Celebrate Quotes
By Alan Reiner – July 16, 2024
‘It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.’ – Nelson Mandela
‘It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.’ – Bill Gates
‘It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.’ – Audre Lorde
‘The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.’ – Oprah Winfrey
‘The most beautiful things are not associated with money; they are memories and moments. If you don’t celebrate those, they can pass you by.’ – Alek Wek
‘Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let’s not be afraid to receive each day’s surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate more fully our shared humanity.’ – Henri Nouwen
‘Life is too short not to celebrate nice moments!’ – Jurgen Klopp
‘What we have to do… is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.’ – Hillary Clinton
‘Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.’ – Sam Walton
‘Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.’ – M. Scott Peck
‘I need to celebrate life because I’m in a good spot, I work hard, and I am happy with who I am and happy with what I do for a living, and sometimes I just focus and overwhelm myself so much with the fights and getting better, that I just need to slow it down and enjoy life and enjoy training.’ – Dustin Poirier
‘Celebrate the idea that you don’t fit in. Find your own fit. Stay unique.’ – Betsey Johnson
‘How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!’ – Maya Angelou
‘Celebrate what you want to see more of.’ – Tom Peters
‘We all have life storms, and when we get the rough times and we recover from them, we should celebrate that we got through it. No matter how bad it may seem, there’s always something beautiful that you can find.’ – Mattie Stepanek
‘I think today women are very scared to celebrate themselves, because then they just get labeled.’ – Charlize Theron
‘Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!’ – Stevie Wonder
‘Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could’ve had.’ – Magic Johnson
‘Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.’ – Plautus
‘Celebrate the excitement of trying build something new and wonderful.’ – Abhijit Banerjee
‘Celebrate yourself… and stay positive!’ – Khoudia Diop
‘Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that’s positive and celebrate that!’ – Tyra Banks
‘I believe it’s our responsibility to show our communities the value of all people, to celebrate different, and to take a stand for acceptance and inclusion.’ – Julie Foudy
‘Weddings are important because they celebrate life and possibility.’ – Anne Hathaway
‘I celebrate myself, and sing myself.’ – Walt Whitman
‘It’s always good to remember where you come from and celebrate it. To remember where you come from is part of where you’re going.’ – Anthony Burgess
‘Achievements are precious and timeless, just like the precious metal platinum. And what better way to celebrate milestones in your life than with precious platinum.’ – Vijender Singh
‘The best way to celebrate the holidays is with some delicious food.’ – Rachel Hollis
‘Instead of hate, celebrate.’ – Prince
‘Christmas is the perfect time to celebrate the love of God and family and to create memories that will last forever. Jesus is God’s perfect, indescribable gift. The amazing thing is that not only are we able to receive this gift, but we are able to share it with others on Christmas and every other day of the year.’ – Joel Osteen
‘Serenity is the balance between good and bad, life and death, horrors and pleasures. Life is, as it were, defined by death. If there wasn’t death of things, then there wouldn’t be any life to celebrate.’ – Norman Davies
‘Celebrate life in all its glory – challenge yourself to let the routine sing, and the new dance.’ – Maximillian Degenerez
‘I don’t care whether people say, ”The Office’ is rubbish, ‘Extras’ is worse, ‘Flanimals’ is a waste of time. He’s not funny; he never has been. I hate him.’ I don’t mind that at all. In fact, not only do I expect it, I celebrate it, because I think the haters are really important.’ – Ricky Gervais
‘It’s just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let’s start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.’ – Billie Jean King
‘As we celebrate Labor Day, we honor the men and women who fought tirelessly for workers’ rights, which are so critical to our strong and successful labor force.’ – Elizabeth Esty
‘I’ve told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.’ – Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
‘Dream on it. Let your mind take you to places you would like to go, and then think about it and plan it and celebrate the possibilities. And don’t listen to anyone who doesn’t know how to dream.’ – Liza Minnelli
‘Just celebrate who you are and be happy with you are. Take all the ups and downs together, as you’re only human.’ – Calum Scott
‘We should celebrate when optimism and hard work triumph over cynicism, lethargy, and fatalism.’ – Sadiq Khan
‘I think people in Italy live their lives better than we do. It’s an older country, and they’ve learned to celebrate dinner and lunch, whereas we sort of eat as quickly as we can to get through it.’ – George Clooney
‘The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.’ – Keanu Reeves
‘I love any and all situations where you celebrate creativity.’ – Brad Paisley
‘When you realize how short life is, you ought to celebrate life even more.’ – Caroline Dhavernas
‘We all have to remember that New Zealand is built on these kind of people who are rebels and renegades, people doing it their own way, fighting for freedom, and braving the elements. I think it’s cool to celebrate that.’ – Taika Waititi
‘You can be a thousand different women. It’s your choice which one you want to be. It’s about freedom and sovereignty. You celebrate who you are. You say, ‘This is my kingdom.” – Salma Hayek
‘In short, we need to recover the courage we celebrate in our heroes, and in particular, the courage to tolerate, for the sake of a free society, a level of risk we hardly ever imagined in the past.’ – Daniel Dennett
‘You’ve to celebrate the good days because there are brutal days that make the good ones sweet.’ – Brian O’Driscoll
‘Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning; for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men.’ – Quintus Ennius
‘Anniversaries are like birthdays: occasions to celebrate and to think ahead, usually among friends with whom one shares not only the past but also the future.’ – Zbigniew Brzezinski
‘I’m a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, ‘Enjoy life. Celebrate life.” – Luke Bryan
‘Prince didn’t want to celebrate birthdays but to live life, to elevate and educate to the next level of enlightenment.’ – Mayte Garcia
‘Of all the nonsense written about love, none is more absurd than the notion that ideal love is selfless. To love is to see myself in you and to wish to celebrate myself with you. What I love is the embodiment of my values in another person. Love is an act of self-assertion, self-expression and a celebration of being alive.’ – Nathaniel Branden
‘Every victory of Hezbollah, I celebrate.’ – Norman Finkelstein
‘For the Left, tolerance does not mean tolerance. It means first, acceptance. And second, celebration. That is totalitarianism: You not only have to live with what you may differ with, dear citizen, you have to celebrate it or pay a steep price.’ – Dennis Prager
‘You kind of have to celebrate the moment that you get to create something that you love that falls into the parameters of a 3-minute-and-20-second song, to try to be creative inside of those parameters.’ – Tyler Joseph
‘If we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday at a time of presidential inaugurals, this is thanks to Ronald Reagan who created the holiday, and not to the Democratic Congress of the Carter years, which rejected it.’ – David Horowitz
‘There’s nothing like the feeling of being in Times Square for New Year’s Eve. It’s such a great rush. You feel like the whole world is there. People from all over the world coming to celebrate together.’ – Kimberly Guilfoyle
‘Oh my God, my girlfriends are everything to me. They celebrate with you, they cry with you, they hold you when you need to be held. They laugh with you. They’re mean with you! They’re always there, and it’s just a priceless thing to have.’ – Jennifer Lopez
