Famous Quotes

"Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo, it presently turns out to be so."

Stephen Leacock on Christmas

More quotes about Christmas

• "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 on Christmas

• "He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree."

  Roy L. Smith on Christmas

• "The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live."

  George Carlin on Christmas

• "Maybe Christmas, the Grinch thought, doesn't come from a store."

  Dr. Seuss on Christmas

• "A good conscience is a continual Christmas."

  Benjamin Franklin on Christmas

More quotes by Stephen Leacock

• "It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required."

• "I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."

• "Personally, I would sooner have written Alice in Wonderland than the whole Encyclopedia Britannica."

• "Advertising: the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it."

• "Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl."