Christmas Gift Wrapping Quotes

#1. But fame is theirs - and future days
On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise;
Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead -
"These for their country fought and bled."

Philip Freneau

#2. What is this?" I ventured.
"The start of you and me.

Kristen Ashley

#3. Because you didn't need words when you were sitting in the light.

Benjamin Alire Saenz

#4. I have a wife, I have sons; all these hostages have I given to fortune.

F.L. Lucas

#5. Her diaper is soiled. A.J. has never changed a diaper in his life, though he is a modestly skilled gift wrapper. Back when Nic was alive, Island used to offer free gift wrap at Christmas, and he figures that diaper changing and gift-wrapping must be related proficiencies.

Gabrielle Zevin

#6. Instead of focusing on some thoughts and feelings and pushing away others, just look at them as feathers flying in the wind. The wind is your awareness, your inborn openness and clarity.

Tsoknyi Rinpoche

#7. As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given.

Mary Lou Retton

#8. I report as a machine; I write as a person. That clear dichotomy softens the transition.

Dave Barry

#9. My wife, like many women, actually LIKES wrapping things. If she gives you a gift that requires batteries, she wraps the batteries separately, which to me is very close to being a symptom of mental illness.

Dave Barry

#10. I stole this from Zen Master Suzuki Roshi: If it's not paradoxical it's not true!

C.B. Murphy

#11. For a while I wanted to be a professional baseball pitcher, and then I wanted to be a musician and then sometimes I think I'd like to start a store for gift-wrapping Christmas presents ... But I feel I could do most things I set my mind to, except mechanical things, I'm not very good at that.

John Malkovich