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THANKSGIVING SAYINGS Thanksgiving Sayings These sayings are not all exact quotes nor can we verify who actually coined each of them. Use these sayings for entertainment purposes only. Copyrighted sayings will be removed upon written request from the rightful owner. What we’re really talking about is a wonderful day set aside on the fourth Thursday of November when no one diets. I mean, why else would they call it Thanksgiving?- Erma Bombeck An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.–Irv Kupcinet If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice. ~Meister Eckhart As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. ~Erma Bombeck An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day. ~Irv Kupcinet On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence. ~William Jennings Bryan Happy We-Stole-Your-Land-and-Killed-Your-People Day! ~Thanksgiving toast, from the movie Sweet November Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving. ~W.T. Purkiser "He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."— Epictetus "Here I am 5 o'clock in the morning stuffing bread crumbs up a dead bird's butt." — Roseanne Barr My mother is such a lousy cook that Thanksgiving at her house is a time of sorrow. - Rita Rudner 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 Thanksgiving is so called because we are all so thankful that it only comes once a year. - P.J. O'Rourke There are four unbroken rules when it comes to Thanksgiving: there must be turkey and dressing, cranberries, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie. - John Hadamuscin My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor. | - Phyllis Diller | |||||||