Christmas Every Day

Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.

In the morning, when you find yourself loathe to rise, have this thought at hand: “I am arising to a man’s work. Shall I be annoyed at having to set about the work for which I was born, and for which I was brought into the world? Was I designed for the purpose of lying among the blankets and keeping myself warm?”

— Marcus Aurelius

“No man is poor who has a Godly mother.”
― Abraham Lincoln

My dad liked how January went with Jones. My sisters’ names are Jina and Jacey Jones.

— January Jones

Summer is a promissory note signed in June, its long days spent and gone before you know it, and due to be repaid next January. — Hal Borland

“Always know exactly what you are going to say. Never know how you are going to say it.”

— Nigel Nicolson

I was born on January 8, 1942, exactly three hundred years after the death of Galileo. I estimate, however, that about two hundred thousand other babies were also born that day. I don’t know whether any of them was later interested in astronomy.

— Stephen Hawking

“One’s only ambition in life should be to be happy. Nothing else matters”

— Amanda Holden

My mother taught me how to remain sane when faced with the implacable logic of small children: always give them choice, but controlled choice with inbuilt distraction. Not “would you like to eat your vegetables?” but “would you like to eat your vegetables from a green or a yellow plate?” Worked like a charm.

— Lisa Armstrong