Famous Quotes & Sayings

It made me remember how I played and how I got my shot and how I had fun in junior college. Doing the little things. That was the main thing of Christmas break: Get back on my game.

Jose Fernandez

It's like the build-up to Christmas, waiting to open the big present under the tree. You don't know what you're going to get. Hopefully the NCAA selection committee is like a whole big Santa Claus.

It's going to shape up to be a real messy Christmas season. It's very hard to read. Some companies had a very strong Thanksgiving weekend, others weak.

It's good, and it's bad. It's strange being away from your family. But last year, I was sitting at home with them on Christmas wishing I was somewhere else.

Kate Christensen

Country ham is baked whole, usually with a glaze, sometimes studded with cloves, and served as the centerpiece of Christmas and Easter feasts.

When Halloween merchandise starts to sell, moving in Christmas merchandise is a natural transition.

Pope Paul VI

We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Blow, bugles of battle, the marches of peace; East, west, north, and south let the long quarrel cease; Sing the song of great joy that the angels began, Sing the glory to God and of good-will to man!

John Greenleaf Whittier

A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas!

John Greenleaf Whittier

the joy that you give to others is the joy that comes back to you

Johann Lamont

I've taught fifth-year Christmas leavers last thing on a Friday afternoon. Basically, if you can face that you can face anything.

Mo Rocca

I love the excess of Christmas. The shopping season that begins in September, the bad pop star recordings of Christmas carols, the decorations that don't know when to come down.

Mo Rocca

Christmas is a stocking stuffed with sugary goodness.

Paul Engle

The sharpest memory of our old-fashioned Christmas eve is my mother's hand making sure I was settled in bed.

Matt Groening

Aren't we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa.

Pat Boone

The greatest thing is not to believe in Santa Claus; it is to be Santa Claus.

Pat Boone

The Christmas spirit - love - changes hearts and lives.

Pat Boone

Christmas is a good time to take stock of our blessings.

Pam Brown

We expect too much at Christmas. It's got to be magical. It's got to go right. Feasting. Fun. The perfect present. All that anticipation. Take it easy. Love's the thing. The rest is tinsel.

Milton Berle

War toys are scary. They have a rocket launcher with a bayonet attached, in case you miss.

Milton Berle

There are a lot of things money can't buy. Not one of them is on my son's list.

Milton Berle

For Christmas the just came out with a battery-operated battery. But the batteries aren't included.

Milton Berle

I bought my son an indestructible toy. Yesterday he left it in the driveway. It broke my car.

Milton Berle

I gave my wife a gift certificate for Christmas. She ran out to exchange it for a bigger size.

Milton Berle

I just bought a great gift for my boss - a leaky ant farm.

Milton Berle

I made a terrible mistake last Christmas. My wife made me swear that I wouldn't give her a fancy gift. And I didn't.

Milton Berle

I wanted to get the guy who works next to me in the office something he really wants, but how do you wrap up a saloon?

Milton Berle

I was in a department store and I saw a weird-looking gadget. I asked the young saleslady what it was. She answered, "It doesn't do anything. It's just a Christmas gift."

Milton Berle

In the suburbs it's hard to buy your Christmas gifts early in the year. You never know who your friends will be in December.

Milton Berle

My son has a big Christmas problem - what do you buy for a father who has everything and you're using it?

Milton Berle

I bought my son a bat for Christmas. On New Year's it flew away.

Milton Berle

At the Christmas party, the secretary with the long red hair ate three pickles, and four salesmen panicked.

Milton Berle

Every year my boss used to give me a bottle of expensive brandy because I'd told him that my doctor suggested a drink once in a while. This year my boss gave me the name of a new doctor.