264 private quotes tagged christmas

“From the time that I can remember, I worked to make money - either baby-sitting, or one year wrapping gifts at a department store at Christmas, so I could have my own money.”— Christie Hefner

“The unfortunate thing about working for yourself is that you have the worst boss in the world. I work every day of the year except at Christmas, when I work a half day.”— David Eddings

“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

“It's more like Christmas, you know, when you get a shot in that looks great and it's exactly what you want. It's a great feeling, and there's nothing like it.”— Zack Snyder

“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

“A lot of sequins for New Year's! Red, green, white - I fail at all of that because I'm always in black. But for Christmas, I do love wearing cute dresses with tights and a pair of boots.”— Ashley Benson

“I'd like to do a Christmas album. I've never done a Christmas album.”— Tanya Tucker

“I was talking to one of my aunties at Christmas and she said she didn't think it was ever in my nature to go against the grain, that I was always a good boy. I think she was right - I did always want to be good.”— James McAvoy

“I never really did Christmas before. Christmas Day? I mean - what's that? What's it all about? I was always flying on Christmas Day.”— Monica Seles

“Did you know that Christmas Day is absolutely the best day to fly? It is. No crowded airports and crowded planes. I always flew to Australia. That's what Christmas was for me - a plane journey to the next tournament.”— Monica Seles

“I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!”— Nancy Kerrigan

“He put a ring in the toe of a stocking. On Christmas Eve, we opened our stockings and it was there at the bottom of the toe. Then he got down on his knees and he was shaking.”— Kyra Sedgwick

“A friend gave me a CD of the 'Pathetique' Symphony as a Christmas present. I went home, and I put on the CD expecting to listen to Tchaikovsky. But it started 'ta ta ta taaa.' It was too long for me. I didn't understand it at first, but then I fell in love, in love, in love.”— Gustavo Dudamel

“It will be a hard game if you think about winning a championship. We need to think about our own game at the moment and focus on getting good results especially over the Christmas period.”— Dennis Bergkamp

“I got a guitar when I was about 14, for a Christmas present, and went from there.”— Robin Trower

“In 1934, the American Jewish charities offered to find homes for 300 German refugee children. We were on the SS Washington, bound for New York, Christmas 1934.”— Jack Steinberger

“In the spring of 1994 I decided not to seek reelection to the Senate. I had made the decision 12 years earlier, Christmas Day of 1982, just after I had been first elected to a full term, that I would do the best I could for a limited time.”— George J. Mitchell

“I stone got crazy when I saw somebody run down them strings with a bottleneck. My eyes lit up like a Christmas tree and I said that I had to learn.”— Muddy Waters

“I didn't know the full dimensions of forever, but I knew it was longer than waiting for Christmas to come.”— Richard Brautigan

“It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave me a tennis racquet for Christmas, tennis is a lifelong sport that can be enjoyed by people of almost any age. It's also something you never forget once you learn.”— Samantha Stosur

“'The war in Iraq - if Osama was a Christian - it's the Christmas present he never would have expected.”— Michael Scheuer

“It's fun when you start a movie, because it's kind of like you get to go Christmas shopping... you get to make your wish list and you start thinking about what each character needs.”— Spike Jonze

“It always depresses me when people moan about how commercial Christmas is. I love everything about it. The tradition of having this great big feast, slap bang in the middle of winter, is an essential thing to look forward to at the end of the year.”— Richard E. Grant

“I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more cynical about Christmas. There's more of an edge.”— Leonard Maltin

“A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up.”— Leonard Maltin