December Quotes

252 December quotes by 223 unique authors

Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the… — P.J. O'Rourke
As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our… — Donald E. Westlake
Something that's of common interest to every man, woman and child on the planet must surely be the notion of 'Peace'. Without 'Peace' we cannot… — Annie Lennox
In the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (December 1948) in most solemn form, the dignity of a person is acknowledged to all human beings; and… — Pope John XXIII
Christmas reminds us we are not alone. We are not unrelated atoms, jouncing and ricocheting amid aliens, but are a part of something, which holds… — Donald E. Westlake
I have lived with passion and in a hurry, trying to accomplish too many things. I never had time to think about my beliefs until… — Isabel Allende
I never had time to think about my beliefs until my 28-year-old daughter Paula fell ill. She was in a coma for a year, and… — Isabel Allende
For more than a decade, I led an organization that put on an elaborate Christmas program each December. It was a big production, with over… — John C. Maxwell
In Naples, Fla., I met a self-made man, a multimillionaire, whose round penthouse apartment is home to Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Henry Moore, and Mickey… — Jane Leavy
Forecasting Armageddon has become trendy of late, with a great deal of attention being given to an interpretation of the Mayan Calendar suggesting that Mother… — Seth Shostak
In December 2012, the U.S. 9th district court granted a temporary injunction to the Japanese whalers that ordered the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society U.S.A. to… — Paul Watson
The Caucus I joined in 1953 had as many Boer War veterans as men who had seen active service in World War II, three from… — Gough Whitlam
I was born in the shadow of World War II, on December 18, 1939, on the South Shore of Long Island, a product of the… — Harold E. Varmus
To be sure, debates will linger about whether Medicare is too large or too small. Debates remain about the allocation of Medicare dollars. But December… — Michael Johns
On December 5, 1941, Chicago led a task force built around the carrier Lexington to Midway Island, at the western end of the Hawaiian Islands,… — Jack Adams
The reason it takes us from November the second to December the sixth to certify is because we have a very tedious, very comprehensive process… — Kenneth Blackwell
On December 18, 1940, Hitler signed Directive Number 21, better known as Operation Barbarossa. — Leopold Trepper
On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors… — Ryan White
Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbour. My dream… — Leon Askin
In less than eighteen months, it prepared a first draft which it submitted to the General Assembly and which, at the end of one hundred… — Rene Cassin
Someone said that God gave us memories so that we might have roses in December — J M Barrie
Will you love me in December as you do in May, Will you love me in the good old fashioned way? When my hair has… — James Walker
Your friendship is a glowing ember Through the year; and each December From its warm and living spark We kindle flame against the dark And… — Unknown Author
The night of December 25, to which date the Nativity of Christ was ultimately assigned, was exactly that of the birth of the Persian savior… — Joseph Campbell
God gave us memories that we might have roses in December. — JM Barrie

Who Wrote These December Quotes

223 authors contributed a total of 252 December Quotes, led by these top contributors: