Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jay Leno

Well, President-elect Barack Obama and his family are gonna spend the holidays in his home state of Hawaii. And you know who couldn't be more thrilled with this? The press, the reporters who follow the president. Well, think about it. After eight years of spending every holiday cutting brush in Crawford, Texas, they get to go to Hawaii!

Janet Erskine Stuart

I wish that Christmas may be happy and heavenly, and the holidays glow with the gifts of the inner life that God will give to each one.

Christina Hendricks

I definitely am drawn to deeper reds and wine colors for lips and even cheeks during the holiday.

Christina Hendricks

I like to look for gifts throughout the year. If I find the perfect item for someone, I put it in my "gift closet" and keep it for the next holiday. But I often get too excited and just give it to them before!

Christina Applegate

The holidays are also a time when people freak out about their finances. If you don't want to spend the money, why not try some of the other options instead of killing a bunch of animals?

Jhumpa Lahiri

The thought of Christmas overwhelms him. He no longer looks forward to the holiday; he wants only to be on the other side of the season. His impatience makes him feel that he is incontrovertibly, finally, an adult.

Giambattista Valli

Rome holds my psyche in balance. Whenever I'm there, it's like a holiday.

Jennifer Beals

I knew there was something I had to do yesterday. I couldn't remember what it is. I can't figure it out. I know it's a holiday. I know I don't have a meeting. It's very confusing.

Jeremy Paxman

Sharing holiday snaps on social media is an act of arrogant vanity.

Jenny Eclair

The only way to go on holiday is with your expectations at ground level. Convince yourself before you go that the weather's going to be dreadful and there will be nylon sheets. You'll then be pleasantly surprised.

Ice Cube

I like to deal with things I heard about, ... People are always getting their house broken into around the holidays. That's when the crime rate goes up.

Ian K. Smith

Taking a digital holiday is a great way to start bringing balance back into your life.

Iris Murdoch

Those who hope, by retiring from the world, to earn a holiday from human frailty, in themselves and others, are usually disappointed.

Hunter Tylo

CBS started to confiscate our packages and mail as a safety procedure. A lot of packages that people send for the holidays and to our kids we can't open. A lot of times they are from overseas. It's very upsetting at times.

J. K. Rowling

The sooner this wedding's over the happier I'll be." [Ron] "Yeah" said Harry, "then we'll have nothing to do except find Horcruxes....It'll be like a holiday, won't it?

We are seeing nice traffic up to the last minute. We think (the holiday season) is going right down to the wire.

Today was a holiday for some people and that's why we had light volume,

Action Bronson

I love to cook a meal for the so-called holidays. You always need the turkey. I like making a good BBQ brisket as well.

David Letterman

President Obama and his family are spending the holidays in Hawaii, and while they're gone, they got a fence jumper to house sit. Tomorrow, he will be in Hawaii playing golf with Raul Castro and the Pope.

David Letterman

Labour day is a great American holiday that people celebrate by going out and buying products made in China

David Letterman

I think O.J. protests too much. Not only did he say he didn't carve the holiday turkey, but he was in the back yard practicing his golf swing the whole time.

David Letterman

You folks feeling the economic pinch? Are you a little fed up with the economic news? It's bad. The department stores, this holiday season, no Santa Claus. They're laying off department-store Santa Clauses. So more bad news for John McCain.

David O. Selznick

I'm so depressed. Christmas is the worst of all. Holidays are terrible, worse than Sundays. I get melancholia.

Danny Boyle

I grew up in a city, I'm a city person - I go on holiday and I'm bored.

We've been overwhelmed by the wonderful response we've received at our new locations. It's really been surprising to see how many people have just stopped by and left with our merchandise. We sold out of holiday items very quickly.

April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees.

Dan Savage

I wouldn't say that holidays are manufactured by corporations, but they're certainly exploited and mined by them.

Dan Rather

Stay with CBS now for more news, including: Is there a pall over the mall as holiday shoppers think small?

Cornel West

John Coltrane was an addict; Billie Holiday was an addict; Eugene O'Neill was an addict. What would America be without addicts and post-addicts who make such grand contributions to our society?

Conan O'Brien

Happy Cinco de Mayo! It’s a holiday that’s as respectful of Mexican traditions as Epcot Center’s Mexican food pavilion.