Skipping Thanksgiving Quotes

If you think about a Thanksgiving dinner, it's really like making a large chicken. ~ Ina Garten

Twas the night before Thanksgiving.
All the food's in the oven.
And I'm in the bedroom performin' self lovin'. ~ Craig Ferguson

There is no Thanksgiving back in the old country where I come from. You know why? Because being thankful is a sin. ~ Craig Ferguson

My favorite meal is turkey and mashed potatoes. I love Thanksgiving, it's just my favorite. I can have Thanksgiving all year round. ~ Cindy Margolis

He looked like something that had gotten loose from Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. ~ Harpo Marx

Thanksgiving means thanking the givers. ~ Vikrmn

Thanksgiving was nothing more than a pilgrim-created obstacle in the way of Christmas; a dead bird in the street that forced a brief detour. ~ Augusten Burroughs

Superficial social niceties are far different from the deep emotion of thanksgiving. ~ Alexandra Katehakis

The gift of speaking in tongues enables us to experience deeper prayer and thanksgiving ~ Sunday Adelaja

If no one shopped on Thanksgiving Day, the stores wouldn't open. End of story. I say we all take the pledge and stay home. Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for what you have, not to save a few dollars to get more. ~ Regina Brett

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. ~ Marilu Henner

I'd start to sing, and the record would start skipping. You'd be skipping along with it. Those were the days, my friend. We'd look so stupid, but the kids loved it. ~ Wilson Pickett

There are a lot of New York City Thanksgiving traditions. For example, a lot of New Yorkers don't buy the frozen Thanksgiving turkey. They prefer to buy the bird live and then push it in front of a subway train. ~ David Letterman

How wonderful it would be if we could help our children and grandchildren to learn thanksgiving at an early age. Thanksgiving opens the doors. It changes a child's personality. A child is resentful, negative, or thankful. Thankful children want to give, they radiate happiness, they draw people. ~ John Templeton

My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch. ~ Katharine McPhee

Over the Thanksgiving holiday I took time to reflect on what is most important to me and realized I need to find a way to put the fun back into racing. ~ Kurt Busch

When you wake up every morning, let thanksgiving be your first thought. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Thanksgiving, when the Indians said, "Well, this has been fun, but we know you have a long voyage back to England". ~ Jay Leno

Numberless marks does man bear in his soul, that he is fallen and estranged from God; but nothing gives a greater proof thereof, than that backwardness, which every one finds within himself, to the duty of praise and thanksgiving. ~ George Whitefield

Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year. ~ P. J. O'Rourke

Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants. ~ Kevin James

Thanksgiving, to be truly Thanksgiving, is first thanks, then giving. ~ Jacob Braude

No One Diets on Thanksgiving. ~ Erma Bombeck

For, after all, put it as we may to ourselves, we are all of us from birth to death guests at a table which we did not spread. ~ Rebecca Harding Davis

I like to stuff myself at Thanksgiving, not turkeys. ~ Kevin Nealon

Let thy prayer be thanksgiving. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. ~ W.J. Cameron

Thanksgiving. It's like we didn't even try to come up with a tradition. The tradition is, we overeat. 'Hey, how about at Thanksgiving we just eat a lot?' 'But we do that every day!' 'Oh. What if we eat a lot with people that annoy the hell out of us?' ~ Jim Gaffigan

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. ~ Erma Bombeck

My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor. ~ Phyllis Diller

An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. ~ Irv Kupcinet

Why go to so much trouble when Cranberry Juice, Chicken Broth, and Vodka tastes just like Thanksgiving Dinner, and you can enjoy it alone. ~ Ray Palla

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. ~ Victor Hugo

I've spent a lot of Thanksgivings on the road with my band, so anytime that I can spend Thanksgiving with my family in a traditional aspect, eating sweet potatoes and cranberries and stuffing and all the trappings of Thanksgiving and then get on a treadmill the next day extra long, I'm happy. ~ Richie Sambora

I suggest a nationwide reading of the Holy Scriptures during the period from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

Eucharisteo - thanksgiving - always precedes the miracle. ~ Ann Voskamp

I love chicken. I would eat chicken fingers on Thanksgiving if it were socially acceptable. ~ Todd Barry

It is impossible to be negative while we are giving thanks. ~ Donald Curtis

Overeating at Thanksgiving is a case in point. It's a national tradition. ~ Eric Samuel Timm

My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow. ~ Rita Rudner

There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way. ~ Jim Rohn

North Carolina was where you could have Thanksgiving and feel like it was Thanksgiving. ~ David H. Murdock

