Holiday Quotes

• A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking.

  Earl Wilson

  Vacation, Vacation Time, Great Holiday

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• Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!

  Charles Dickens

  Funny, Christmas, Xmas

  "The Pickwick Papers". Book by Charles Dickens, 1836.

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• Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are.

  Marianne Williamson

  Life, Motivational, Happiness

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• What I don't like about office Christmas parties is looking for a job the next day.

  Phyllis Diller

  Christmas, Jobs, Xmas

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• At Christmas play and make good cheer, for Christmas comes but once a year.

  Thomas Tusser

  Christmas, Xmas, Cheer

  Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie (1580)

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• My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?

  Bob Hope

  Christmas, Xmas, Thinking

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• I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.

  Charles Dickens

  Love, Christmas, Education

  A Christmas Carol stave 4 (1843)

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• This is my wish for you: peace of mind, prosperity through the year, happiness that multiplies, health for you and yours, fun around every corner, energy to chase your dreams, joy to fill your holidays!

  David Dellinger

  Happiness, Christmas, Dream

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• In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it "Christmas" and went to church; the Jews called it "Hanukka" and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say "Merry Christmas!" or "Happy Hanukka!" or (to the atheists) "Look out for the wall!"

  Dave Barry

  Christmas, Christian, Atheist

  "Christmas Shopping: A Survivor's Guide" by Dave Barry, www.davebarry.com.

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• Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

  Hamilton Wright Mabie

  Love, Christmas, Xmas

  Hamilton Wright Mabie (1900). “My study fire: first series”

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• Come, woo me, woo me, for now I am in a holiday humor, and like enough to consent.

  William Shakespeare

  Enough, Holiday Season, Consent

  William Shakespeare, Barry Cornwall (1857). “Tempest”, p.483

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• The secret to making your holiday inspiring is actually quite simple. Be inspiring yourself. As with any change, you must be the change you want to see in others.

  Deepak Chopra

  Simple, Secret, Want

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  The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.

  Helen Keller

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending.

  Fred Rogers

  Children, Suspense, Stories

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.

  Shirley Temple

  Funny, Christmas, Mother

  Quoted in Leslie Halliwell, Halliwell's Filmgoer's Companion (1984)

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• No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Work, Men, Vacation

  Elbert Hubbard (1904). “This Then is Consecrated Lives: Being Essays”

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• 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.

  Oren Arnold

  Christmas, Xmas, Children

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• Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.

  Eric Sevareid

  Christmas, Xmas, Gifts Of The Spirit

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• I don't need a holiday or a feast to feel grateful for my children, the sun, the moon, the roof over my head, music, and laughter, but I like to take this time to take the path of thanks less traveled.

  Paula Poundstone

  Laughter, Children, Grateful

  "Thanksgiving Is Not Just for Leftovers" by Paula Poundstone, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 26, 2008.

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• A good holiday is one spent among people whose notions of time are vaguer than yours.

  J. B. Priestley

  Time, Travel, People

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• To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance.

  Phillip Adams

  Inspirational, Funny, Travel

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• I'm a minimalist. I don't really need much to enjoy a good holiday - just my family and the bare essentials.

  Jean Reno

  Essentials, Needs, My Family

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• Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

  Alexander Smith

  Christmas, Xmas, Together

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• It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.

  William Thomas Ellis

  Christmas, Xmas, Heart

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• Love the giver more than the gift.

  Brigham Young

  Love, Christmas, Meaningful

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