英文名言集锦之圣诞节
Ralph W. Sockman:Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder
has been calledour most pregnant human faculty, for in it are born our art, our
science, our religion.
Carolyn Wells:
'Tis blessed to bestow, and yet, Could we bestow the gifts we get, And keep
the ones we giveaway, How happy were our Christmas day!
Pope Paul VI:
We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical
encounter, thedecisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith
knows this truly; let himrejoice.
Freya Stark:
Christmas... is not an eternal event at all, but a piece of one's home that
one carries inone's heart.
Alexander Smith:
Christmas is the day that holds all time together.
Jerry Seinfeld:
That's the true spirit of Christmas; people being helped by people other
than me.
Nick Rahall:
The spirit of Christmas is-and hopefully always will be-about goodwill and
generosity toothers and peace on earth.
Norman Vincent Peale:
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is
softer and morebeautiful.
Garry Moore:
Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as
body.
Robert Lynd:
There are some people who want to throw their arms round you just because
it's Christmas,there are other people who want to strangle you just because its
Christmas.
Richard Lamm:
Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for
it. Deficits arewhen adults tell the government what they want - and their kids
pay for it.
Garrison Keillor:
A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a
thunderstorm, and we all gothrough it together.
James Irwin:
The Earth reminded us of a Christmas tree ornament hanging in the blackness
of space. As wegot farther and farther away it diminished in size. Finally it
shrank to the size of amarble, the most beautiful marble you can imagine.
Washington Irving:
Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall,
the genial flame ofcharity in the heart.
Stephen Fry:
Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully
is better than to arrive.
Carrie Fisher:
I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good
to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness.
Dale Evans:
Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we
give, it's Christmas.
John Doolittle:
The endangered species list has grown this year to include both religious
and secular symbols cherished by Americans
including the nativity, Santa Claus, Christmas trees, candy canes, and
Christmas carols.
Charles Dickens:
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our
childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport
the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!
Grazia Deledda:
According to an ancient Sardinian legend, the bodies of those who are born
on Christmas Eve will never dissolve into dust but are preserved until the end
of time.
Calvin Coolidge:
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace
and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of
Christmas.
Gilbert K. Chesterton:
When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at
Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with
legs?
Phillips Brooks:
The earth has grown old with its burden of care But at Christmas it always
is young, The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair And its soul full of
music breaks the air, When the song of angels is sung.
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