Worry, What If

  "David Nicholls, the man who made a nation cry" by Rachel Cooke, www.theguardian.com. August 6, 2011.

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• Until relatively recently, mass political movements were still about basic rights of food, shelter, education and self sufficiency. The reasons fewer people vote these days, or turn up for political meetings, is that for the vast majority of us those rights have been fulfilled. These days it's in the adverts for mobile phones or foreign holidays where phrases like "Join the Revolution!" and "Cry Freedom!" are bandied about for a generation which knows nothing of their provenance. Just as now we have luxury illnesses to replace real ones, so now we have luxury politics.

  John Diamond

  Real, Rights, Phones

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• The year end brings no greater pleasure then the opportunity to express to you season's greetings and good wishes. May your holidays and new year be filled with joy.

  Charles Dickens

  Christmas, New Year, Opportunity

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• I love the atmosphere at the mall - everything about Christmas. I don't think anything specific gets me in the holiday spirit except for the holidays themselves.

  Drake Bell

  Thinking, Atmosphere, Spirit

  "Miranda Cosgrove Interviews Drake Bell for Teen!". Interview with Mirando Cosgrove, www.seventeen.com. December 09, 2008.

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• Orphans, dead parents, lonely children at Christmas, morose spoken word recordings, everything you love about the holidays. Move the turkey over so you can fit your head in the oven.

  April Winchell

  Christmas, Lonely, Children

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• Christmas and the New Year are actually two holidays, so there is a plural, which in the English language necessitates the use of the letter "S." Now, I suppose you could say "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year" but you probably have sh*t to do.

  Jon Stewart

  Funny, Christmas, New Year

  "The Daily Show's Stewart responds to O'Reilly's misleading attack". "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart, www.mediamatters.org. December 7, 2005.

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• During the holidays, everyone needs a break from studying for exams and Christmas shopping. I wanted to put together a diverse tour that rocks in many musical directions but always points to Christ.

  TobyMac

  Christmas, Rocks, Shopping

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• Every Christmas now for years, I have found myself wondering about the point of the celebration. As the holiday has become more ecumenical and secular, it has lost much of the magic that I remember so fondly from childhood.

  Whitley Strieber

  Christmas, Years, Childhood

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