"A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists."
- Don Marquis
Awareness
"What I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present."
- Don Marquis
Compassion
"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'"
- Don Marquis
Hard Work
"“What I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present.”"
- Don Marquis
Forgiveness
"When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?'"
- Don Marquis
Ambition
"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."
- Archer
Philosophy
"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."
- Paine
Philosophy
"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."
- Eric Sevareid
Philosophy
"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
Philosophy
"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."
- G.K. Chesterton
Philosophy