I am blessed with 365 days of thanksgiving and answered prayer. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The purest form of thanksgiving unto God is a reflected in our knowledge and understanding about who He is, not what we receive from Him! Thanksgiving is a continuous celebration of God's awesome nature and Supreme Being! ~ Israelmore Ayivor

In this season of thanksgiving, I'm equally grateful to the people who said NO. I didn't see it then, I see it now. Thank you! ~ Assegid Habtewold

May my thanksgiving be my prayer. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

I'll be there for Thanksgiving', Mike said before hanging up, and she heard his kiss on the phone--the kind reserved for family." Things Unsaid, from Chapter, "Thanksgiving ~ Diana Y. Paul

We're having Thanksgiving at our place," he said. "An old-fashioned Thanksgiving." "With drag queens and hookers and cranberry sauce?" I asked breathlessly. "Just like at Grandma's," he replied. ~ Josh Kilmer-Purcell

Not that kind of cheating," Mags said. "More like ... skipping ahead. If you like someone, you should have to make an effort. You should have to get to know the person
you should have to work for that first kiss. ~ Rainbow Rowell

America has developed a pie tradition unequivocally and unapologetically at the sweet end of the scale, and at no time is this better demonstrated than at Thanksgiving. ~ Janet Clarkson

Thanksgiving comes to us out of the prehistoric dimness, universal to all ages and all faiths. At whatever straws we must grasp, there is always a time for gratitude and new beginnings. ~ J. Robert Moskin

The turkey that President Obama will pardon this Thanksgiving is from California. The turkey said, I don't need a pardon. I need a job.' ~ Conan O'Brien

Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate. ~ Bo Burnham

Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving. ~ Amy Grant

It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan? ~ David Letterman

Thanksgiving Day is a day devoted by persons with inflammatory rheumatism to thanking a loving Father that it is not hydrophobia. ~ H.L. Mencken

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings. ~ Edwin Percy Whipple

Thanksgiving is the holiday that encompasses all others. All of them, from Martin Luther King Day to Arbor Day to Christmas to Valentine's Day, are in one way or another about being thankful. ~ Jonathan Safran Foer

It was surprisingly difficult to find prayers of thanks - the least represented of any type of prayer. ~ Marie Noël

On ol' Halloween Night
These monsters join the living
If they had it their way
They'd stay until Thanksgiving ~ Casey Browning

Sharing in God's blessings is at the heart of Thanksgiving and at the core of the American spirit. ~ William J. Clinton

One moment of prayer, of weak worship, confused contrition, tepid thanksgiving, or pitiful petition will bring us closer to God than all the books of theology in the world. ~ Peter Kreeft

The joy of living is the heart of thanksgiving. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

When I was a kid in Indiana, we thought it would be fun to get a turkey a year ahead of time and feed it and so on for the following Thanksgiving. But by the time Thanksgiving came around, we sort of thought of the turkey as a pet, so we ate the dog. Only kidding. It was the cat! ~ David Letterman

Thanksgiving is not only being aware of the abundance of good in the world but embracing it. ~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I celebrated Thanksgiving in an old-fashioned way. I invited everyone in my neighborhood to my house, we had an enormous feast, and then I killed them and took their land. ~ Jon Stewart

While I may not always feel joy, God asks me to give thanks in all things because He knows that the feeling of joy begins in the action of thanksgiving. ~ Ann Voskamp

Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in 'Waiting for Guffman,' but on Thanksgiving you're putting on a show! ~ Ted Allen

You shouldn't allow people who hurt you to occupy a fraction of your heart. Forgive and move on, especially in this season of thanksgiving. ~ Assegid Habtewold

It's the Thanksgiving rule. That's another life tip." "Explain," I said. "Oh, Thanksgiving is this massive meal that usually takes someone about three days to prepare, and then everyone sits down and eats it in about fifteen minutes. The trick is to learn to take your time with Thanksgiving. You have to get everyone to promise that they won't get up for anything for at least an hour. Maybe two. ~ Joseph Monninger

Contemporary American children, if they are old enough to grasp the concept of Santa Claus by Thanksgiving, are able to see through it by December 15th. ~ Roy Blount, Jr.