‘Asian Pacific American Heritage Month provides us all an opportunity to reflect upon this community’s many contributions and to celebrate its bright future.’ – Nydia Velazquez
‘It’s in the nature of Italians to live life with a positive tone and to celebrate the invitations that come along in life. Italian food is so conducive to all of that.’ – Lidia Bastianich
‘God makes confetti out of our titles and accomplishments to celebrate the poor and the humble.’ – Bob Goff
‘On Earth Day, we celebrate all the gifts the world and nature make available to us. We recognize our complete dependence on its bounty. And we acknowledge the need for good stewardship to preserve its fruits for future generations.’ – John Hoeven
‘Generally I don’t care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself. When everything goes well, people celebrate you, when you make mistakes people criticize you.’ – Sebastian Vettel
‘I did not raise my son, Sam, to celebrate Mother’s Day. I didn’t want him to feel some obligation to buy me pricey lunches or flowers, some annual display of gratitude that you have to grit your teeth and endure.’ – Anne Lamott
‘Creating music is a wonderful way to celebrate our devotion for Lord Shiva.’ – Amish Tripathi
‘Selena is my angel. She is my biggest inspiration. Being from San Antonio, Texas, I really feel that connection to her because she had a lot of performances and a lot of her most iconic performances in San Antonio. Back in my hometown, we love her. We all, as a community, celebrate her and adore her. We keep her memory alive.’ – Ally Brooke
‘Companies with cultures that celebrate diverse opinions and encourage the exchange of ideas have an advantage when solving difficult problems. A company that doesn’t is at a clear disadvantage.’ – Doug McMillon
‘What I know now is that we’re all interconnected and that’s a really beautiful thing. We have links to everyone else in our lives and in the world. Different people have different journeys for different reasons. You can’t judge, but you can celebrate that there are connections everywhere.’ – Jane Seymour
‘I have to go on being a priest and bishop, that is, to celebrate God and what God has done in Jesus, and to offer in God’s name whatever I can discern of God’s perspective on the world around – something which involves both challenge and comfort.’ – Rowan Williams
‘What is portraiture? It’s choice. It’s the ability to position your body in the world for the world to celebrate you on your own terms.’ – Kehinde Wiley
‘I don’t like to celebrate my own achievements.’ – AB de Villiers
‘Funerals should celebrate a life.’ – Gavin Esler
‘It’s appropriate to celebrate public service, and the thoughtful people who choose to serve. They symbolize what is good and decent about this historic citizen legislature, and we thank them.’ – Bob Ehrlich
‘It’s so much easier to complain about something than celebrate it.’ – Megan Hilty
‘When you’re jumping, it’s just an aggressiveness, but I think the exhilaration and the fun comes after you make the bar and you’re falling. That’s the best part – a few seconds to celebrate and relax.’ – Jenn Suhr
‘We have to face it: in America today the way to have fun and celebrate is to break a store window and take something. That’s the way it is, today in America, and we have to accept it.’ – Richard J. Daley
‘We live life in restaurants, its the center of social life, where we celebrate with family and friends, make new friends, travel without traveling, and of course, eat.’ – Philip Rosenthal
‘This is a wonderful way to celebrate an 80th birthday… I wanted to be 65 again, but they wouldn’t let me – Homeland Security.’ – Art Buchwald
‘In spite of our agonizing history, Native American people find much to celebrate. The songs, the dances, the culture and traditions surrounding planting and harvests, the prayers that are sent upward for healing and peace, and the welcoming of children into our families, are all reasons for us to keep moving forward with optimism.’ – Deb Haaland
‘We do not celebrate the death of our enemies.’ – Yitzhak Rabin
‘Part of me believes that Beyonce and Jay-Z were naive when they chose to celebrate their five-year wedding anniversary in Cuba. However, as the daughter of a former political prisoner in Cuba, I would argue that they should have known better than to travel to the island and support its repressive regime.’ – Mercedes Schlapp
‘Birth, life, death is a cycle. And they’re all beautiful, you celebrate all of them. Animals do grieve, but they move on. That’s the lesson behind animals.’ – Cesar Millan
‘Los Angeles is a true postmodern city. Here, we celebrate with equal aplomb the high and the low. I am just as influenced by the punk rock attitude of local skate and surf cultures as I am by old-school glamour and stardust.’ – Liz Goldwyn
‘I decided if you’re lucky enough to be alive, you should use each birthday to celebrate what your life is about.’ – Mary Steenburgen
‘That’s the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous tree, called Nandi flame, it has this beautiful red flowers. When it is in flower it is like it is in flame.’ – Wangari Maathai
‘People wish to be poets more than they wish to write poetry, and that’s a mistake. One should wish to celebrate more than one wishes to be celebrated.’ – Lucille Clifton
‘If you’re lucky enough to still have grandparents, visit them, cherish them and celebrate them while you can.’ – Regina Brett
‘Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.’ – Karl Rahner
‘I don’t really know what ‘American’ is. I know what Ukrainian is. We’re happy Slavic people. We’re not Dostoyevsky Slavic people. There’s this sense of ‘pick it up, get your hands dirty, make the best of it, celebrate.” – Nina Arianda
‘In Britain, by contrast, we still think that class plays a part in determining a person’s life chances, so we’re less inclined to celebrate success and less inclined to condemn failure. The upshot is that it’s much easier to be a failure in Britain than it is in America.’ – Toby Young
‘For our country and people, October 10 is a meaningful revolutionary holiday when they celebrate the birth anniversary of the genuine vanguard of the revolution, its militant General Staff, which has taken responsibility for their destiny and leads them.’ – Kim Jong-un
‘I’m a Hemingway fan, so in a manner of speaking, I’ve been fishing with him already. But man, would I love to board Pilar in Key West and head south until we have a day-long battle with a tarpon, haul that bad boy up, then celebrate by telling lies over rum on a Cuban terrace.’ – Marcus Sakey
‘We invest less in our friendships and expect more of friends than any other relationship. We spend days working out where to book for a romantic dinner, weeks wondering how to celebrate a partner or parent’s birthday, and seconds forgetting a friend’s important anniversary.’ – Mariella Frostrup
‘It’s such a shame, really, because we were known for our country of saints and scholars, and we grew up with such a great tradition with St. Patrick, and he is the one who brought Christianity to Ireland, and we celebrate St. Patrick’s day every single year, but there’s very few practising Catholics or practising Christians.’ – Katie Taylor
‘Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spirituality through an overt expression of inner convictions.’ – Randa Abdel-Fattah
”Secretariat’ was such a magnificent animal, unbelievably beautiful and powerful. It’s always nice to see something that close to perfection, a reason to celebrate.’ – John Malkovich
‘I’ve stayed calm when I’m winning and I’ve stayed calm when I’ve lost. Tennis is a sport where we have a lot of tournaments every week, so you can’t celebrate a lot when you have big victories, and you cannot get too down when you’re losing, as in a few days you’ll be in the next tournament and you’ll have to be ready with that.’ – Rafael Nadal
‘People overcoming the odds is actually a really important part of humanity, and I don’t think we kind of get to celebrate that as much as we should.’ – Taika Waititi
‘St. Patrick, bringing the religion to Ireland, this is what we should celebrate.’ – Frank McCourt
‘Most people tell you there are certain moments you should celebrate in life: for example, the weekend coming, so you should party on a Friday. Or your birthday or New Year’s Eve. But what if you’re excited about being alive every day? Can’t you be in that celebratory state every moment you’re not dead?’ – Andrew W.K.
