Christmas Every Day

“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

“The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and advise them to do it.”

— Harry S Truman

An admonishment from Mr Hoyle, my English teacher: “Moore, there are two sorts of people in life, those that do and those that sit on the sidelines and snigger. Do I have to tell you which one is more worthy?”

— Brian Moore