Thanksgiving quotes to use as a dinner toast or prayer.
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Thanksgiving quotes are great opening words for a pre- dinner toast or a Thanksgiving prayer.
Humorous Thanksgiving quotes to use as a toast:
May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs!
~Author Unknown
Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. ~Erma Bombeck
On Thanksgiving Day, all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment - halftime. ~Author Unknown
Thanksgiving is America's national chow-down feast, the one occasion each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty. ~Michael Dresser
Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants. ~Kevin James
The thing I'm most thankful for right now is elastic waistbands. ~Author Unknown
Thanksgiving Quotes to use as a prayer:
Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life... a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of seedtime and harvest, the ripe product of the year - and the deep, deep connection of all these things with God. ~Ray Stannard Baker (David Grayson)
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~Thornton Wilder
Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel. ~Author Unknown
Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live. ~Attributed to Jacqueline Winspear
Thanksgiving Quotes to use as conversation starters:
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" ~William A. Ward
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, after all, is a word of action. ~W.J. Cameron
Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day. ~Robert Caspar Lintner
Humorous Thanksgiving quotes to use as a toast:
May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs!
~Author Unknown
Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. ~Erma Bombeck
On Thanksgiving Day, all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment - halftime. ~Author Unknown
Thanksgiving is America's national chow-down feast, the one occasion each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty. ~Michael Dresser
Thanksgiving, man. Not a good day to be my pants. ~Kevin James
The thing I'm most thankful for right now is elastic waistbands. ~Author Unknown
Thanksgiving Quotes to use as a prayer:
Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life... a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of the seasons, the beauty of seedtime and harvest, the ripe product of the year - and the deep, deep connection of all these things with God. ~Ray Stannard Baker (David Grayson)
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. ~Thornton Wilder
Hem your blessings with thankfulness so they don't unravel. ~Author Unknown
Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live. ~Attributed to Jacqueline Winspear
Thanksgiving Quotes to use as conversation starters:
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?" ~William A. Ward
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, after all, is a word of action. ~W.J. Cameron
Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day. ~Robert Caspar Lintner
Comments
These are terrific :)
I love the William A Ward one.
Thanks,Gary! I think your idea of bringing a framed quote is terrific! I like the first quote you gave- if I had seen it earlier it would have been in this article! :)
Gary Hirsch
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11/21/2009
Another 2 great quotes for your Thanksgiving toast:
"It's not so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs." - W.S.Gilbert
"Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts." - Oliver Wendell Holmes
We bring quotes printed and framed to our host as a gift which you can find at www.quotepalettes.com.
Thanks so much for sharing these wonderful quotes. America is an amazing country to have a day set aside just to say thanks. It is the crux of our heritage.
A fine listing of quotes to remember the blessings of the holiday.
Good quote coverage. 'Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. You eat, and eat, and eat. Then they bring you pie.' That's my quote.
love the first poem. great list!
Excellent, Kay!!
I agree that this is a nice mixture. Funny and thought-provoking at the same time. So excellent, Kay!
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