‘From his roots as a slave, the American Negro – sometimes sorrowing, sometimes jubilant but always hopeful – has touched, illuminated, and influenced the most remote preserves of world civilisation. I and my dance theater celebrate this trembling beauty.’ – Alvin Ailey
‘Latin men love Latin women, it is part of the culture, we celebrate women in a very special way and I think that is present in my work. I do it by making them beautiful, sensual.’ – Narciso Rodriguez
‘American culture is CEO obsessed. We celebrate the hard-charging heroes and mythologize the iconoclastic visionaries. Those people are important.’ – Marcus Buckingham
‘My favorite drink is water – the bland one: Evian. I stick with that. I celebrate in the evening sometimes with Perrier. That’s why I love coming to California. They’re always talking to you about bottled water.’ – George Foreman
‘Come on… when you’re running, if you see you’re going to win, you’re going to celebrate.’ – Usain Bolt
‘Learning to celebrate success is a key component of learning how to win in the market.’ – Douglas Conant
‘There is no success you can celebrate more than the success of a brother.’ – Diego Luna
‘The mainstream media spins stories that are largely racist, violent, and irresponsible – stories that celebrate power and demonize victims, all the while camouflaging its pedagogical influence under the cheap veneer of entertainment.’ – Henry Giroux
‘My grandfather was a survivor of the Death March and his war buddies were among our neighbors. Where we lived in San Francisco, there was a cultural center where the Filipinos congregate to have parties and to celebrate Bataan Day.’ – Dante Basco
‘I want to spend my life with someone and do nice things and go on adventures, read books and have nice food and celebrate things. I don’t want to spend the rest of my life in the bedroom like some people who just go to bed and never get out again.’ – Tracey Emin
‘I’m an enormous admirer of Christopher Lee. He’s somebody, along with Vincent Price, who I celebrate, and I wanted my movies to show that celebration and that honoring of these great film stars that were unafraid to go into horror and Grand Guignol and the macabre.’ – Nicolas Cage
‘As a graduate of Virginia Military Institute and a veteran of the United States Army, it is important that we celebrate and support our citizen-soldiers.’ – Ralph Northam
‘I was inspired by how Red Bull isn’t about the drink; it isn’t about the product or the can. Red Bull is a platform to celebrate all that humans are capable of accomplishing. They built a lifestyle movement, a brand that sold this product.’ – Nick Woodman
‘More than half of people who leave their jobs do so because of their relationship with their boss. Smart companies make certain their managers know how to balance being professional with being human. These are the bosses who celebrate an employee’s success, empathize with those going through hard times, and challenge people, even when it hurts.’ – Travis Bradberry
‘On Christmas, my family and I see a movie and go out for Chinese food. We don’t celebrate Christmas in the traditional sense, in that we do not actually celebrate Christmas.’ – Eden Sher
‘I hate my birthday. I don’t like to celebrate it much. But, if someone wants to throw me a surprise party, that normally works better.’ – Sophie
‘You want to be the best at work in order to go out and celebrate.’ – Rob Gronkowski
‘I want young children to savor and enjoy Tagore like I did since I was a child. He was too great a poet of India to be kept limited to Bengal. Everybody should read and celebrate him.’ – Gulzar
‘To a Christian, Easter Sunday means everything, when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ.’ – Bernhard Langer
‘I always joke that my kids’ favorite holiday is Father’s Day. They love the way I celebrate the occasion by writing each of them a thank-you letter and a generous check. It’s my way of letting them know how much I appreciate the great pleasure and privilege of being their dad.’ – Wayne Dyer
‘World Migratory Bird Day is an opportunity to celebrate the great natural wonder of bird migration – but also a reminder that those patterns, and ecosystems worldwide, are threatened by climate change.’ – Antonio Guterres
‘I think one of the keys is to celebrate intelligent failures and when things don’t work, learn from those. Celebrate learning more than we celebrate the failure itself.’ – Doug McMillon
‘When we win, we celebrate and if we don’t then we evaluate it and go again.’ – Aaron Ramsdale
‘The Marianne Vos Route goes through the seven villages of Aalburg, where I grew up, and celebrates my World and Olympic titles with a number of benches along the route, where you can stop and rest your legs. You’ll see the white windmill in Meeuwen and, in Babylonienbroek, a statue of the silver bike I rode to celebrate my Olympic track win.’ – Marianne Vos
‘I don’t have time to beat myself up over my fallible nature. Instead I use my energy to learn from my past and let it inform my future. It’s time to own all of our glory, mistakes, mess and light and be gentle to ourselves. Let’s be kind to our spirits and celebrate the truth of our hearts.’ – Grace Gealey
‘I want the world to be equal, I want people to celebrate differences and enjoy who they are and feel comfortable in their own bodies.’ – Peaches
‘I think mothers are so important. I mean, it seems like such an obvious thing to say, but I think we don’t really express that enough, apart from one day a year. So I think we need to come together and celebrate us every day.’ – Christy Turlington
‘God has given us all wonderful unique gifts and talents to use to glorify and celebrate Him.’ – Victoria Osteen
‘I try to speak of a love that not necessarily romantic. I think there is so much love between people and so much love people want to give but it’s harder and harder these days to show that, to celebrate that, you know?’ – Emeli Sande
‘Fiona Bruce isn’t some token middle-aged woman at the BBC. Alongside her, at 52, my former running partner Sophie Raworth is a familiar face on our screens, with enough energy to run the scorching desert challenge, Marathon des Sables, to celebrate her 50th.’ – Susanna Reid
‘There’s people that tried to celebrate when I lost that got nothing to do with it. That’s not the sign of a champion.’ – Conor McGregor
‘Like my dad, I have a Christmas party most years. I like to celebrate and see as many people as possible.’ – Lauren Graham
‘Embrace your vulnerability and celebrate your flaws; it will let you appreciate the world around you and make you more compassionate.’ – Masaba Gupta
‘The key to a happy marriage is myself being absent for long periods of time. My wife Leesa and I will celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary next year, but if my comedy gigs petered out and I was around the house more, we’d 100% be getting divorced.’ – Romesh Ranganathan
‘I want to tell everybody to celebrate every day, to savor the day and be good to yourself, love yourself, and then you can be good to others and be of service to others.’ – Charlotte Rae
‘For me, coming from being undrafted and going through the G League, the fact that I just had fans that were excited to give me a name or celebrate some success? I was all for it.’ – Alex Caruso
‘I’ve teamed up with PetSmart Charities to celebrate the five million homeless pets who’ve found homes through their in-store adoption centers, and to spread the word about how we can work together to save millions more pets’ lives and, ultimately, end pet homelessness.’ – Josh Duhamel
‘Life has sweetness to it and a beauty and a power that I wanted to celebrate.’ – Valerie Harper
‘Being a Jehovah’s Witness, I don’t celebrate birthdays or holidays. I don’t vote.’ – Prince
‘One of the things I admire most about millennials is they celebrate individualism, and their singularity is encouraged. To be different is to be cool as opposed to weird.’ – Sutton Foster
‘Celebrate your child’s achievement, then rotate it when the next mini-masterpiece comes along. Then chuck the old picture. Don’t worry that you’re throwing away a memory. Your children will remember your praise more than they will remember the picture with macaroni and glitter glued on it.’ – Niecy Nash
‘Let’s be honest: you can’t celebrate fall without it’s leading role – pumpkin! You can incorporate this flavor of the season in so many ways, from candles to lattes, pies to decorations.’ – Rachel Hollis
‘We’re all here at the same time and we should celebrate that.’ – George Weinberg
‘The move to hide aging is sort of sad. But it’s a wonderful thing to celebrate our aging.’ – Jesse Ball
‘Don’t think that there’s a different, better child ‘hiding’ behind the autism. This is your child. Love the child in front of you. Encourage his strengths, celebrate his quirks, and improve his weaknesses, the way you would with any child. You may have to work harder on some of this, but that’s the goal.’ – Claire Scovell LaZebnik
‘I want to take all the pain that I feel and celebrate and turn it around.’ – Stevie Wonder
‘Maitake mushrooms are known in Japan as ‘the dancing mushroom.’ According to a Japanese legend, a group of Buddhist nuns and woodcutters met on a mountain trail, where they discovered a fruiting of maitake mushrooms emerging from the forest floor. Rejoicing at their discovery of this delicious mushroom, they danced to celebrate.’ – Paul Stamets
‘While we celebrate our diversity, what surprises me time and time again as I travel around the constituency is that we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us.’ – Jo Cox
‘Black History Month is fine, but we need more months of the year to celebrate all the people on this earth. After all, we’re all creatures of the same God.’ – Ruby Dee
‘A pitcher that strikes me out and screams out, I’m like, ‘Yeah, celebrate, man. Celebrate. You deserve it.” – Fernando Tatis Jr.
‘Women are such incredible people. We’re so multifaceted, we’re so interesting, and any opportunity to celebrate that – because there’s been many years of not being able to – and expose what it’s like to be female and how we can be whoever we want to be, and do whatever we want to do, is great.’ – Jillian Hervey
‘When we’re up in orbit, the first thing we will be excited to do is reveal what our zero-G indicator is and how that connects back to our overall mission. That’s gonna be the first way we celebrate being in space.’ – Jared Isaacman
‘I embrace the imperfections and celebrate them.’ – Kesha
‘Mom always tells me to celebrate everyone’s uniqueness. I like the way that sounds.’ – Hilary Duff
‘The facts are plain: Religious leaders who preside over marriage ceremonies must and will be guided by what they believe. If they do not wish to celebrate marriages for same-sex couples, that is their right. The Supreme Court says so. And the Charter says so.’ – Paul Martin
‘As a songwriter, there’s nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn’t really celebrate, because it wasn’t right. Luther wasn’t standing next to me, to receive the award.’ – Richard Marx
‘Well, I don’t look back and celebrate. I just always worry about the next one.’ – Jerry Bruckheimer
‘I’m just saying that there are high quality materials, and when we change them then there should be a way of changing them so that you can celebrate that change – rather than just ‘mix it up’.’ – Richard Rogers
‘However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.’ – Ed Markey
‘The countless number of influential figures in American history who are of Caribbean heritage indicates the need to set aside a designated time to celebrate their contribution to our country.’ – Eliot Engel
‘It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements and rich culture of African-Americans.’ – Eliot Engel
‘Right afterwards there was a whole, whole lot of press to do, so the week after, all day, every day, was press so I didn’t really get a chance to celebrate.’ – Carrie Underwood
‘Since the turn of the 20th century, members of the Jewish community in Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia have been meeting together to celebrate and worship.’ – William L. Jenkins
‘Our culture is in moral chaos. On TV we celebrate freaks instead of honest, decent people.’ – Kathie Lee Gifford
‘As we celebrate President Reagan’s remarkable career and historic legacy, we also celebrate a man of strong character, deep conviction, unforgettable charm, and wonderful wit.’ – Jim Ramstad
‘At midnight on July 1, 1997, Hongkong, the British Crown Colony, will be restored to China. This is not only an event which will be celebrated by patriotic Chinese; any patriotic American should celebrate it as well.’ – Robert Trout
‘Today’s developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise.’ – Arthur Erickson
‘But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for celebration in Israel.’ – Theodore Bikel
‘While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.’ – Mattie Stepanek
‘It’s been a hard time to celebrate, to come out with a smile. But I’m an American. Naomi asked me to come out to support other Americans, and here I am.’ – Angie Everhart
‘American poets celebrate their bodies, very specifically, as Whitman did.’ – Diane Wakoski
‘Some say that now that 50 years have passed, we would like another 50 more years to celebrate once again; that means it will be 100 years. After one hundred years, I will be 118 years old.’ – Bhumibol Adulyadej
‘So, yes, we do celebrate America today because the majority will stand up and empower the American people to live that American Dream and to be part of making a better, freer, and safer world.’ – Robin Hayes
‘It seems to me that good novels celebrate the mystery in ordinary life, and summing it all up in psychological terms strips the mystery away.’ – Anne Tyler
‘As we celebrate Black History Month we should be grateful for the achievements they made and inspired by their legacies to continue their work.’ – Marty Meehan
‘This year, as we celebrate the 230th anniversary of America’s independence, please remember the symbols that are sacred to this country. Fly Old Glory high and show your respect and admiration for this great nation and the values we hold dear.’ – Kenny Marchant
‘And doing a film in that period, and having to really celebrate what they wore back then, how they sat and how they spoke. You know, what the etiquette was back then for a lady. All of those things are like putting on a wig and transforming yourself, which I love.’ – Charlize Theron
‘The progressive movement against the war of occupation in Iraq is a reason for hope, as is resistance to free trade agreements in Latin America. Those are moments that we have to celebrate: that people still find the resolve and energy to resist.’ – Danny Glover
‘And I think both the left and the right should celebrate people who have different opinions, and disagree with them, and argue with them, and differ with them, but don’t just try to shut them up.’ – Roger Ebert
‘As in any war, there have been dreadful mistakes and civilian casualties. The difference is when Israelis kill innocents they apologize; when Hezbollah kills innocents they celebrate.’ – J. D. Hayworth
‘Next month, I will celebrate my 30th anniversary of marriage with my beautiful bride, Vicki. Our marriage has been a blessing. I have gained even more respect for the institution over the past 3 decades and will defend it against attack.’ – Todd Tiahrt
‘A holiday is when you celebrate something that’s all finished up, that happened a long time ago and now there’s nothing left to celebrate but the dead.’ – Abraham Polonsky
‘I’m just mystified and fascinated by women, and I’m still single. Hence all of that, and the fact that I celebrate them so much, I understand that I’m unevolved at this exact moment to share my life with one. I wouldn’t inflict that upon anyone yet. But, I’m getting closer.’ – Jeremy Piven
‘And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves… when we have a government that honors our Constitution and stands up for the values that have made America, America: economic freedom, individual liberty, and personal responsibility.’ – John Boehner
‘In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure – and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.’ – Naveen Jain
‘I love every aspect of being a woman. I believe you should celebrate who you are.’ – Eva Mendes
‘I’ve been sober for two-and-a-half years, My children are happy. In August, my wife and I will celebrate our fifteenth wedding anniversary. My band is back together with a sold-out tour.’ – Trey Anastasio
‘I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.’ – Simon Sinek
‘I know that there are a lot of people out there with stories far worse than mine but you, too, can make it. To those of you who have, welcome to life. I celebrate you.’ – Tyler Perry
‘While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team’s victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent.’ – Diego Maradona
‘What we should celebrate more than diversity is what we do with it. How do we bring everyone in the tent and create something together? In a twenty-first century way that activates our true potential, we all need to become sworn-again.’ – Eric Liu
‘I mean, look at the people we celebrate – a lot of people who really don’t do anything. They just walk the red carpets and go to all the parties, and they’re hooked up with the right people, so they’re celebrities. But what for?’ – Lenny Kravitz
‘I want Americans to enjoy food. I want them to celebrate food. I want them to, on occasions, to have big cakes and great things. And I want them to indulge.’ – Jamie Oliver
‘I’m not allowed to celebrate as normal eighteen year olds probably would but I’m going to save it for after the Olympics!’ – Tom Daley
