Holiday Quotes
Words for switching off and slowing down.
This collection leans into holidays as a break from routine — from a lazy weekend spent improving the home front to the kind of getaway that clears your head. Explore our Wishes if you're sending someone off on their own trip.
Not that I went into the Olympics with any doubt, but my holiday plans afterwards depended on how well I did - bronze, silver or gold.
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One day, I'd like to tackle a biopic. I grew up very influenced by Josephine Baker, Billie Holiday, and Nina Simone.
I used to have a very unmediated experience of food but, because of the recipe testing, I've lost that now. I can't switch it off even when I'm on holiday.
Celebration Quotes
In 1924, I became a Dozent in Gottingen and worked out the quantum mechanics during a holiday stay on Heligoland.
When Billie Holiday sings a song, I hear the song, but I always hear her and her truth.
Emotion Quotes
My great hero is Billie Holiday, and I've always wanted to do an album of standards with a piano-led quartet.
The second trial was a fair trial. I do not call it a second trial. I call it a fair trial, as opposed to the first trial, which was an unfair trial, a Roman holiday.
Joy Quotes
I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.'
There are no accomplished golf tour operators in Indonesia, so a golf holiday there is a do-it-yourself operation. But don't let that deter you.
The moment we finished shooting for 'Bruce Lee,' my wife Upasana reminded of a pending holiday.
My mum was working in London, so I went to school there until I was 12. But every holiday would be in Scotland, and when I went to boarding school, I'd either be there or Scotland.
'A Christmas Story' has become such a special part of the holiday season for so many families.
Rest Quotes
I have a little bit of an addiction to work. So I'm always hiding in the bathroom with my Blackberry to work when I'm on holiday.
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Need a lighter touch? Check our Jokes for holiday humour, or browse a status line to caption your next day off.
