Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings. -William Arthur Ward Thanksgiving
As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice. -Jennifer Granholm Thanksgiving
Thank God for YouTube. Every Thanksgiving, I'm bombarded with 'Turkey Lurkey Time.' -Donna McKechnie Thanksgiving
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 Thanksgiving
Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving. -Joseph Auslander Thanksgiving
One of my most memorable Thanksgiving memories was probably the first year that me and my two brothers decided to start our annual eating contest. We ate throughout the whole day. We started that morning and weighed ourselves, and at the very end of the night, we weighed ourselves out. And all three of us equally gained five pounds. -Charles Kelley Thanksgiving
If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down. -Tony Snow Thanksgiving
There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American. -O. Henry Thanksgiving
I am originally from Florida. So Thanksgiving was always something I really looked forward to, because I got to travel back home every year and see everyone all at once, around one big happy table. -Troy Gentile Thanksgiving
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 Thanksgiving
Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming! -Joseph B. Wirthlin Thanksgiving
Homemade stuffing is my favorite thing about Thanksgiving. I wish people served it more than just once a year. -Troy Gentile Thanksgiving
We all have somebody that sits down at the Thanksgiving table and says the most outrageous things, and you're doin' the dishes with your sister, and you're like, 'Omigod, can you believe she said that?' -Vicki Lawrence Thanksgiving
A lot of Thanksgiving days have been ruined by not carving the turkey in the kitchen. -Kin Hubbard Thanksgiving
Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song. -Konrad von Gesner Thanksgiving
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 Thanksgiving
From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea. -Algernon Charles Swinburne Thanksgiving
I've seen terrorism close up, but I don't live in a state of terror at all. I'm comfortable going to the Manhattan Thanksgiving Day Parade, the tree lighting at Rockefeller Center, Times Square on New Years Eve. For perspective, the world today is a safer place than it was during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Berlin Airlift, World War II. -Douglas Brunt Thanksgiving