‘In ‘The General Strike,’ we celebrate those who bring a new vision for the world to the table. People who stand for workers rights, human rights, a just representative political system, and a new mode of doing business where sustainability is the norm not the exception.’ – Justin Sane
‘Instead of hoping that some day the boys’ club will open its doors, we can form our own clubs, define ‘worthy’ our own way, and celebrate the books and voices that we decide deserve celebration.’ – Jennifer Weiner
‘We celebrate the Bill Gateses of the world. We’re not mad at Bill Gates.’ – Mark Burnett
‘You can celebrate the female form in comfort. We left corsets behind in the dark ages, so why bring them back now?’ – L’Wren Scott
‘You know, I think we Indians are afraid to show and celebrate our happiness, lest things change around. But I feel that it’s okay to be sad and okay to show when you are happy.’ – Shah Rukh Khan
‘The BBC is part of the glue which binds the United Kingdom together. At those times of national moment – of joy or sadness, in the UK or around the world, at times when the nation wants to celebrate, mourn or just enjoy itself people turn to the BBC.’ – Gavyn Davies
‘I am going to take something I learned over in Israel. Their Independence Day is preceded the 24 hours before with Memorial Day, so it gives them a chance to serve and reflect and then celebrate. I am going to try to start that tradition here in America.’ – Glenn Beck
‘I celebrate everyone’s religious holidays. if it’s good enough for the righteous, it’s good enough for the self-righteous, I always say.’ – Bette Midler
‘We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.’ – Iain Duncan Smith
‘I don’t really celebrate fame because I get enough attention.’ – Nicole Kidman
‘My dad’s side of the family had lots of artists and musicians. There’s an emotional, quite sentimental quality to Slavic culture. It’s very open, it loves art, it loves music, it loves literature. It’s very warm, it’s very up, it’s very down. I would celebrate that.’ – Nick Clegg
‘I believe that we all have the potential to love any human being, and that just love who you wish and celebrate it the best you can.’ – Kathy Najimy
‘Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is ‘The X Factor.’ Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.’ – Iain Duncan Smith
‘I was trying to uphold what I thought feminism was as best I could by supporting women, by trying to create an opportunity to get women to get together, play music together and celebrate the fact that we are having great success making music on our own and together.’ – Sarah McLachlan
‘To be told that one can be dependent on one’s parents until age 26 should strike a young person who wants to grow up as demeaning, not as something to celebrate.’ – Dennis Prager
‘You should celebrate the end of a love affair as they celebrate death in New Orleans, with songs, laughter, dancing and a lot of wine.’ – Francoise Sagan
‘Something is missing in our culture. We can’t quite celebrate the scientific literary tradition.’ – Ian Mcewan
‘It’s become unfashionable to celebrate political achievement, and Labour achievement even less so. And it’s positively uncouth to be proud of something that this Labour government is doing. So, slam me for saying so, but I’m really proud of the NHS.’ – Lucy Powell
‘Receiving the Newcombe Medal for a third year in a row is an amazing honour. The Newcombe Medal is a great occasion for the Australian tennis community to come together and celebrate our sport, recognise people’s achievements and contributions to Australian tennis.’ – Samantha Stosur
‘Cinema should always be in touch with the soil of the country. My films celebrate the heartland of India.’ – Salman Khan
‘I like to go to anybody else’s birthday, and if I’m invited I’m a good guest. But I never celebrate my birthdays. I really don’t care.’ – Mikhail Baryshnikov
‘What I find fascinating about Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights we celebrate at this time of the year, is the way its story was transformed by time.’ – Jonathan Sacks
‘One thing that I know and I feel Nigerians will celebrate is continuity and peace.’ – Goodluck Jonathan
‘I certainly have opportunities many can only dream of – but in most ways I’m a typical girl in her 20s trying to forge a career and represent herself in what can sometimes seem rather strange circumstances. One of the most attractive has been the chance to publish ‘Celebrate.” – Pippa Middleton
”Celebrate’ is meant to be a guide to party planning and, as such, it has to cover the basics. If I were to write a cookery book, for instance, I would be compelled to say that, to make an omelette, you have to break at least one egg. Actually, that’s not a bad idea. Or maybe I should write a sequel and call it ‘Bottoms Up?” – Pippa Middleton
‘I can celebrate food anytime. I love cheese. When I crave a certain food, I just eat it.’ – Emmanuelle Chriqui
”SNL’ after-parties are sort of like a time to celebrate your successes and drown your sorrows, depending on how the show went for you.’ – Seth Meyers
‘If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day – at every meal.’ – Ingrid Newkirk
‘Well, I always had this desire to celebrate and somehow be a part of things that I thought were really great.’ – John Hodgman
‘My goal has always been not to look forward to the next thing, but to relish and celebrate the successes I have at the moment. Whether it’s landing a part in a student film or having a good day in acting class, I never discredit anything.’ – Dianna Agron
‘Bengalis love to celebrate their language, their culture, their politics, their fierce attachment to a city that has been famously dying for more than a century. They resent with equal ferocity the reflex stereotyping that labels any civic dysfunction anywhere in the world ‘another Calcutta.” – Bharati Mukherjee
‘In the old days, when a star left a still-thriving hit show, they’d celebrate by killing him or her off. But ‘The Office’ dispatched Michael Scott in a crueler and more final way: they made him normal. Since we’re talking about Michael Scott, ‘normal’ might be stretching it, obviously.’ – Rob Sheffield
‘I always felt different as a kid, and the Kinks were like, ‘Yeah, we’re the Kinks.’ Celebrate your difference; don’t be afraid of your sense of humor, or your personality, or who you are. It emboldened me.’ – Michael Weatherly
‘Can I just say here how much I hate the word ‘pamper’? While pretending to celebrate and indulge women, it actually implies that their bodies are so revolting that even their ‘me time’ must be dedicated to turning them into living dolls if potential suitors are to be prevented from running screaming in horror.’ – Julie Burchill
‘You look around New York, and we are surrounded by restaurants and food trucks, and we celebrate food in this city like no tomorrow.’ – Chris Noth
‘I tell people to be thankful that Madonna is showing that it’s possible to be ageless – people should applaud and celebrate that. Anybody who criticises her is just jealous!’ – Tracy Anderson
‘What I did to celebrate was I went home to my 535-square-foot apartment by myself and ate supper by myself. That was how I celebrated getting a record deal.’ – Josh Turner
‘I don’t want to be the guy who goes, ‘Oh yeah, blah blah blah… everyone freaking well knows me.’ Because that’s not the case. Once in a while, someone will remember some silly thing I did and then they feel good. And they go, ‘Oh, hey, Michael Bolton, I celebrate your whole catalog.’ And I’m like, ‘Great, great, I totally get it.” – John C. McGinley
‘The lesson is the same as it always has been to the HIV/AIDS community: embrace and celebrate the progress while not letting up the pressure until there is a cure.’ – David Mixner
‘All of my peers died of AIDS, and I have no one to celebrate my past or my journey, or to help me pass down stories to the next generation. We lost an entire generation of storytellers with HIV.’ – David Mixner
