Christmas Quotes

Small: At Christmas our house is like a Donnie and Marie Christmas Special
Kevin Richardson
"At Christmas our house is like a Donnie and Marie Christmas Special"
Kevin Richardson, Musician
Small: A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you cant louse it up
Leonard Maltin
"A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up"
Leonard Maltin, Critic
Small: Godot is whatever it is in life that you are waiting for: Im waiting to win the lottery. Im waiting to fall in
"Godot is whatever it is in life that you are waiting for: 'I'm waiting to win the lottery. I'm waiting to fall in love'. For me, as a child, it was Christmas. At least that eventually came"
Ian Mckellen, Actor
Small: My mother was a professional sick person she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. Its ju
Jim Carrey
"My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her alone at Christmas time"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
Small: When I was 12, all I wanted for Christmas was a trampoline or a four-wheeler. I ended up getting both presents
Chris Brown
"When I was 12, all I wanted for Christmas was a trampoline or a four-wheeler. I ended up getting both presents for Christmas"
Chris Brown, Musician
Small: The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime
Beth Henley
"The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi"
Beth Henley, Playwright
Small: We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter,
"We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice"
Pope Paul VI, Clergyman
Small: Those worship songs on the Christmas project will air on PBS television. Thats highly unusual
"Those worship songs on the Christmas project will air on PBS television. That's highly unusual"
John Tesh, Musician
Small: Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas
Johnny Carson
"Mail your packages early so the post office can lose them in time for Christmas"
Johnny Carson, Comedian
Small: Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I
Tony Visconti
"Our last jam session was this past Christmas. Dad played his harmonica, mom sang in English and Italian, and I played guitar. I'm so happy that we could share that musical experience for one last time"
Tony Visconti, Musician
Small: I just travel all the time. And I was just looking at the schedules now and starting the first week of October
Ivan Lendl
"I just travel all the time. And I was just looking at the schedules now and starting the first week of October I will be every weekend with somebody at tournaments through Christmas. So it gets very difficult to just go away and not do that"
Ivan Lendl, Athlete
Small: In fact, I was one of the few trusted people that Lucy allowed to play with their kids. I spent time at their
"In fact, I was one of the few trusted people that Lucy allowed to play with their kids. I spent time at their summer home, rode horses at their ranch, and swam at their beach house. I even spent a Christmas with them at Palm Springs one year"
Keith Thibodeaux, Musician
Small: To understand this Christmas record, you have to understand our ministry
"To understand this Christmas record, you have to understand our ministry"
John Tesh, Musician
Small: Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska wont make it white
"Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'"
Bing Crosby, Musician
Small: I dont want to see people decorating a house or digging a garden. As for guys like Jonathan Ross, he got an aw
Ian St. John
"I don't want to see people decorating a house or digging a garden. As for guys like Jonathan Ross, he got an award there last Christmas. What for? He doesn't sing, dance or tell jokes, does he?"
Ian St. John, Athlete
Small: Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dads. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game whe
"Come Christmas Eve, we usually go to my mom and dad's. Everybody brings one gift and then we play that game when we all steal it from each other. Some are really cool, others are useful and some are a bit out there"
Amy Grant, Musician
Small: Id like to do a Christmas album. Ive never done a Christmas album
"I'd like to do a Christmas album. I've never done a Christmas album"
Tanya Tucker, Musician
Small: Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my moth
"Actually, my mother and Alfie came for three weeks' Christmas vacation and stayed for 21 years. I guess my mother never went back because she was lonely"
Frank McCourt, Author
Small: I dont think Christmas is necessarily about things. Its about being good to one another, its about the Christi
"I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness"
Carrie Fisher, Actress
Small: Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of m
"Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own"
Ethel Merman, Musician
Small: Im so depressed. Christmas is the worst of all. Holidays are terrible, worse than Sundays. I get melancholia
"I'm so depressed. Christmas is the worst of all. Holidays are terrible, worse than Sundays. I get melancholia"
David O. Selznick, Producer
Small: We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible
"We always had lutefisk for Christmas dinner, after which Dad read from the Norwegian Bible"
Peter Agre, Scientist
Small: Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the
Wendy Cope
"Bloody Christmas, here again, let us raise a loving cup, peace on earth, goodwill to men, and make them do the washing up"
Wendy Cope, Poet
Small: I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They m
"I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didn't believe them"
Frances Farmer, Actress
Small: Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas, and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a
"Dad bought me a toy drum one Christmas, and I eventually destroyed it. I wanted a real drum and he bought me a snare drum. Dad continued to buy me one drum after the other"
Keith Thibodeaux, Musician
Small: From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it
"From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it"
Katherine Whitehorn, Journalist
Small: I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. Theres still a lot more about Christmas that can be captured and fee
"I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be captured and feel like old-time Christmas. A lot of the traditions haven't been explained in song"
Clint Black, Musician
Small: I remember wishing there was snow in L.A. And how jealous we used to get of those Christmas specials with kids
"I remember wishing there was snow in L.A. And how jealous we used to get of those Christmas specials with kids playing in the snow"
Ice Cube, Musician
Small: My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. Its just not D
Tom Hanks
"My favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet on the Western Front. It's just not December without that movie in my house"
Tom Hanks, Actor
Small: Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday
"Christmas is the antithesis of Thanksgiving. Christmas is pretty much a man-made holiday"
John Clayton
Small: I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this
"I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards"
Suzy Bogguss, Musician
Small: The denominational world tries to pressure its members to focus on the birth of Christ, but in doing so layers
"The denominational world tries to pressure its members to focus on the birth of Christ, but in doing so layers of guilt are imposed, and competition gets complicated as one Christmas program tries to outdo the other"
John Clayton
Small: Fantastic! Right in the middle of that long stretch between Christmas and Spring Break, your coats are getting
"Fantastic! Right in the middle of that long stretch between Christmas and Spring Break, your coats are getting dirty, everything's dark, dingy - what a great time for a movie!"
John Hughes, Director
Small: We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my memory fails me completely
"We never really had any kind of a Christmas. This is one part where my memory fails me completely"
Frank McCourt, Author
Small: Christmas albums are not something you do frequently
"Christmas albums are not something you do frequently"
Isaac Hanson, Musician
Small: I dont know of too many double Christmas albums, so it is something thats new, and hopefully will be fun, and
"I don't know of too many double Christmas albums, so it is something that's new, and hopefully will be fun, and there's plenty of stuff out there to cut"
Garth Brooks, Musician
Small: There are very few people who have done more than one Christmas album
"There are very few people who have done more than one Christmas album"
Isaac Hanson, Musician
Small: So many people release albums before Christmas and they get lost in the Christmas rush
"So many people release albums before Christmas and they get lost in the Christmas rush"
Bonnie Tyler, Musician
Small: What Im not saying is that all government spending is bad. Its not - far, far from it, but there is no free lu
Arthur Laffer
"What I'm not saying is that all government spending is bad. It's not - far, far from it, but there is no free lunch, as a former colleague of mine used to say. There is no public tooth fairy. Father Christmas does not work on the Treasury staff this year. You can never bail someone out of trouble without putting someone else into trouble"
Arthur Laffer, Economist
Small: Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in m
"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas"
Calvin Coolidge, President