I do, therefore, invite my fellow citizens ... to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Thanksgiving-day, I fear, If one the solemn truth must touch, Is celebrated, not so much To thank the Lord for blessing o'er, As for the sake of getting more! ~ Will Carleton

As much as I love crisp, clean whites, there's always a time for rich but balanced Chardonnays with oak, especially at Thanksgiving. ~ Gary Vaynerchuk

The turkeys that most Americans eat for Thanksgiving are turkeys - losers that are mass produced and bland. ~ Marian Burros

I trust you. It's a very strange sensation."
"Yeah, well, I'll try to hold myself back from going skipping across the plateau in joy."
Adolin grinned. "I'd pay to see that."
"Me skipping?"
"You happy," Adolin said, laughing. "You've got a face like a storm! I half think you could frighten off a storm. ~ Brandon Sanderson

I love Thanksgiving. In Canada, we don't really have a lot of history with Thanksgiving, and it's a holiday devoted to food, and that warms the cockles of my being. ~ Mackenzie Davis

On Thanksgiving I will stop to give thanks that my family is safe and healthy, especially because I realize that, following the tragedies of this year, it is all too real a possibility that they might not have been. ~ Bobby Jindal

If you're in a position where you can help other people, there is nothing better in life than helping other people. Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! ~ Ellen DeGeneres

Thanksgiving is the day when you turn to another family member and say, 'How long has Mom been drinking like this?' My Mom, after six Bloody Marys looks at the turkey and goes, 'Here, kitty, kitty.' ~ David Letterman

When people come to my act any time after Thanksgiving, I usually say, You shouldn't be here. You should be shopping. Our economy depends on you! You should be out there buying stuff.' ~ Lewis Black

Thanksgiving is an emotional holiday. People travel thousands of miles to be with people they only see once a year. And then discover once a year is way too often. ~ Johnny Carson

It was dramatic to watch my grandmother decapitate a turkey with an ax the day before Thanksgiving. Nowadays the expense of hiring grandmothers for the ax work would probably qualify all turkeys so honored with gourmet status. ~ Russell Baker

You know that just before that first Thanksgiving dinner there was one wise, old Native American woman saying, Don't feed them. If you feed them, they'll never leave. ~ Dylan Brody

Our family holidays always include our animals. On Thanksgiving, we love to walk around our farm and visit with our rescued pigs, goats, horses, emus and many other rescued animals. We give them all special vegetables that day, and the whole family enjoys a vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner. We know that the animals are giving thanks that day, and we are also giving thanks for the joy they bring to our lives. ~ Noah Wyle

Thanksgiving - fall's finale. Best damn holiday of the year in my worldly estimation. ~ Carew Papritz

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song. ~ Konrad Von Gesner

During the "first Thanksgiving" at Plymouth, Wampanoag Indians - including a Patuxet Indian named Squanto - helped teach Pilgrims how to farm, fish, and hunt and shared the bounty of that first feast. A TRADITION THAT CONTINUES TODAY AND JESUS AND 9/11. ~ Patton Oswalt

Shopmas now begins on Thanksgiving Day. Apparently, escaping the families you cannot stand to spend another minute with on Thanksgiving Day to go buy them gifts is how some Americans show their affection for one another. Weird. ~ Barry Ritholtz

Don't wait until the fourth Thursday in November, to sit with family and friends to give thanks.
Make every day a day of Thanksgiving! ~ Charmaine J. Forde

He who thanks but with the lips
Thanks but in part;
The full, the true Thanksgiving
Comes from the heart. ~ John G. Shedd

With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. ~ Laurence Binyon

Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter what befalls us in life, we can take the charred remnants and we can reconstruct a life unimaginably richer than that from which the shards and pieces fell. ~ Craig D. Lounsbrough

It would seem that the ingratitude, whereby a subsequent sin causes the return of sins previously forgiven, is a special sin. For, the giving of thanks belongs to counter passion, which is a necessary condition of justice. But justice is a special virtue. Therefore this ingratitude is a special sin. Thanksgiving is a special virtue. But ingratitude is opposed to thanksgiving. Therefore ingratitude is a special sin. ~ Thomas Aquinas

Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fact that God offered a way for man to return to a positive relationship with Him. ~ John Clayton

We thought about Thanksgiving, planned for Thanksgiving and talked of Thanksgiving for weeks beforehand, but the evening before the actual day was the best time of all. Then the house seethed with children and dogs, with friends and cooks, and with delightful smells of baking pie, turkey stuffing and coffee. Every time the doorbell rang we put on another pot of coffee and washed the cups and by the time we went to bed we were so nervous and flighty that when accidentally bumped or brushed against, we buzzed and lit up like pin-ball machines. ~ Betty MacDonald

Say Thanks" is sometimes more important than "Say Cheese". ~ Vikrmn

Christmas is more stressful with present buying and making sure everyone gets included, but Thanksgiving is really not that. I don't ever really get stressed out about the food. ~ Sandra Lee

You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity. ~ Bill Gates