‘We should celebrate Christmas throughout the year, but I believe the whole concept of giving was the basis of Christmas, that it was a charitable, you know, giving, and I think we got carried away with giving.’ – Victoria Osteen
‘The business can be frustrating. For me, Omaha is a rounding foundation. I was raised in a very faith-filled household, very hardworking. It made me aware of what privilege is. And it’s a place I can go back to, spend time with nieces and nephews, celebrate the things that have nothing to do with the hubbub of Hollywood.’ – Nicholas D’Agosto
‘During National Playground Safety Week, I’ll celebrate common-sense safety. I’ll also celebrate skinned knees and bruised elbows. I’ll celebrate so-called ‘dangerous’ playgrounds – playgrounds with see-saws, zip lines and towering slides.’ – Darell Hammond
‘Until men learn to celebrate and operate on the feminine aspect of themselves and stop the oppression of women, children, the environment, other species, we don’t have a world to live in. It’s not a world that anyone chooses to live in.’ – James Cromwell
‘I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That’s why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September.’ – Jon Scieszka
‘In my family and among Korean-Americans, there just is no occasion that people would get together without bibimbap. It’s something that people eat when they’re wanting to celebrate or have a good time with friends.’ – Linda Sue Park
‘Writers and painters alike are in the business of consulting their own imaginations, and stimulating the imaginations of others. Together, and separately, they celebrate the absolute mystery of otherness.’ – Lynne Truss
‘People have to realize that dieting is not a sprint, it’s a marathon. If you celebrate the small victories, you will eventually win the war.’ – Ian K. Smith
‘One of my favorite – well, my favorite, favorite, absolute favorite event to go to is Alfre Woodard has a party that I call the blacktress party. It’s, like, black actresses that either have been nominated for an Oscar or should have been, and it sort of is just a night where we all get in a room and we get to celebrate each other.’ – Gabourey Sidibe
‘Bin Laden wasn’t all that central to the terrorist network any more, but taking him down created a kind of national catharsis. It’s been a really, really long time since we had something to celebrate that didn’t involve a sports team. I’d rather it had been a non-death-related occasion, but we’ll take what we can get.’ – Gail Collins
‘My mother and father had a terrible marriage. They celebrated their wedding anniversary one year with their friends. Why did they celebrate? Maybe because they had lasted so many years without killing each other.’ – Marina Abramovic
‘Making fun of guys to get them to perform and prove themselves, that’s always going to exist. But we have to equally celebrate them and empower them.’ – Michael Gurian
‘It’s very easy for a church just to slide along from week to week, taking it for granted that we do our services like this and that, and we celebrate the sacraments like this and that.’ – N. T. Wright
‘During the first 13 centuries after the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, no one thought of setting up a creche to celebrate Christmas. The pre-eminent Christian holiday was Easter, not Christmas.’ – Nancy Pearcey
‘My calling, as one imperfect human, is to celebrate and uphold life every time I get the chance.’ – Victoria Moran
‘At the time of the Silver Jubilee, I was a grumpy anti-monarchist. I didn’t celebrate and was appalled by the celebrations. In my idiocy, I missed out! I feel completely differently now compared with that time.’ – Helen Mirren
‘My grand plan is that I can master having a better life by making sure I have a regular flow of songs. Then I can give myself time to tour or celebrate or write a film score.’ – Imogen Heap
‘I have come to accept the real me. I have come to love the real me. I now celebrate the real me.’ – Charice Pempengco
‘Sometimes my body wakes me up and says ‘Hey, you haven’t had pain in a while. How about pain?’ And sometimes I can’t breathe, and that’s hard to live with. But I still celebrate life and don’t give up.’ – Mattie Stepanek
‘If I ever score against Spurs, I won’t celebrate. Even if it’s the best goal in the world, I’ll keep it subdued. It’s a respect thing. The fans were brilliant towards me; I’ll be playing against my friends and I can’t forget that.’ – Jermain Defoe
‘Celebrate your family’s bleakest moments and how your relatives overcame them. In doing so, you will encounter darkness, but you’ll give your children the confidence that they, too, shall overcome.’ – Bruce Feiler
‘Three score and, and ten has always been something that I never thought I’d make. So when I made it, I wanted to celebrate it and I did.’ – Lindsay Fox
‘I love holidays in New York. I love ’em. I want to celebrate something all the time, and New York has holidays for every day of the week, practically. I like holidays in New York City.’ – Elaine Stritch
‘Anyone can wear my dresses. They will look good on any figure, no matter what shape you are. I want to celebrate a woman’s inner strength, to inspire real women and make them feel confident and beautiful.’ – Tadashi Shoji
‘The best way we can encourage people to create companies that create jobs is to celebrate the diverse entrepreneurial stories and the variety of drivers that led these entrepreneurs to sticking their necks out.’ – Chip Conley
‘Perhaps it matters little whether the international community chooses to celebrate crop diversity, but it profoundly matters that the international community takes action to conserve it.’ – Cary Fowler
‘Do awards change careers? Well, I haven’t heard of many stories where that’s the case. It’s a fun excuse to meet colleagues and celebrate people who’ve done well that year in certain people’s eyes, and it’s nothing more than that.’ – Benedict Cumberbatch
‘I think that we live in techno-enthusiastic times. We celebrate our technologies because people are frightened by the world we’ve made.’ – Sherry Turkle
‘The history taught in our schools is scandalous. We grew up believing that Columbus actually discovered America. We still celebrate Columbus Day. Columbus was after one thing only – gold.’ – Woody Harrelson
‘I grew up in a very celebratory town. We celebrate everything, from life to death and everything in between. So a lot of dramatics come into my aesthetic. And I’m an actor, so that adds more to the dramatic – I don’t mean over-the-top. The main thing is never to be boring.’ – Bryan Batt
‘A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.’ – Dan Gelber
‘I am interested in all things that celebrate and enhance the female form.’ – Christian Louboutin
‘The Celtics don’t celebrate anything but championships.’ – Paul Pierce
‘I like to do films that celebrate life.’ – Louie Schwartzberg
‘I’m proposing a change: love thy worker-bee. Celebrate the ones who toil without complaint, play on a team, construct the hive, produce the honey… executing the plan!’ – Nancy Lublin
‘I started modeling when I was – not older, but not 12. I have a mom who’s a feminist – she’s an English professor, an intellectual. She really gave me the equipment to understand that you can celebrate yourself without putting yourself down or needing to apologize for the way you look. I think that attitude is really crucial for a model.’ – Emily Ratajkowski
‘I think for a lot of people, bowling is sort of a joke. But I love it, and it means a lot to me, so any chance to help promote it or celebrate it or not make the hackiest jokes – ‘Bowlers are like plumbers and they wear the craziest shirts!’ – I’m way into.’ – Chris Hardwick
‘I’ve spent a lot of time in L.A. and I love it. A lot of Brits can’t stand the place, but I like the West Coast attitude and the way people celebrate success.’ – Sophia Myles
