Retro Christmas Quotes & Sayings

It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them. — Man Ray

I supported Hillary Clinton. She would have made an excellent president. I didn't think she could get elected. I thought it was too soon. — Gloria Steinem

Wait for the idea. It may not come at first, but you must be patient, never doubting, waiting in faith. It will come. — Ernest Holmes

Christmas cookies can't help but be retro - they are memory first, sugar-flour-egg-redhot-gumdrop-sparkle reality second. — Dana Goodyear

I've been taught ever since I was a kid that sex is filthy and forbidden, and that's the way I think it should be. The filthier and more forbidden it is, the more exciting it is. — Mel Brooks

We begin to cultivate real love for ourselves when we treat ourselves with compassion. — Sharon Salzberg

What you guys want, I'm for. — Dan Quayle

Death doesn't care about personalities - he's more interested in meeting quotas. — Jasper Fforde

Three matches one by one struck in the night
The first to see your face in its entirety
The second to see your eyes
The last to see your mouth
And the darkness all around to remind me of all these
As I hold you in my arms. — Jacques Prevert

I lost two brothers in an airplane crash, both of them leaving a wife and kids. When I get to Heaven, that's probably the first question I'd like to ask: 'Why was it necessary?' — S. Truett Cathy

I prefer the retro chic of spending Christmas just like Joseph and Mary did - Traveling arduously back to the place of your birth to be counted, with no guarantee of a bed when you get there. — Tina Fey

Oh- and grab the plastic bag over by my suitcase."
I slug down the last of the coffee and get up. The bag contains panty hose. I put them on her desk.
"They're for you."
"You want me to look homeless, desperate, but also kind of fabulous? — Holly Black

I never thought very many people in the world were very much like John Laroche, but I realized more and more that he was only an extreme, not an aberration - that most people in some way or another do strive for something exceptional, something to pursue, even at their peril, rather than abide an ordinary life. — Susan Orlean

When did you get that?"
"The shirt? At Macy's. Winter sale. — Cassandra Clare

We don't get to pick our kin. The best we can hope for is to survive them ... — Jeff Lindsay

You're a clever strategist, but not all battles require tricks. Sometimes the simplest way to kill something is to swim up to it and bite it in half. — Shaun Hick

My parents meant well, but the road to Hell is paved with publicity stunts. — Chuck Palahniuk