Quotes About Thanksgiving

If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken.

I absolutely adore Thanksgiving. It's the only holiday I insist on making myself.

As ever, the original inhabitants of Turtle Island are entirely overlooked. Mysteriously, the only time indigenous people are guaranteed a mainstream Amerikkan mention is on Thanksgiving. Again, to contextualize, this would be be kinda like someone busting into your house and robbing you blind, then sending you postcards once a year to remind you how much they are enjoying all of your stuff, and getting annoyed with you if you don't respond with appreciation for their thoughtfulness.

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.

He who thanks but with the lips Thanks but in part; The full, the true Thanksgiving Comes from the heart.

Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings.

For the Left, Thanksgiving is about politics; for the Right, politics is about thanksgiving. The different approaches to holiday conversation come from opposing views of politics.

Across Central Virginia, the traditions of Thanksgiving bring us closer together with those we love. We gather with family and close friends, we share memories and laughter, and we give thanks for the profound blessing of living in the United States.

Monarda was the zucchini of the flower world. It, too, figured prominently in the harvest market and, subsequently, the Thanksgiving bonfire, which would give off a hint of sweet bergamot so that it smelled as though every cottage in Three Pines was brewing Earl Grey tea.

He improvised a heretical thanksgiving for the constancy and intelligence of his wife, the clear eyes of his children, and the suppleness of his mistress.

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

When you worship and praise God, you will come into a prepared blessing.

It's an honor to play in a Thanksgiving Day game and bring excitement to the entire country.

Jason looked down at her with smoldering eyes in a taciturn face. "You'll have to do something about Mumbles before we come back for Thanksgiving, Gracie," he told her quietly. "Kittie's allergic to cats.

The Trumans usually celebrated Thanksgiving in the White House, but they spent most Christmases in Independence, quietly, with their families. And every year they instructed the kitchen help to prepare two full Christmas meals to go to two needy families in the District of Columbia—and to tell nobody.

Arthur's class was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop. Mr. Ratburn was about to announce the director for the Thanksgiving play, The Big Turkey Hunt. Arthur chewed his pencil. "I hope he picks me," whispered Francine. They all held their breath. "I've chosen Arthur to direct the play," said Mr. Ratburn. He handed Arthur the script. "Me? The director?" said Arthur. "Oh, no," grumbled Francine. "This is going to be a disaster.

The play was only six days away. Where would Arthur find a turkey? Arthur knew he could count on his family. "I'd love to be the turkey," said his father. "But I have a dentist appointment that I don't want to miss." "The world is full of turkeys," joked his mother. "You should be able to find one. " "I wouldn't be caught dead in that outfit!" said his sister, D.W.

I have nothing against turkey. We eat turkey for Thanksgiving in my house.

Prayer, in the Scripture representation of it, is the soul's access and approach unto God by Jesus Christ, through the aids of his Holy Spirit, to make known its requests unto him, with supplication and thanksgiving.

Thank God this man has no message. Thank God he has no will to be remembered, to be believed in." And, in sudden heresy, "else there might be a new Christ here in the West.

What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering.

I make a fabulous tofurkey for Thanksgiving. My Mexican-Italian family can't tell the difference.

A grateful heart ... comes through expressing gratitude to our Heavenly Father for His blessings and to those around us for all that they bring into our lives.

I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me.