‘I think Delhiites know how to party, but Kolkata has people who know how to celebrate. I think that’s the main difference.’ – Gautam Gambhir
‘When I do a festival, I want everyone to have a party, I think it is kind of similar to a club where everyone is there to have a good time and celebrate not being at work or just being able to have fun. I love people dancing to my music as well; if I can make them dance I feel happy.’ – Katy B
‘What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing.’ – Rahul Dravid
‘Whether or not we communicate it, I definitely seek my mom’s acceptance and approval for everything. She has a strong commercial sense of movies and is a quintessential audience. When she doesn’t like something, I know there is reason to worry. When she loves something, there is reason to celebrate.’ – Karan Johar
‘I am a product of Indian cinema; I’ve grown up watching Indian films ever since I can remember. And song and dance is part of our lives; it’s part of our culture; we wake up to songs, we sleep to lullabies, you know, we celebrate every religious and traditional function with music.’ – Karan Johar
‘I stopped going to Kingdom Hall, the church, when I was 11 years old, so I was very young. They don’t celebrate birthdays, you get no Christmas, so it’s a very difficult religion for children to get into. And they do a lot of finger-pointing among the Jehovah’s Witnesses.’ – Ja Rule
‘When I plan to settle down, I will announce it to the world. Marriage is an occasion to celebrate. I’ll celebrate it when it happens, letting everyone know about it.’ – Rani Mukerji
‘I think what we’re lacking in society, not only in the U.S. but also around the world, is to find heroes once again and to celebrate these kind of people.’ – Howard Schultz
‘After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.’ – Saina Nehwal
‘Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money. People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn’t we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.’ – Kid Rock
‘What is certain is that singing is not merely modulating a song by means of the voice: we sing and we celebrate the beauty that we can grow and live every day. If you want to sing and give emotions to those who are listening, you must have something to tell through your singing; you have to use singing like an instrument to tell something.’ – Andrea Bocelli
‘I don’t write songs that don’t affect me on some level, because I figure if I am not moved by it, if its not something that I have a longing to celebrate or to be reminded of, if it doesn’t affect me, then how can I possibly think it is going to affect somebody else. My touchstone is write something that matters.’ – Amy Grant
‘Lord knows, every day is not a success, every year is not a success. You have to celebrate the good.’ – Reese Witherspoon
‘When I first started designing, all women were dressed like men, and I said, ‘Hey, guys, let’s be women, put the two together – it’s not either/or. Let’s celebrate our bodies. Our bodies are different.” – Donna Karan
‘Our many different cultures notwithstanding, there’s something about the holidays that makes the planet communal. Even nations that do not celebrate Christmas can’t help but be caught up in the collective spirit of their neighbors, as twinkling lights dot the landscape and carols fill the air. It’s an inspiring time of the year.’ – Marlo Thomas
‘If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities we all have. It is our humanity and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.’ – Aimee Mullins
‘After ‘Heart Skips A Beat’ hit No.1, I barely had a chance to celebrate ‘cos it was straight over to the judges’ houses for the ‘Xtra Factor,’ filming in Greece, L.A. and Spain.’ – Olly Murs
‘You can achieve all the things you want to do, but it’s much better to do it with loved ones around you; family and friends, people that you care about that can help you on the way and can celebrate you, and you can enjoy the journey.’ – John Lasseter
‘I used to be frustrated about being called bohemian, but I don’t really care now. If that’s what you are, you should celebrate it.’ – Alice Temperley
‘I learned from my grandmother, who grew up in devastating war times, how important it is to keep with tradition and celebrate the holidays during tough times.’ – Marcus Samuelsson
‘Whenever there’s an opportunity to celebrate the written word and celebrate the folks that read the written word, and, I think, to encourage other writers to write and encourage folks to read more and get connected to it in a personal way, it’s a positive thing.’ – Hill Harper
‘I do celebrate anything with freedom in it, you know.’ – Paul Mooney
‘I love my complexion, but like so many of us, in the early years at primary school, I grew up thinking that my dark skin wasn’t a great thing. I’ve found freedom in music and songwriting, which has given me a freedom in how I present myself. I’m glad I’ve got makeup to celebrate that with.’ – Laura Mvula
‘I believe we should celebrate new possibilities of combining the printed codex with electronic technology… The information ecology is getting richer, not thinner.’ – Robert Darnton
‘I don’t know how many times I’ve turned to Twitter and Facebook to commiserate and celebrate, bounce ideas off of friends, colleagues and other entrepreneurs, and just connect with the wider world outside my office.’ – Ryan Holmes
‘Grunge came from a group of English photographers, and they were documenting their own reality… I’m South American – we celebrate life.’ – Mario Testino
‘There are women in every genre having a lot of success. Why not celebrate that?’ – Sarah McLachlan
‘I thoroughly enjoy the work I do in helping motivate and empower young girls to celebrate and love their natural selves.’ – Dominique Dawes
‘I struggled with self-esteem issues as a young girl, and it was not until my gymnastics career was completed in 2000 that I realized my accomplishments would not have been possible without my type of body, and I finally started to appreciate and celebrate myself.’ – Dominique Dawes
‘No matter how well things are going, failure and disaster are just around the corner. So celebrate the good, but be ready for the bad.’ – Vivek Wadhwa
‘It is time to celebrate the New Black Americans – those who have sealed the Deal, who aren’t beholden to liberal indulgence any more than they are to the disdain of the hard Right. It is time to praise blacks who are merely undeniable in their individuality and exemplary in their levels of achievement.’ – John Ridley
‘There is a lot to celebrate about that little Babe who was laid in a manger. Christians celebrate Christmas because they are thankful for the promise of salvation, which was delivered in human flesh and named Jesus.’ – Monica Johnson
‘Christmas is a Christian holiday, and any self-respecting person of another religion should not celebrate a holiday that they don’t believe in. Clearly, Christ is in the name of the holiday, so there should be a belief in Him.’ – Monica Johnson
‘There haven’t been organized protests, but I have heard of protests where people have wanted to celebrate Halloween.’ – Lisa Morton
‘Because Mr. Mandela’s early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragically lost to guerrilla decontextualization.’ – Aberjhani
‘We can make the United States a ‘Hispanic Quebec’ without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity.’ – Richard Lamm
‘I think the biggest thing that I have to do is to remind people that poetry is there for us to turn to not only to remind us that we’re not alone – for example, if we are grieving the loss of someone – but also to help us celebrate our joys. That’s why so many people I know who’ve gotten married will have a poem read at the wedding.’ – Natasha Trethewey
‘I don’t have time to celebrate accomplishments. When good things happen, it’s great, and obviously I get excited inside. But soon I gotta do something else; I gotta keep doing more stuff. The whole world will never be familiar, so I’m constantly going to be on a quest to get familiar.’ – Clinton Sparks
