Quotes About Celebration

I'm thinking the biggest decisions we need to think about is what beer we want and whether we're going to run out.

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I'm eighteen; I'm a princess; and I'm a virgin. You know what? At this point in my life, I might as well be a unicorn. Happy freaking birthday to me.

Pizza Hut isn't real pizza, I tell them. The way that balloon of Big Bird they fly in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade isn't the real Big Bird.

Thanks a lot for inviting assorted randos from my past to my wedding reception, Father D. Who else can I expect to show up? If you say the Backstreet Boys, I won't be held responsible for my actions.

Maybe that's my secret talent. I have the amazing ability to resemble a snowdrop. My parents must be so proud.

Now?" Cooper looks back at me with a joyous grin. "Now we live happily ever after.

L'chaim. It means 'to life.

There is a razor-thin line between trying to find something usefully redemptive in illness and lying to ourselves about the nature of suffering. Until we mourn what is lost in illness—and until we have a medical community that takes seriously the suffering of patients—we should not celebrate what is gained in it.

He was some sort of boxing champion, she told me the night she took me out to celebrate my graduation. He was always punching someone in the nose. Macho, I said. No, she said. It was the clarity of expression that appealed to him.

Let's go. I have a party to throw." And someone to throw it at.

All four of them cheered and yelled and jumped around like crazy idiots. Even Evie was grinning now. She had never been so happy to see herself in the mirror, and now that she was herself again, she found that for once in her life, nobody even cared how she looked. Not even her. It was like magic.

Now you're in for it, Mr. Morris," Eliza warned proudly. "Mr. Hamilton loves to talk finance." Alex held up his glass to toast his wife. "To poor Mrs. Hamilton, who has heard me go on about this subject one too many times, I'm afraid.

You're wrong, love. It's not a fairytale, I say, leading him to join the party so we can dance together. It's better. It's our life.

Fun is a normal part of being alive. Fun is taking time to celebrate being alive.

She wanted to remind them that Christmas was more than just glitter and garlands—but that color and sparkle were a wonderful way to celebrate the real Joy of Christmas. And before she walked away, she lifted the baby Jesus and gave it a little kiss—just like she'd always done—and laid it in the manger.

spent the evening letting Emily call the shots for what she called "a normal Christmas Eve" night—doing everything from drinking eggnog and eating snack food to watching, of course, How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Finally they hung up Emily's Christmas stocking—a gift that Joy had tucked in one of her magical bins. Marcus hung it on the far edge of the fireplace to prevent the big crackling fire from scorching it.

the spirit of Santa is real. It's the spirit of love and giving, and I like to think that it's symbolic of God's love and generosity. Sort of like a metaphor for children.

In fact take my body who will, take it I say, it is not me. And therefore three cheers for Nantucket; and come a stove boat and stove body when they will, for stave my soul, Jove himself cannot.

Glorious Destinies get you Glorious Funerals.

When I speak of the spiritual, I refer to the recognition within everyone that there is a place of mystery in our lives where forces that are beyond human desire or will alter circumstances and/or guide and direct us. I call these forces divine spirit. When we choose to lead a spirit-filled life, we recognize and celebrate the presence of transcendent spirits.

To live fully we would need to let go of our fear of dying. That fear can only be addressed by the love of living. We have a long history in this nation of believing that to be too celebratory is dangerous, that being optimistic is foolhardy, hence our difficulty in celebrating life, in teaching our children and ourselves how to love life.

Leading her to the table, Rick poured a glass of champagne for her. As they touched glasses, he smiled and said, "Here's looking at you, kid." Yvonne positively glowed.

Wealthy people in the United States have created more charitable organizations and been more philanthropic than any other group in the world. We should celebrate their achievements rather than envy them.