Quotes About Thanksgiving Leftovers

#1. She undoes a clasp on her golden gown and it falls to the floor. She's beautiful. The half of her that's covered in skin. The rest looks like Thanksgiving leftovers a couple of days past their prime.

Richard Kadrey

#2. I've learned that there are two always two stories to one event: the public story and the truth.

Cecelia Ahern

#3. Something is sticking out its tongue at me from the corner of my mirror.

Mason Cooley

#4. If your as good as your word, words should be good enough.

Rainbow Rowell

#5. Until you win a series, it's difficult to place yourself in that elite group of great Lions players. It's not enough to produce one-off performances or be nearly-men.

Brian O'Driscoll

#6. Forty minutes later, I leaned back in my chair, and looked at the thousand or so pages of manuscript towering on my desk. It hit me. Holy cow. This author had total control over this book. Total. And it was one of seven. One. Of. Seven.

Carla Bolte

#7. The (U.K.) government's thesis that the countryside of upland and coastal Britain is 'worth sacrificing to save the planet' is an insult to science, economics and politics. But the greatest insult is to aesthetics. The trouble is that aesthetics has no way of answering back.

Simon Jenkins

#8. The primal duties shine aloft, like stars;
The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless,
Are scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers.

William Wordsworth

#9. The person I miss most is the one I could have been.

George Bernard Shaw

#10. The greatest gift that we can give is our forgiveness, kindness, and above all, our pure love.

Debasish Mridha

#11. I really don't do much on the night of Thanksgiving other than bring the wine and carve the turkey. My contribution comes the day after, in the form of breakfast. I usually just forage through the leftovers for things that will go well with eggs.

Wylie Dufresne

#12. On the whole, I don't want to think too much about why I write what I write. If I know what I'm doing ... I can't do it.

Joan Didion

#13. The concept that you cannot own the airwaves has caused far more harm than good.

Adrian Cronauer

#14. When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can hear that in their music.

Dave Brubeck

#15. In the years to come, the combination of climate change and population growth could have a devastating effect on the planet and, needless to say, on humanity.

Nathaniel Philbrick

#16. A lighthearted prayer for Thanksgiving:

May you have turkey in season
Cranberries for squeezin'
Gravy (within reason)
And leftovers worth freezin'!
Amen

by Merrill Miller of Scottdale, PA

Mary Beth Lind

#17. Cooking Tip: Wrap turkey leftovers in aluminum foil and throw them out.

Nicole Hollander