Santa Quotes - Page 16

• Heavy role in the movies that I've done that I have loved and fit my soul; A Simple Plan, Monster's Ball, Sling Blade, One False Move, Bad Santa even. I mean Bad Santa is a comedy, and it's a very dark comedy, and it's become like iconic, you know.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Moving, Mean, Dark

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• Famously sunny Los Angeles has long been known as the homeless capital of America, from beachy communities like Santa Monica and Venice to Skid Row downtown.

  John Carlos Frey

  America, Venice, Long

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• If somebody harbours delusions, I think that should disqualify them from office, regardless whether the delusions are religious. Letting someone who thinks the god Jehovah will bail him out serve in public office is like letting a man who believes in Santa Claus run a Toys 'R Us.
  The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie - deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

  John F. Kennedy

  Running, Religious, Lying

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• Human life [is] ... a process of filling in time until the arrival of death, or Santa Claus, with very little choice, if any, of what kind of business one is going to transact during the long wait.

  Eric Berne

  Life, Long, Waiting

  'Games People Play' (1964) ch. 18

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• A cynic is just a man who found out when he was about ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset. Yes, there'll be more war ; and soon, I don't doubt. There always has been. There'll be deaths and disappointments and failures. When they come, you meet them.

  James Gould Cozzens

  Disappointment, War, Upset

  James Gould Cozzens, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (1978). “Just representations: a James Gould Cozzens reader”, Southern Illinois Univ Pr

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• "Our first conversation was on the phone. I was in the bathtub, and I had to tell him that I was in the bathtub because I was afraid he would think I was, like, playing in the toilet when he heard water swishing around. [...] Then we had breakfast in Santa Monica, and I spit egg inside of his mouth when I was talking.

  Jennifer Lawrence

  Life, Thinking, Talking

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• When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn't realize it would take so long.

  Gloria Stuart

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

  "Gloria Stuart, actress in 'Titanic,' dies at 100" by Sarah Halzack, www.washingtonpost.com. September 27, 2010.

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• Do some good to the ghetto, Mr. Kris Kringle.
  Come and stay awhile, kick it with God's Angels.
  Take and acknowledge my wisdom and understand
  That Santa Claus is a black man.

  Keith Murray

  Rap, Ghetto, Angel

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• I love Christmas! I'm not religious, but I love the trappings of the season. I love the decorations, and the music, and Santa, and the festive food, and the cinnamon- and vanilla-infused aromas.

  Jane Cleland

  Religious, Christmas Love, Aroma

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• If the Pilgrims had landed in Santa Monica Bay rather than Boston, we'd have six states out here!

  Kevin Starr

  Boston, Six, States

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• If SANTA CLAUS came down the chimney in a f**king jogging suit, you wouldn't even know it was him.

  Wayne Coyne

  Kings, Suits You, Jogging

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