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An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. -- Irv Kupcinet
There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. -- O. Henry
I'm thankful for every moment. -- Al Green
On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence. -- William Jennings Bryan
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget--lest we forget! -- Rudyard Kipling
A dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it. -- Mary Karr
A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen. -- Kin Hubbard
Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day. -- Ronald Reagan
Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. -- Franz Grillparzer
Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving. -- Seneca the Younger
For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. -- Storm Jameson
But see, in our open clearings, how golden the melons lie; Enrich them with sweets and spices, and give us the pumpkin-pie! -- Margaret Junkin Preston
Perhaps it takes a purer faith to praise God for unrealized blessings than for those we once enjoyed or those we enjoy now. -- Aiden Wilson Tozer
And let these altars, wreathed with flowers And piled with fruits, awake again Thanksgivings for the golden hours, The early and the latter rain! -- John Greenleaf Whittier
Before you go out into the world, wash your face in the clear crystal of praise. Bury each yesterday in the fine linen and spices of thankfulness. -- Charles Spurgeon
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
But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. -- Paul the Apostle
We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown. -- Abraham Lincoln
Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet. Believe in man. Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place. There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in. -- Phillips Brooks
It is therefore recommended... to set apart Thursday the eighteenth day of December next, for solemn thanksgiving and praise, that with one heart and one voice the good people may express the grateful feelings of their hearts and consecrate themselves to the service of their divine benefactor. -- Samuel Adams
It must be an odd feeling to be thankful to nobody in particular. Christians in public institutions often see this odd thing happening on Thanksgiving Day. Everyone in the institution seems to be thankful 'in general.' It's very strange. It's a little like being married in general. -- Cornelius Plantinga
Lord, for the erring thought Not unto evil wrought: Lord, for the wicked will Betrayed, and baffled still: For the heart from itself kept, Our thanksgiving accept. For ignorant hopes that were Broken to our blind prayer: For pain, death, sorrow, sent Unto our chastisement: For all loss of seeming good, Quicken our gratitude. -- William Dean Howells
There is one day that is ours. There is one day when all we Americans who are not self-made go back to the old home to eat saleratus biscuits and marvel how much nearer to the porch the old pump looks than it used to. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. -- O. Henry
Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants. -- Kevin James
Thanksgiving Day is a good day to recommit our energies to giving thanks and just giving. -- Amy Grant
My fondest memories are generally the day after Thanksgiving. I get the total decorating Christmas itch. -- Katharine McPhee
If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down. -- Tony Snow
It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. -- Marilu Henner
Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday - it's a day that's American to the core and it's a day that's all about what and how we eat. -- Marcus Samuelsson
In our family, mom and dad are Longhorns, our first two kids are Aggies and we're hoping our last one is a Longhorn. It gives us family fun on Thanksgiving Day. -- Bob Wells
Holiday binge-buying has deep roots in American culture: department stores have been associating turkey gluttony with its spending equivalent since they began sponsoring Thanksgiving Day parades in the early 20th century. -- Adam Davidson
Christmas is a huge thing in my family. We usually start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. We spend Christmas Eve with one set of grandparents, and Christmas Day with the other grandparents and our family. -- Samantha Isler
Black Friday is not another bad hair day in Wall Street. It's the term used by American retailers to describe the day after the Thanksgiving Holiday, seen as the semi-official start of Christmas shopping season. -- Evan Davis
I miss both of my parents terribly every day, but especially as we approach Thanksgiving. We always came together as a family for that holiday, playing capture the flag and touch football and laughing a lot. -- Mark Shriver
It's funny, I was talking to somebody who writes for a cop show, and he was saying how they aren't allowed to acknowledge Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, just because it has to be able to play forever. -- Hannah Simone
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
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
I think I'm going to give my baby her first food on Thanksgiving, make her some organic sweet potato. I'm very excited! It's going to be a big day and my husband is in charge of the turkey - he's the chef of the family! -- Lily Aldridge
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
Let's say you go to a friend's wedding, or Thanksgiving, or Halloween. It'd be great the next day to see what went on with your friends' Thanksgiving weekend, or all the costumes they wore on Halloween, and be able to look back and see what they wore the year before, and the year before that. -- Mike McCue
I am so excited this year getting to play the 85th Anniversary Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Everyone knows on Thanksgiving morning to get up, turn on the TV and watch the parade, so to be an actual participant is going to be fun and I'm looking forward to it. I am gonna have to put on my deer hunting gear, though, to stay warm! -- Rodney Atkins
love iz a big fat turkey and every day iz thanksgiving -- Charles Bukowski
Forever on Thanksgiving Day the heart will find the pathway home. -- Wilbur D. Nesbit
There is something in every season, in every day, to celebrate with thanksgiving. -- Gloria Gaither
He looked like something that had gotten loose from Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. -- Harpo Marx
Thanksgiving day. Let us all give humble, hearty, and sincere thanks now, but the turkeys. -- Mark Twain
Thanksgiving is every day because in this physical body you can spring into eternal paradise. -- Roger Delano Hinkins
I suggest a nationwide reading of the Holy Scriptures during the period from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
One of the first choices we make every day is your attitude. Wake up and put on an attitude of thanksgiving! -- Victoria Osteen
Thanksgiving Day is a day devoted by persons with inflammatory rheumatism to thanking a loving Father that it is not hydrophobia. -- H. L. Mencken
Its better to pace yourself throughout a big day like Thanksgiving by having something healthful for breakfast and something light for lunch. -- Marilu Henner
Thanksgiving is the day you don't know if you're invited for dinner or an intervention either way is going to be an ambush. -- Felipe Esparza
Every day is Thanksgiving for me, man. Yeah, I still have an audience, and they ask the local promoter, "When is Al coming back?" . -- Al Jarreau
Its almost Thanksgiving! A day when you get to hear your extended family use racial slurs for groups are not taking away their jobs. -- Jen Kirkman
The Christian who walks with the Lord and keeps constant communion with Him will see many reason for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long. -- Warren W. Wiersbe
Start each day with thanksgiving, prayer, reading of the Scriptures, listening to music while engage in exercise; you will be motivated for the entire day. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Every day is Thanksgiving.On this stage you're going to hear God and none of them other words, and I ain't going to touch my stuff. -- Al Jarreau
The Chinamen built the railroad, the Indians saved the Pilgrim, And in return, the Pilgrim killed 'em. They call it it Thanksgiving, I call your holiday 'hell-day.' -- Nas
For every moment of joy Every hour of fear For every winding road that brought me here For every breath, for every day of living This is my Thanksgiving -- Don Henley
I make a special point of working on Thanksgiving Day. I have friends I go out with but I even make it plain to them. The standard reason for Thanksgiving doesn't mean nothing to me. -- John Henrik Clarke
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has new balloons this year including the Pillsbury Doughboy balloon and the first openly gay balloon. Also the Thomas Tank Engine balloon, and they even have the Ebola nurse balloon. -- David Letterman

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