Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bob Hope

My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?

Benny Hill

Roses are reddish Violets are bluish If it weren't for Christmas We'd all be Jewish.

Bob Schieffer

The truth is the Super Bowl long ago became more than just a football game. It's part of our culture like turkey at Thanksgiving and lights at Christmas, and like those holidays beyond their meaning, a factor in our economy.

Bob Geldof

Feed the world. Let them know it's Christmas time again.

Charles Wesley

Come to earth to taste our sadness, He whose glories knew no end. By His life He brings us gladness, our Redeemer, Shepherd, Friend. Leaving riches without number, born within a cattle stall. This, the everlasting wonder, Christ was born the Lord of all.

Charles Wesley

Hark the herald angels sing 'Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled' Joyful, all ye nations rise Join the triumph of the skies With the angelic host proclaim: 'Christ is born in Bethlehem' Hark! The herald angels sing 'Glory to the newborn King!'

Peter DeFazio

Unfortunately it was tied up into a Christmas tree package, and it was take it or leave it - and you can't leave troops out in the cold.

William Shakespeare

At Christmas, I no more desire a rose.

William Shakespeare

But like of each thing that in season grows.

Leon Redbone

There's a little Christmas in all of us, I guess. Even in me.

Mark Zandi

This suggests that the economy has largely shrugged off the ill effects of the hurricanes. Christmas will turn out better than expected.

We knew we wouldn't see the same team tonight that we saw in the Christmas tournament. The sad thing is they didn't, either.

Bill Nighy

It can't be overstated how wonderful it is not to have to audition any more. Any actor will tell you, it's like Christmas.

Bill Murray

Its Christmas Eve! Its the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be.

Carolyn Wells

'Tis blessed to bestow, and yet, Could we bestow the gifts we get, And keep the ones we give away, How happy were our Christmas day!

Carolyn Wells

I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give!

C. S. Lewis

Always winter but never Christmas.

We want everyone to understand that this effort didn't end at Christmas. Our troops need to know someone's thinking about them.

The point of interest has shifted to the price of the product as a game machine and the volumes that Sony can offer during the Christmas shopping season.

Cathy Guisewite

Sometimes the best Christmas present is remembering what you've already got.

Calvin Coolidge

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind.

We're still eating the turkeys we got at Christmas.

We're seeing all kinds of boxes, cardboard, bags, wrapping paper and packaging materials, and soon we'll see an increase in yard waste when people start taking their Christmas trees down. We have an influx of garbage every Christmas. Our truck drivers are hauling the containers as fast as they can.

What we're really looking for is a Christmas miracle. And that's what we're trusting is going to happen.

When we found out that he got hurt, we knew it would be about 6-8 weeks at the minimum, which put us right around Christmas time. He was working 1-1½ hours a day, working out trying to get the shoulder better.

We've been competitive. Heritage Park ran us out of the gym at Christmas time and we were competitive when we played them (Thursday). Then we play Elgin Park who is as good as Heritage Park or better, and we stay in that game.

John Oates

The Christmas genre is a field that's been well-ploughed.

Mats Sundin

At times, we kind of dipped (team conditioning) after Christmas, so this should help us as players so that we don't have to struggle with something like that in the future.

The kids played hard coming off Christmas break. Mitch Frei did a great job leading the team.

Thomas S. Monson

Finding the real joy of Christmas comes not in the hurrying and the scurrying to get more done, nor is it found in the purchasing of gifts. We find real joy when we make the Savior the focus of the season.

The message received was 'In the interest of the safety of my crew, I have decided to sail to Christmas Island and disembark the survivors.

This is like Christmas in the middle of September. We're 2-0 and we're healthy heading into a bye week.

This is just profit-taking, ... There was no event trigger at all. People had a good trade on (selling dollars) either side of Christmas and now it's just coming off.