December 31, 2013

You know what the great thing about babies is? They are like little bundles of hope. Like the future in a basket.

- Lish McBride, Hold Me Closer, Necromancer

December 30, 2013

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

- Plato

December 29, 2013

For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments.

- James Brady

December 28, 2013

God gave you a gift of 84,600 seconds today. Have you used one of them to say thank you?

- William Arthur Ward

December 27, 2013

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.

- Norman Vincent Peale

December 26, 2013

An empty belly is the best cook.

- Estonian Proverb

December 25, 2013

You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!

- Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

December 24, 2013

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.

- Margaret Thatcher

December 23, 2013

Clark: Our holidays were always such a mess.
Clark Sr.: Oh, yeah.
Clark: How'd you get through it?
Clark Sr.: I had a lot of help from Jack Daniels.

- Christmas Vacation

December 22, 2013

Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles.

- Author Unknown

December 21, 2013

A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe.

- Thomas Keller

December 20, 2013

Holly Golightly: You know those days when you get the mean reds?
Paul Varjak: The mean reds, you mean like the blues?
Holly Golightly: No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?
Paul Varjak: Sure.
Holly Golightly: Well, when I get it the only thing that does any good is to jump in a cab and go to Tiffany's. Calms me down right away. The quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there. If I could find a real-life place that'd make me feel like Tiffany's, then - then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name!

- Breakfast at Tiffany's

December 19, 2013

Oh, for the good old days when people would stop Christmas shopping when they ran out of money.

- Author Unknown

December 18, 2013

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

- Calvin Coolidge, 1927

December 17, 2013

As I write, snow is falling outside my Maine window, and indoors all around me half a hundred garden catalogues are in bloom.

- Katharine S. White

December 16, 2013

When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

- G.K. Chesterton

December 15, 2013

Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour.

- John Boswell

December 14, 2013

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.

- Douglas Pagels

December 13, 2013

There's kind of a Zen aspect to bowling. The pins are either staying up or down before you even throw your arm back. It's kind of a mind-set. You want to be in this perfect mind-set before you released the ball.

- Jeff Bridges

December 12, 2013

It is the life of the crystal, the architect of the flake, the fire of the frost, the soul of the sunbeam. This crisp winter air is full of it.

- John Burroughs, "Winter Sunshine"

December 11, 2013

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

- Albert Einstein

December 10, 2013

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

- Langston Hughes

December 09, 2013

Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.

- Lord Byron

December 08, 2013

May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace,
The gladness of Christmas give you hope,
The warmth of Christmas grant you love.

- Author Unknown

December 07, 2013

The best Christmas trees come very close to exceeding nature.

- Andy Rooney

December 06, 2013

When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships.

- Andy Warhol

December 05, 2013

We think we have solved the mystery of creation. Maybe we should patent the universe and charge everyone royalties for their existence.

- Stephen Hawking

December 04, 2013

It's easy to believe in magic when you're young. Anything you couldn't explain was magic then. It didn't matter if it was science or a fairy tale. Electricity and elves were both infinitely mysterious and equally possible - elves probably more so.

- Charles de Lint

December 03, 2013

So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.

- Franz Kafka

December 02, 2013

I enjoy the preparatory elements of travel - packing my bags and choosing my outfits - but my favourite part is getting there.

- Dominic Monaghan

December 01, 2013

If you feel the urge, don't be afraid to go on a wild goose chase. What do you think wild geese are for anyway?

- Will Rogers