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Quotes About Celebration

What we're really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?
~ Erma Bombeck
An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.
~ Irv Kupcinet
This boy turkied my Thanksgiving, but I won't let him Grinch my Christmas. -Dean Hughes (Midway to Heaven)
~ Dean Hughes
Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.
~ Melody Beattie
Thanksgiving is the day when you turn to another family member and say, 'How long has Mom been drinking like this?' My Mom, after six Bloody Marys looks at the turkey and goes, 'Here, kitty, kitty.'
~ David Letterman
What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye? What calls back the past like the rich pumpkin pie?
~ John Greenleaf Whittier
So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.
~ Arthur Guiterman
A two-pound turkey and a fifty-pound cranberry-that's Thanksgiving dinner at Three Mile Island.
~ Johnny Carson
Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.
~ Bo Burnham
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm thankful for all of you. I am not thankful for the pilgrims. Buckles should never be on hats.
~ Bo Burnham
There is something in every season, in every day, to celebrate with thanksgiving.
~ Gloria Gaither
On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.
~ William Jennings Bryan
But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie!
~ Margaret Junkin Preston
Here's a Thanksgiving tip. Generally, your turkey is not cooked enough if it passes you the cranberry sauce.
~ Joan Rivers
Thanksgiving was nothing more than a pilgrim-created obstacle in the way of Christmas; a dead bird in the street that forced a brief detour.
~ Augusten Burroughs
There are many ways of giving thanks. Eating turkeys doesn't have to be one of them.
~ Corey Feldman
I'm from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food. And I'm thankful for that.
~ Howie Mandel
Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
~ Richard Roeper
Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day.
~ Ronald Reagan
love iz a big fat turkey and every day iz thanksgiving
~ Charles Bukowski
My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch.
~ Katharine McPhee
I love Halloween, trick or treating and decorating the house. And I love Thanksgiving, because of the football and the fall weather. And of course, I love Christmas - that's my favorite of all!
~ Joe Nichols
I love Thanksgiving because it's a holiday that is centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me.
~ Marcus Samuelsson
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.
~ Erin Gibson