Festivity quotes

“Halloween is my favorite holiday. It's just the best. And I don't have to work! Hey slutty teenage girls dressed as sexy kittens, pump your own stomachs this year!”

Rashida Jones - Ann Perkins

“I think people are going to remember this night. What happened around this manger will be celebrated for thousands of years. Families will come together and exchange presents and sing carols all to remember the grace of this moment that we are witnessing right now.”

Oprah Winfrey - Deborah

“God made countries, God makes kings, and the rules by which they govern. And those rules say that the Sabbath is His. And I for one intend to keep it that way.”

Ian Charleson - Eric Liddell

“Couples should never split up between Thanksgiving and January 2nd. Always have a relationship to see you through the holidays. Always.”
Jude Law - Alfie

“I've always suspected that everyone else is having a far merrier Christmas than I am.”
Jude Law - Alfie

“- Jeremy Collier: The Indians saved the Pilgrims from starvin' to death, so the Pilgrims invited the Indians to share their first harvest feast.
- Maurine Collier: Well, I'm sure the Indians were all Christians by then.
- Jeremy Collier: Oh no, they weren't.”

Emilio Estevez - Jeremy Collier
Kathy Bates - Maurine Collier

“- Edna Buxton: Mother, the dress doesn't fit.
- Mrs. Buxton: The dress fits the occasion. It's you that doesn't fit.”
Illeana Douglas - Edna Buxton
Christina Pickles - Mrs. Buxton

“You're skipping Christmas! Isn't that against the law?”
Erik Per Sullivan - Spike Frohmeyer

“Perhaps it's fate that today is the Fourth of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom... Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution... but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist.”
Bill Pullman - President Thomas J. Whitmore

“Nobody means what they say on Thanksgiving, mom. You know that. That's what the day's supposed to be all about, right? Torture.”

Holly Hunter - Claudia

“- Gwen Jackson: Happy Halloween, Corny!
- Corny: Oh... I'm not a pagan, but thanks all the same.”
Deborah Rush - Gwen Jackson
Mike White - Corny

“Saturday, Donny, is Shabbos, the Jewish day of rest. That means that I don't work, I don't drive a car, I don't fucking ride in a car, I don't handle money, I don't turn on the oven, and I sure as shit don't fucking roll!”
John Goodman - Walter Sobchak

“I wish they could would make Thanksgiving on a Sunday. Then everyone could go to a service before they eat with their families. It'd be more religious, like it was with the Pilgrims.”
Kathy Bates - Maurine Collier

“I'm giving thanks that we don't have to go through this for another year. Except we do, because those bastards went and put Christmas right in the middle, just to punish us.”
Anne Bancroft - Adele

“Merry Christmas, if I don't ever see you again. You have a nice life, Claudia.”
David Strathairn - Russell Terziak

“- Lina: Tonight is Shabbat.
- Jakob: Great. We'll fast like every other night.”
Hannah Taylor Gordon - Lina
Robin Williams - Jakob

“It's great that we can all be together. And this Thanksgiving, no yelling, no hysteria, especially with your grandpa not here, although we miss him.”
Kevin Kline - Ben Hood

“- Dylan Piper: Why can't you find a more normal holiday to get hung up on? Like... Arbor Day! Trees are important too, you know.
- Marnie Piper: Halloween is cool, nature boy! It's ancient, it's strange, and, besides, Mom and Dad met on Halloween.
- Dylan Piper: Shhh! What're you doing? You know talking about Dad always bugsMom out.”
Joey Zimmerman - Dylan Piper
Kimberly J. Brown - Marnie Piper

The Fourth of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day the world declared in one voice: "We will not go quietly into the night!". We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to live on! We're going to survive! Today we celebrate our Independence Day!
Bill Pullman - President Thomas J. Whitmore

“- Miss Purdah: Eldona, you know he's not supposed to see you this special day?
- Chris Thorne: Special day? What is it - Halloween?”

Valri Bromfield - Miss Purdah
Chevy Chase - Chris Thorne