“I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.”
– Emma Goldman
“A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others.”
– Frank Morgan
“It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.”
– Samuel Butler
“I’ll love you, dear, I’ll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street.”
– W. H. Auden
“Money can’t buy love, but it improves your bargaining position.”
– Christopher Marlowe
“A friendship that like love is warm A love like friendship, steady.”
– Thomas Moore
“Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey.”
– Lord Byron
“The best smell in the world is that man that you love.”
– Jennifer Aniston
“The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.”
– Blaise Pascal
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”
– Charles M. Schulz
“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”
– Coco Chanel
“I have nothing against turkey. We eat turkey for Thanksgiving in my house.”
– Marc Forgione
“If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.”
– Maya Angelou
“Thanksgiving is nothing but a toast to genocide.”
– Stephen Evans
“In our family, mom and dad are Longhorns, our first two kids are Aggies and we’re hoping our last one is a Longhorn. It gives us family fun on Thanksgiving Day.”
– Bob Wells
“The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.”
– Merle Shain
“I think I’m going to give my baby her first food on Thanksgiving, make her some organic sweet potato. I’m very excited! It’s going to be a big day and my husband is in charge of the turkey – he’s the chef of the family!”
– Lily Aldridge
“Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It’s called Four Blind Mice and it’s a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.”
– James Patterson
“Something I didn’t even know was on my bucket list has been achieved. I have cooked Thanksgiving dinner with Martha Stewart. I vow to follow the gospel of her teachings and do my very best in the remarkably less glamorous kitchen of my own home… without the luxury of magically appearing prep bowls filled by a staff of sous chefs.”
– Jesse Tyler Ferguson
“I am so excited this year getting to play the 85th Anniversary Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Everyone knows on Thanksgiving morning to get up, turn on the TV and watch the parade, so to be an actual participant is going to be fun and I’m looking forward to it. I am gonna have to put on my deer hunting gear, though, to stay warm!”
– Rodney Atkins
“I’ve spent a lot of Thanksgivings on the road with my band, so anytime that I can spend Thanksgiving with my family in a traditional aspect, eating sweet potatoes and cranberries and stuffing and all the trappings of Thanksgiving and then get on a treadmill the next day extra long, I’m happy.”
– Richie Sambora
“My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch.”
– Katharine McPhee
“The craft Emmys are kind of the kids’ table at Thanksgiving. You’re not really invited to the big dance. It’s still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts.”
– Hank Azaria
“I never drank except a couple sips of wine at Thanksgiving.”
– Carol Alt
“I don’t think any other holiday embraces the food of the Midwest quite like Thanksgiving. There’s roasted meat and mashed potatoes. But being here is also about heritage. Cleveland is really a giant melting pot – not only is my family a melting pot, but so is the city.”
– Michael Symon
“My favorite meal is turkey and mashed potatoes. I love Thanksgiving, it’s just my favorite. I can have Thanksgiving all year round.”
– Cindy Margolis
“I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It’s the only holiday I insist on making myself.”
– Ina Garten
“As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice.”
– Jennifer M. Granholm
“Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday.”
– John Clayton
“I love Halloween, trick or treating and decorating the house. And I love Thanksgiving, because of the football and the fall weather. And of course, I love Christmas – that’s my favorite of all!”
– Joe Nichols