Famous Quotes & Sayings

Kristen Wiig

There's something about a Christmas sweater that will always make me laugh.

Oren Arnold

Christmas gift suggestions: To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance.

Oren Arnold

To your enemy, forgiveness. To an opponent, tolerance. To a friend, heart. To a customer, service. To all, charity. To every child, a good example. To you, respect.

Olivia Williams

The best Christmas present I got from my husband was a week to do whatever I wanted.

Kelly Clarkson

The thing about Christmas is that it almost doesn't matter what mood you're in or what kind of a year you've had; it's a fresh start.

Margaret Deland

Twenty-five years ago, Christmas was not the burden that it is now; there was less haggling and weighing, less quid pro quo, less fatigue of body, less weariness of soul; and, most of all, there was less loading up with trash.

P. J. O'Rourke

There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmastime. Mature, responsible grown men wear neckties made of holly leaves and drink alcoholic beverages with raw egg yolks and cottage cheese in them.

P. J. O'Rourke

Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the next year.

Patricia Marx

Christmas cards ... are technically only junk mail from people you know.

Macaulay Culkin

I do have a family, and I do have friends, and so-called friends, and acquaintances, and many other people I see only around Christmas time. Maybe they could vouch for me. Maybe they could testify to my existence and save a part of me that thinks I'm no better than a bag of potato chips.

Mary Roberts Rinehart

Curious, how one remembered Christmas. Perhaps because other days might appeal to the head, but this one appealed to the heart.

Martin Freeman

I've always loved Christmas and that's not really gone away from me from being a child to now. It's always a magical time and I'm unashamed in my love for Christmas.

Nick Hornby

It struck him that how you spent Christmas was a message to the world about where you were in life, some indication of how deep a hole you had managed to burrow for yourself

Nick Hornby

Hey, great idea: if you have kids, give your partner reading vouchers next Christmas. Each voucher entitles the bearer to two hours' reading time *while the kids are awake*. It might look like a cheapskate present, but parents will appreciate that it costs more in real terms than a Lamborghini.

Mary Martin

We should try to hold on to the Christmas spirit, not just one day a year, but all 365.

John Greenleaf Whittier

A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas!

John Greenleaf Whittier

the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you

Paul Engle

The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother's hand making sure I was settled in bed.

Matt Groening

Aren't we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa.

Michael Scheuer

The war in Iraq - if Osama was a Christian - it's the Christmas present he never would have expected.

Markus Zusak

It was the beginning of the greatest Christmas ever. Little food. No presents. But there was a snowman in their basement.

Mario Batali

My family makes these vinegars - out of everything from grapes to peaches and cherries. We go through the whole process with the giant vat and drainer, label them, and give them as Christmas presents.

George C. Marshall

If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.

Christina Perri

Yes, my first memory of singing, in general, was of a Christmas song. And then listening to Christmas music was really the first music I was ever connected to.

Christina Perri

It felt very natural to me to write a Christmas song, but at the same time I had to really put all sorts of pressure aside and just let the creativity flow and see what came out.

Christina Applegate

How do you survive Christmas? You drink a lot. And drink a lot, right. Drink a lot and drink a lot.

Christina Applegate

I love Christmas. I really do love Christmas. I love being with my family and I love snow. I love the music and the lights and all of it.

Frances Wright

Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.

Francesca Lia Block

Ugster vinyl pumps, Partridge Family records, plastic daisy jewelry, old postcards. . . . It's a magpie Christmas market.

Frances Farmer

I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didn't believe them.

George Weah

My father died when I was young and I was raised by my grandmother, Emma Klonjlaleh Brown. We could afford to eat chicken just once a year, on Christmas.

George Osborne

Tax cuts should be for life, not just for Christmas.

Noel Gallagher

It's the first time I'm going to be on my own this Christmas and I'm really looking forward to not having any cards or decorations up. So I'll be in London, sit on my couch, arms folded, curtains drawn, having a drink.