Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael D. Higgins

I want to say a very sincere thank you for this welcome home - it is a wonderful welcome home. It is the place to where I return and where I will always return because it is of Galway that I am.

Melanie Lynskey

I feel so grateful when I see a movie and there's a woman who looks somewhat like me. I'm like, 'Thank you, Samantha Morton!' You know, a woman who feels like a human being. That means so much to me.

Michael Buble

I don't want to be the flavor, the passing thing that the girls scream at. I think that it's more important for me, honestly, that the guy who gets dragged to the show, you know, looks at his wife and says, thank you, that was great and tells his buddies.

Merle Shain

The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving.

Melina Mercouri

We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have cared for them as well as you could, for which we thank you. But now in the name of fairness and morality, please give them back.

Michael Chabon

It never takes longer than a few minutes, when they get together, for everyone to revert to the state of nature, like a party marooned by a shipwreck. That's what a family is. Also the storm at sea, the ship, and the unknown shore. And the hats and the whiskey stills that you make out of bamboo and coconuts. And the fire that you light to keep away the beasts.

Melody Beattie

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

Melody Beattie

Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.

Mark Burnett

When I see someone in a military uniform I make it a point to approach them, shake their hand and say five words... 'thank you for your service.' 'Stars Earn Stripes' is a high energy, fun, action show, but at its heart it is all about those five words.

Marie Lu

You must be as thrilled as I am to meet again.Call it an act of extreme kindness that I requested your leg be bandaged up," she snaps. "I want to see you stand for your execution,and I won't have you dying from infection before I'm through with you." "Thanks.You're very kind.

John Ruskin

The question is not what man can scorn, or disparage, or find fault with, but what he can love, and value, and appreciate.

John Prescott

I have only been seeking to get them to the negotiating table and, thank God, that's where they are.

Theodore Roosevelt

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.

Theodore Roosevelt

No people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness in our own strength, but with the gratitude to the Giver of good who has blessed us.

Kin Hubbard

A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.

Michael Symon

I don't think any other holiday embraces the food of the Midwest quite like Thanksgiving. There's roasted meat and mashed potatoes. But being here is also about heritage. Cleveland is really a giant melting pot - not only is my family a melting pot, but so is the city.

Michael Irvin

You made it something special. Most of all, I want to thank the fans for your support not through the great times that we shared on the football field, but for the last 17 years of my life. You have supported me through all times.

Michael Ian Black

The thing that I think is the most important is taking moments to express your appreciation to your partner. A thank you or a quick kiss can go a long way toward affirming your relationship and commitment to each other. That's not hard to do even when you're juggling insane careers and three kids.

Lev Grossman

I'm happy to report that 'The New Press' is still in business to this day. But not thanks to me. I was a really bad publishing intern.

Paul Claudel

You explain nothing, O poet, but thanks to you all things become explicable.

Patricia Velasquez

Thank God I had all these family values or who knows where I'd be now.

Sloane Crosley

Unless we're talking about old-school, witchcraft-trial violence, can we please phase out the phrase 'girl crush?' While we're at it, if we can axe 'like, total girl crush' unless Total Girl Crush is the name of a fizzy soft drink, in which case I'll take two, thank you.

Sloane Crosley

Insomniacs tend to fall into two general categories - those who give up and those who don't. I don't. I refuse to admit defeat by turning on the light. I will not try to read or watch a movie, thank you. Productivity is a crutch of the weak.

Sinead O'Connor

Fame is a curse... it was the worst phase of my life, which I thank God I'll never have to go through again.

Smokey Robinson

You know what, I'm probably one of the most blessed people there's ever been, and I thank God for it.

John Gresham Machen

I'm so thankful for the active obedience of Christ. No hope without it.

John Greenleaf Whittier

No longer forward or behind I look in hope or fear, But grateful, take the good I find, The best of now and here.

John Greenleaf Whittier

What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye? What calls back the past like the rich pumpkin pie?

P. J. O'Rourke

Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year.

Ozzy Osbourne

Thank God for the bomb. Nuke ya, nuke ya.

Ovid

Thanks are justly due for boons unbought

Hugh Grant

I don't win a lot of prizes, especially at home. Thank you France.

I'll be thankful when it's done. Right now it's all torn up out here.