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Thanksgiving Dinner - 1942
Thanksgiving is a special holiday and throughout history, many collectable quotes have been recorded. Here’s just a few:
General
Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. W. J. Cameron
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. John F. Kennedy
There is no sincerer love than the love of food. George Bernard Shaw
There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. O. Henry
You say, “If I had a little more, I should be very satisfied”. You make a mistake. If you are not content with what you have, you would not be satisfied if it were doubled. Charles Haddon Spurgeon
Got no check books, got no banks. Still I’d like to express my thanks – I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night. Irving Berlin
When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep? George Canning
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast. William Shakespeare
Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving. Charles Lamb
Inspirational/Religious
If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice. Meister Eckhart
If you count all your assets, you always show a profit. Robert Quillen
O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness. William Shakespeare
We give thanks for unknown blessings on their way. Author Unknown
God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. Izaak Walton
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you?” William A. Ward
Praise God even when you don’t understand what He is doing. Henry Jacobsen
God is pleased with no music below so much as with the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows and supported orphans; of rejoicing, comforted, and thankful persons. Jeremy Taylor
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. Melody Beattie
Humorous
Thanksgiving is an emotional time. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often. Johnny Carson
Thanksgiving, man! Not a good day to be my pants. Kevin James
You know that just before that first Thanksgiving dinner there was one wise, old Native American woman saying, "Don't feed them. If you feed them, they'll never leave." Dylan Brody
I love Thanksgiving turkey….it’s the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts. Arnold Schwarzenegger
An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. Irv Kupcine
Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. Erma Bombeck
It was dramatic to watch my grandmother decapitate a turkey with an ax the day before Thanksgiving. Nowadays the expense of hiring grandmothers for the ax work would probably qualify all turkeys so honored with gourmet status. Russell Baker
I celebrated Thanksgiving in the traditional way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house; we had an enormous feast. And then I killed them and took their land. Jon Stewart
Coexistence: what the farmer does with the turkey -- until Thanksgiving. ~ Mike Connolly
Here I am 5 o'clock in the morning stuffing bread crumbs up a dead bird's butt. ~ Roseanne Barr
Sources: www.quotegarden.com/thanksgiving.html, www.thanksgiving-day.org/thanksgiving-day-quotes.html, www.quotations.about.com/od/specialdays/a/thanksgiving10.htm
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