Santa Quotes - Page 9

• I think one of the reasons we have children is to believe everything all over again. And I'm not talking Santa, here, either.

  Elizabeth Berg

  Children, Believe, Thinking

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• Most of the holiday movies I enjoy, like 'It's a Wonderful Life,' don't really involve Santa.

  George Wendt

  Holiday, Wonderful, Enjoy

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• I still believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and true love. Don't even try to tell me different.

  Dolly Parton

  Easter, Believe, Trying

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• The Grateful Dead were very kind. It was Santa Claus. It did good things. It allowed other people to benefit. The benefits that we played were enormous, and we played free. So you've got a band that loves to play free, and that was a wonderful thing.

  Mickey Hart

  Grateful, Play, People

  "Mickey Hart on the Grateful Dead: 'We Weren't a Girl Scouts Troop'". Interview with Benjy Eisen, www.rollingstone.com. April 16, 2012.

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• With big folks, either people think you look mean or it's more of a jolly Santa Claus, 'Oh, he's just a pudgy little teddy bear pillow.'

  The Notorious B.I.G.

  Mean, Thinking, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I was 11 years old, my parents wanted me to do something besides get in trouble. So they enrolled me in sailing classes at the Sea Shell Association in Santa Barbara, Calif. From the moment I climbed into that 8-foot dinghy in 1952, I knew instinctively what to do and sensed I had done it before.

  David Crosby

  Santa Barbara, Years, Sea

  FaceBook post by David Crosby from Jun 13, 2013

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• "The only reason some of us are not exiled or thrown into prison is simply because we do not preach as fervently and as sternly as did Paul, John, Peter R.A. Torrey and others. This modern "santa claus" religion that is sweeping country today is not the religion Jesus taught and John practiced."

  Oliver B. Greene

  Country, Jesus, Religion

  Oliver B. Greene (2015). “The Revelation: Verse by Verse Study”, p.25, Ravenio Books

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• Every year, dads will dress up as Santa and try to surprise their kids by coming down the chimney, and every year, a dad gets stuck and dies.

  Kyle Dunnigan

  Dad, Kids, Years

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• If you can delude yourself by believing that there is some kind of Santa Claus out there who is going to bail you out in the end, then it will help you get through. Even if you are proven wrong in the end, you would have had a better life than a non-believer.

  Woody Allen

  Believe, Bail, Helping

  "Woody Allen's World: Whatever Works". Interview with Robert E. Lauder, www.commonwealmagazine.org. April 15, 2010.

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• Even with clothing naked animals, there were people who wanted to send in money. A woman in Santa Barbara, California, sent a $40,000 check. I fondled it for about five minutes and then sent it back. I told her I couldn't accept money from strangers.

  Alan Abel

  Animal, California, Santa Barbara

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Never deny the babies their Christmas! It is the shining seal set upon, a year of happiness. Let them believe in Santa Claus, or St. Nicholas; or Kriss Kringle, or whatever name the jolly Dutch saint bears in your religion.

  Mary Virginia Terhune

  Christmas, Baby, Believe

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• The title of that great Christmas song was 'Boogie Woogie Santa Claus,' and no one ever heard of it.

  Patti Page

  Song, Titles, Great Christmas

  "Patti Page, singer of Tennessee Waltz, dies at 85", www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2013.

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• I have always tried to use humor to "help ever" and "hurt never," for I find that to laugh is like swallowing a secret that Santa Claus farted.

  David Cross

  Funny, Hurt, Humor

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• At Christmas time I sat on Santa's lap. His fly was open ! Boy what a present he gave me !

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Funny, Humor, Boys

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• My dad was a complicated man. He was a huge racist, my dad, but he still tried to be a good father, you know? Like, he would tell me that Santa Claus was black - that way, when I found out he didn't exist, it wouldn't be that big a let down.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Funny, Dad, Father

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• Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Believe, Heart, Kids

  Barbara Kingsolver (2008). “The Poisonwood Bible”, p.216, Faber & Faber

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• The government and its chiefs do not have the powers of the mythical Santa Claus. They cannot spend except by taking out of the pockets of some people for the benefit of others.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Government, People, Pockets

  Ludwig Von Mises, Murray Newton Rothbard (1980). “Planning for freedom, and sixteen other essays and addresses”, Libertarian Press, Incorporated

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• Someone once said that taxes are the price we pay for civilization. That may have been true when he said it, but today taxes are mostly the price we pay so that politicians can play Santa Claus and get reelected.

  Thomas Sowell

  Civilization, Play, May

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• I'm the only one who still believes in Santa Claus!

  Edith Piaf

  Believe, Stills, Santa Claus

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• The primary factor that enables our government to peddle economic snake oil is the dollar's unique role as the world's reserve currency, and our creditors' willingness to preserve its status. By buying up dollars and loaning them back to us through Treasury debt, productive countries give American politicians cart blanche to play Santa Claus.

  Peter Schiff

  Country, Unique, Play

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• My parents moved to American Samoa when I was three or four years old. My dad was principal of a high school there. It was idyllic for a kid. I had a whole island for a backyard. I lived there until I was eight years old and we moved to Santa Barbara.

  Eric Stoltz

  Dad, School, Kids

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Santa knows Physics: Of all colors, Red Light penetrates fog best. That's why Benny the Blue-nosed reindeer never got the gig.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Christmas, Light, Fog

  Twitter post from Dec 25, 2014

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• You might be a redneck if Santa Claus refuses to let your kids sit in his lap.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Kids, Redneck, Lap

  Jeff Foxworthy (2004). “There's No Place Like (A Mobile) Home For The Holidays: A Redneck Christmas”, p.14, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Santa Fe is fun to visit, but property there will cost you an arm and a dillo.

  Emo Philips

  Fun, Santa Fe, Cost

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• Can you imagine getting a gun for a secret Santa? That is especially not a good idea if you work in a post office.

  Chelsea Handler

  Gun, Ideas, Office

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