Best Holiday Thoughts

736 Holiday quotes by 593 unique authors

Strictly speaking, there are no holidays for art; art pursues you everywhere, and that's just fine with the artist. — Elfriede Jelinek
Christmas day is the children's, but the holidays are youth's dancing-time. — Booth Tarkington
He had been to see Mrs. Erlich just before starting home for the holidays, and found her making German Christmas cakes. She took him into… — Willa Cather
The peculiar dignity of men seen eating alone in restaurants on national holidays — Stanley Elkin
I work every day. I work all day. I've never had a holiday. It's all I really want to do. It's what I'm here for.… — Jim Dine
The urge to pass new laws must be seen as an illness, not much different from the urge to bite old women. Anyone suspected of… — Auberon Waugh
I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era. — Bob Iger
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… — Cornel West
WE HAD AN AMAZING STAY AT SURF AND SUNSET VILLA. THE WHOLE FAMILY REALLY ENJOYED THE HOLIDAY AND THE SURF WAS GREAT! — Unknown Author
I grew up in the 1950s and '60s, when it was almost a holiday when a black act would go on Ed Sullivan. — Al Sharpton
It's even pleasant to be sick when you know that there are people who await your recovery as they might await a holiday. — Anton Chekhov
The sensation of falling into the past is not unlike that of coming home for the holidays. — Patrick O'Brian
If psychoanalysis was late 19th century secular Judaism’s way of finding spiritual meaning in a post-religious world, and retail is the late 20th century’s way… — David Rakoff
Halloween is an ancient druidic holiday, one the Celtic peoples have celebrated for millennia. It is the crack between the last golden rays of summer… — Jenny Colgan
I had no desire to become a singer until I heard Billie Holiday. The first time I heard her on a record, it was a… — Susannah McCorkle
I don't believe in Western morality, i.e., don't kill civilians or children, don't destroy holy sites, don't fight during the holiday seasons, don't bomb cemeteries,… — Manis Friedman
There is an atmosphere about the picture theatre that speaks of entertainment and relaxation. The charming surroundings, good music, and the fact that each visitor… — Ivor Novello
Humanity has always conquered the flux of natural time by means of a rhythm between active and passive time-spans. To reconquer his holidays, to establish… — Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
There's something incredibly liberating about a holiday that encourages children to take candy from strangers — Steve Almond
My boyfriend thinks it's crazy that I wear a different bikini every day on holiday. — Tamara Ecclestone
When setting out on a photographic holiday, always provide yourself with two cameras, one to leave in the train going and the other to leave… — W. C. Sellar
I don't want to go to the Bahamas on holiday. I hate islands. I want to go to Brittany, where it's cold and raining, and… — Julie Delpy
Having a holiday weekend without a family member felt like putting on a sweater that had an extra arm. — Pamela Ribon
Thanksgiving is coming. I wonder what the holiday will be like at Dog the Bounty Hunter’s house—obviously, they’ll have a turkey with all-white meat. — Chelsea Handler
Smart, truly hilarious, and entirely sympathetic. Like a hot bubble bath or a holiday at the beach, you won't want it to end. — Cecily von Ziegesar

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