“Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ.”
Thanksgiving is built around a table, and the best parts happen between bites. These quotes celebrate gratitude, family gatherings, the comfort of traditions, and the particular warmth of a holiday centered on being thankful for what you have.
“My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it.”
“Thanksgiving is a season that is very much in accord with the themes and teachings of Jesus Christ.”
“My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.”
“Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.”
“There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.”
“The craft Emmys are kind of the kids' table at Thanksgiving. You're not really invited to the big dance. It's still really, really exciting, and the statue still counts.”
“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.”
“Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.”
“If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.”
“Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.”
“My whole problem is that all of my favorite things at Thanksgiving are the starches, and everyone is trying to go low-carb this year, even a green vegetable has carbs in it.”
“As much as I love crisp, clean whites, there's always a time for rich but balanced Chardonnays with oak, especially at Thanksgiving.”
“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.”
“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.”
“A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen.”
“Not to sound too much like Christopher Guest in 'Waiting for Guffman,' but on Thanksgiving you're putting on a show!”