“For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received.”
– Storm Jameson
“Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song.”
– Konrad von Gesner
“If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.”
– W. Clement Stone
“My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.”
– Phyllis Diller
“Dear Lord we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving.”
– Joseph Auslander
“There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.”
– O. Henry
“To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.”
– Victor Hugo
“Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.”
– Henry Van Dyke
“I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land.”
– Jon Stewart
“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”
– William Blake
“Be thankful for what you have you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”
– Oprah Winfrey
“A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.”
– Fiona Shaw
“There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.”
– John Millington Synge
“That’s what the holidays are for – for one person to tell the stories and another to dispute them. Isn’t that the Irish way?”
– Lara Flynn Boyle
“Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.”
– James Joyce
“Every St. Patrick’s Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to.”
– Shane Leslie
“Some mornings you wake up and think, gee I look handsome today. Other days I think, what am I doing in the movies? I wanna go back to Ireland and drive a forklift.”
– Liam Neeson
“Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.”
– Dave Barry
“Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.”
– Colin Farrell
“If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.”
– Brendan Behan
“Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.”
– Pope John Paul II
“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.”
– William Butler Yeats
“We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.”
– Winston Churchill
“I like to go to parties where I know everyone. How are you going to have fun with people you don’t know?”
– Mary-Kate Olsen
“My parents used to throw great New Year’s Eve parties. They invited such an eclectic mix of showbiz people. All those cool people were always hanging out at our apartment.”
– Ben Stiller
“Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.”
– Samuel Pepys
“Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture.”
– Natalie Portman
“Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love.”
– Wally Lamb
“I’ve had some lovely extraordinary experiences on New Year’s Eve.”
– Debbie Harry
“Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.”
– Walter Scott