Famous Quotes & Sayings

Hayley Atwell

I read a lot of heavy literature when I'm on set, so on holiday I want to indulge in something light-hearted.

Hilarie Burton

Theres something about a holiday that isnt all about how much money you spend.

Om Puri

I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays.

O. Henry

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

Mark Zandi

The extension and expansion of the payroll tax holidays for workers would be number one on my list and key to avoiding recession.

Joe Elliott

The best holiday I ever had was the first one I went on without my parents, when I was 17.

Michael Phelps

I used to always go to church on holidays, but I don't go much any more.

John Carpenter

One could make money and get a career going with a low-budget horror film about killers attacking on holidays. It is always flattering to have somebody copy you.

Lois Lowry

Today is declared an unscheduled holiday.

Leigh-Allyn Baker

I know a lot of actors picture themselves winning Academy Awards. I really just wanted to do a Christmas movie because it's the kind of movie that I really love to watch. I'm a sucker for the holidays.

Karl Pilkington

The only reason you don't go on holiday, is 'cause you have to spend money.

Karl Pilkington

I've been on the planet for 40 years now, and I'm still none the wiser as to what it's all about really. I've never worried about life's big questions. People at my age sit about pondering about 'why are we here?' The only time I ever asked meself that is when Suzanne booked us a surprise holiday to Lanzarote.

Karl Pilkington

For me, a good holiday is about value for money rather than things to see.

Karl Pilkington

Where you are is what you eat. When I'm in London I'll have beans on toast for lunch. On holiday - what? Tapas? Go on then I'll have a bit. You eat whatevers in that area.

Ellen Hopkins

Christmas is far and away my favorite holiday. I love everything about it, from the event that inspired it, hoping for a white one, to wrapping presents. But mostly I love having family and friends gathered, and sharing traditions.

Josh Groban

I'm the depresso guy on holidays.

John D. Rockefeller

I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.

Luke Evans

I've traveled everywhere, and it's been amazing. I used to think taking a flight was kind of a big deal, you know? I'm from the valleys of South Wales and when my family used to go on holiday, it was a big thing. Packing the bags, checking in, not losing your passport, going through customs, the X-ray machine, all that stuff used to be quite an intense thing. Now it's like catching a bus, I don't even think about it.

Lord Byron

But beef is rare within these oxless isles; Goat's flesh there is, no doubt, and kid, and mutton; And, when a holiday upon them smiles, A joint upon their barbarous spits they put on.

Lord Chesterfield

I love every-day senses, every-day wit and entertainment; a man who is only good on holidays, is good for very little.

Malcolm D. Lee

Holidays have been commercialized. It has become about material things. But the holidays are about sharing stories and being in each others presence.

Julius Sterling Morton

Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future.

Julie Roberts

My Christmases have always just been very simple and about family.

Julian Fellowes

Plenty of friendships are sustainable through dinners and lunches, but will not stand a week away. So be careful with whom you go on holiday.

Maria Shriver

I thought I had to show people that I would get in early, stay late or even all night, work on holidays. I didn't want to be the rich kid who was along for a free ride.

Frank Lampard

I like to go to America. That's where I go for most of my holidays.

Matsuo Basho

Year's end, all corners of this floating world, swept.

Kenny Baker

I started out Ice skating with Holiday On Ice and just got offered the part of R2 by chance.

Julia Cameron

As a writer, I find holidays often disturbing, not liberating, in their disruption of tempo, their open-ended time.

Jeremy Paxman

Sharing holiday snaps on social media is an act of arrogant vanity.

Jenny Eclair

The only way to go on holiday is with your expectations at ground level. Convince yourself before you go that the weather's going to be dreadful and there will be nylon sheets. You'll then be pleasantly surprised.

Paul Ford

Being creative and playing with your content during the holidays is a great idea. But straying too far from your fundamental brand (from address, logo, etc.) can be a dangerous game. Your recipients need to be able to recognize you during this busy time of year.

Patrick O'Brian

For me the process works best with no interruptions, no breaks in the steady application, no letters to be answered, very little social life, no holidays; it is therefore a form of happy imprisonment.