My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow.
Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more.
It took me three weeks to stuff the turkey. I stuffed it through the beak.
If you want to save a species, simply decide to eat it. Then it will be managed - like chickens, like turkeys, like deer, like Canadian geese.
I'm from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food. And I'm thankful for that.
Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants.
Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —
God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.
We're having something a little different this year for Thanksgiving. Instead of a turkey, we're having a swan. You get more stuffing
It must be an odd feeling to be thankful to nobody in particular. Christians in public institutions often see this odd thing happening on Thanksgiving Day. Everyone in the institution seems to be thankful 'in general.' It's very strange. It's a little like being married in general.
If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.
Thanksgiving is a magical time of year when families across the country join together to raise America's obesity statistics. Personally, I love Thanksgiving traditions: watching football, making pumpkin pie, and saying the magic phrase that sends your aunt storming out of the dining room to sit in her car.
Coexistence: what the farmer does with the turkey - until Thanksgiving.
I hate turkeys. If you stand in the meat section at the grocery store long enough, you start to get mad at turkeys. There's turkey ham, turkey bologna, turkey pastrami. Some one needs to tell the turkey, 'man, just be yourself.'
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the 'history' I was told in second grade. But considering that (when it comes to holidays) mainstream America's traditions tend to be over-eating, shopping, or getting drunk, I suppose it's a miracle that the concept of giving thanks even surfaces at all.
So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.
Cooking Tip: Wrap turkey leftovers in aluminum foil and throw them out.
It was dramatic to watch my grandmother decapitate a turkey with an ax the day before Thanksgiving. Nowadays the expense of hiring grandmothers for the ax work would probably qualify all turkeys so honored with gourmet status.
A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.
People always think of Chinese food as the go-to ethnic food when everything else is closed during the holidays, but Indian is a nice alternative. Plus - Indians? Thanksgiving? Kinda makes sense.
I have had vegan Thanksgiving of tofurkey and soy gravy. And it's not to say that Thanksgiving will ever justify the genocide of the Native Americans. But vegan Thanksgiving - that's just spitting on the graves, isn't it?
What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.
You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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