“I had read that more people committed suicide on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day than at any other time. The holiday… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Let the minor genius go his light way and enjoy his life - the great nature cannot so live, he is never… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
As far as informing the headmaster, Harry had no idea where Dumbledore went during the summer holidays. He amused himself for a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was a 12 year old kid in Northern Idaho listening to Billie Holiday and Lena Horne and Sarah Vaughan and Nat… — Cheyenne Jackson Copy Share Image
I was on holiday recently and I came home to find that one of the papers here had 'bikini'd' me on the… — Amanda Burton Copy Share Image
One of the best parts of Thanksgiving for me is re-watching some of the classic holiday blunders that have been depicted on… — Marlo Thomas Copy Share Image
Whenever I go on holiday, I like to time travel and imagine what it must have been like 500 years ago. I… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
For some unexplained reason, it's always the other end of the table that's wild and raucous, with screaming laughter and a fella… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
My big influences are Joni Mitchell, and a lot of classical and Indian music, as well as Nina Simone and the personal… — Yael Naim Copy Share Image
My mum and dad never went abroad for a holiday. My dad was overseas in the war but never thought about going… — Harry Redknapp Copy Share Image
Christmas is normally my favorite holiday for all the cozy reasons and this year I will be driving across Africa in a… — Gillian Anderson Copy Share Image
My husband and I have enjoyed many summer holidays on the Continent, and many people say that their most memorable trips have… — Margaret Beckett Copy Share Image
Wednesdays were the best thing about Atlantis. The middle of the week was a traditional holiday there. Everyone stopped work and celebrated… — Walter Moers Copy Share Image
I'm probably the only one in the world you can name that's worked with Billie Holiday, Louie Armstrong, Ella, Duke, Miles, Dizzy,… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life...a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the… — Ray Stannard Baker Copy Share Image
“The division of one day from the next must be one of the most profound peculiarities of life on this planet. It… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
'Elf' has become this big holiday movie, and I remember running around the streets of New York in tights saying, 'This could… — Will Ferrell Copy Share Image
I love theatrical props: a cup filled with solid fake tea, say, or a collection of fake food, including a rubber turkey,… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
To the loved one's we've lost. You aren't here to enjoy this holiday with us, but we know you're enjoying heaven, and… — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
“She blinked once, then twice, and yet again, sure what she viewed was just another part of this fantasy world that she… — Fern Michaels Copy Share Image
“NOEL: And even when I don't stay up until midnight, I still enjoy the tradition of New Year's resolutions. What can I… — Hillary DePiano Copy Share Image
Thanksgiving was always a favorite holiday for me. The preparation was fun! My grandma and I would walk to the butcher on… — Debi Mazar Copy Share Image
From 1971 onwards, the Memorial Day holiday was officially observed on the last Monday in May and became the unofficial start of… — Allen West Copy Share Image
Festive seasons are good for releases, but we have to leave some festival dates for other producers to release their films as… — Sajid Nadiadwala Copy Share Image
With few exceptions, every major pop singer in the US during her generation has been touched in some way by her genius.… — Frank Sinatra Copy Share Image
One of the things that happens in my house on the holidays is after dessert, we sit down to a very ambitious… — Bobby Flay Copy Share Image
“nature is not always tricked in holiday attire, but the same scene which yesterday breathed perfume and glittered as for the frolic… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The reason I did the book about holidays is that you're a different person on holiday. You're sleeping somewhere unfamiliar, knocking about… — Karl Pilkington Copy Share Image
Ah, my dad's whistle. On holidays when I was a kid, we would all be off in the rock pools along the… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
With the advent of Twitter and Facebook and other social networking sites, genuine privacy can only be found by renting a private… — Robert Powell Copy Share Image
I certainly knew who was there before me - Nat King Cole, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Billie Holiday - not only because… — Leslie Uggams Copy Share Image
I'm not the number-one fan of the heavy holiday meal. And also, I didn't grow up eating them, the traditional Western holiday… — Samin Nosrat Copy Share Image
What compels the Hindu right's volcanic reaction to Valentine's Day? Some of its members have protested that the holiday is the product… — Elizabeth Flock Copy Share Image
I went to America on holiday when I was 17 and, before I knew it, I'd been signed up by an agency… — Elle Macpherson Copy Share Image
I had no desire to become a singer until I heard Billie Holiday. The first time I heard her on a record,… — Susannah McCorkle Copy Share Image
I have never once celebrated a Valentine's Day as a romantic holiday. For me, it's another opportunity to tell my kids or… — Delilah Copy Share Image
It seems astonishing to be paid for indulging in pure pleasure. For me to go to Coburg is rather as if a… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
I have strong doubts that the first Thanksgiving even remotely resembled the 'history' I was told in second grade. But considering that… — Ellen Orleans Copy Share Image
As a comedian, especially one that works as much as I do, there is a lot of sacrifice. People don't see that… — Gabriel Iglesias Copy Share Image
When you compare Christmas to Hanukkah, there's no comparison. Christmas is great. Hanukkah sucks! First night you get socks. Second night, an… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