‘In writing about Harold and Maureen with their terrible unspoken secret, and all those people that Harold meets as he walks to save a friend’s life, I was trying to celebrate the ordinary people.’ – Rachel Joyce
‘As we celebrate the considerable progress we’ve made toward full equality in our military, we cannot forget about those who continue to suffer because of the discriminatory policies of our past.’ – Mark Pocan
‘Indian weddings are elaborate. As a culture, we like to celebrate everything… Our weddings go on for sometimes a week, 10 days.’ – Abhishek Bachchan
‘Tennis is like, it gives you a lot of chances, but if you don’t take those chances, it takes a lot of chances away from you. It’s just the scoring pattern. We cannot dwell over a loss or a win for very long. We have no time to celebrate; we have no time to dwell; we have to move on. Wake up the next day and try and win the match.’ – Sania Mirza
‘Rather than diminishing the idea of ‘truly needing’ a relationship – and trying to deny it, shame it, or talk ourselves out of it – why not just celebrate it? It’s exactly what the world needs.’ – Tracy McMillan
‘What I think a lot of great marathon runners do is envision crossing that finish line. Visualization is critical. But for me, I set a lot of little goals along the way to get my mind off that overwhelming goal of 26.2 miles. I know I’ve got to get to 5, and 12, and 16, and then I celebrate those little victories along the way.’ – Bill Rancic
‘If we are to celebrate the giants in Australian public life, then Robert Garran must be among them. A lawyer and passionate advocate of Federation, Garran was one of several hands that drafted our constitution.’ – Anthony Albanese
‘If you are trying to raise a child to be a Jew, then you have to create a sense of Jewish identity. You really weaken that sense of identity if you celebrate two religions.’ – Elliott Abrams
‘You are not practicing Judaism if you celebrate Christmas.’ – Elliott Abrams
‘I love weddings: happy people coming together to celebrate in great clothes.’ – Brad Goreski
‘When Kate Spade New York told me that we would be going to Dubai to celebrate the opening of two stores there, I was so thrilled – Dubai has been a place that I have wanted to visit for quite some time. There was something mysterious about Dubai that I wanted to see for myself so I could draw my own conclusions.’ – Brad Goreski
‘The moment kids start to lie is the moment storytelling begins. They are talking about things they didn’t see. It’s amazing. It’s a wonderful moment. Parents should celebrate. ‘Hurray! My boy finally started to lie!’ All right! It calls for celebration.’ – Kim Young-ha
‘There are two industry secrets to surviving a long day on camera on the red carpet: First, no drinking the night before – ever. You can celebrate after with some bubbly. Second is make sure to use shoe insoles. I don’t care if you are a guy or a girl, dress shoes are painful. Worth it, but painful.’ – Ross Mathews
‘What I’m trying to do is get a change in the mindset so people move from a level of mere tolerance to total acceptance and eventually to celebrate diversity. If you feel comfortable with one another, it doesn’t matter whether we live in which neighbourhood but we can interact with one another freely. It’s a mindset.’ – Najib Razak
‘My church is in the detention facilities where I preside and celebrate the Eucharist. To me that’s the church. That’s the people of God.’ – Greg Boyle
‘That’s what I love about running – I feel like we all celebrate each other. Even if you’re racing somebody at the finish, it’s like you’re in it together.’ – Summer Sanders
‘A steady diet of the higher truths might prove exhausting, but it’s important that we acknowledge their validity and celebrate their survival.’ – Robert Gottlieb
‘The British Fashion Awards gives us the chance to commend not only the winners but celebrate all of the individuals that contribute to the incredible achievements that make London the best fashion destination in the world.’ – Natalie Massenet
‘It is time to embrace and celebrate ketchup, not be ashamed of it.’ – Jose Andres
‘It’s important to celebrate the monogram. It’s the DNA of Vuitton. I think – I hope – there is an interest in the philosophy and culture of the Vuitton name. It’s quite coherent and intellectual, and the products are great. These are things you will want to pass on – things you treasure.’ – Delphine Arnault
‘A lot of people celebrate their past, but I don’t look at it all. I don’t Google myself; I focus on the future. This is a volatile profession, and the moment you start thinking you’ve got something, that’s when the floor beneath you falls through, so I hope to make more movies and TV shows.’ – Sean Maguire
‘I celebrate masculinity when I’m onstage.’ – Bryan Callen
‘Many governments are quick to condemn Assad, but a dwindling number of them would celebrate a rebel victory in Damascus.’ – Richard Engel
‘I grew up in Hollywood. My father always told me that this is a job. These events are filled with people you work with; it’s not like glam-schmooze time. That’s why I only like events that celebrate people I have a connection to; otherwise, it’s someone else’s night, and I don’t need to show up in a dress to try and steal their attention.’ – Troian Bellisario
‘People come together with their families to celebrate Easter. What better way to celebrate than to spend a few hours going on the journey of Christ’s life.’ – Roma Downey
‘One of the things that’s important for anybody adapting source material that is primarily a male buddy picture is to find ways to latch on to strong female characters in the piece and bring them to the forefront and celebrate their point of view alongside the men; otherwise, it becomes a sausage party, and it’s a singular point of view.’ – Bryan Fuller
‘We want to show how technology can be applied to fix our problems. We need to celebrate not just success but to celebrate people who make a difference. It starts with people who do things for love, with no expectation of return. Some of that turns into enormous financial success, and then some of it goes back into doing it for love.’ – Tim O’Reilly
‘As I celebrate life, I can’t help but think how young my mom was when she died of a heart attack at 53. My mom didn’t get to meet her grandchildren, but I’m determined to watch mine grow up.’ – Andie MacDowell
‘Faith is salted and peppered through everything at Christmas. And I love at least one night by the Christmas tree to sing and feel the quiet holiness of that time that’s set apart to celebrate love, friendship, and God’s gift of the Christ child.’ – Amy Grant
‘I’m a Freemason, and we love to celebrate Burns’ night: piping in the haggis, the whole lot.’ – Rick Wakeman
‘I wasn’t born Austrian; I wasn’t born German. My roots are from Africa, and I do not have any reason for not wanting to celebrate that. Every time that I can, I like to kind of mention it, you know, just to keep people sort of knowing exactly what’s going on. My French is pretty good, but I’m still African, thank you very much.’ – Jessye Norman
‘When you come from a family of actors, people in show business, they really know to celebrate good news and to celebrate it hard because it’s not every day that you get it.’ – Katherine Waterston
‘I try to celebrate all the holidays that the Scriptures talk about.’ – Amar’e Stoudemire
‘Why not celebrate those who want to marry and bring up a family?’ – Ian Mckellen
‘I don’t go for holidays or celebrate my success because I know nothing is permanent. I don’t let it get to me – like I am India’s top director with too many hits. If that happens, I might lose the connect with my audience. The day I go wrong, they will run away from me. I want to be like an assistant director all my life.’ – Rohit Shetty
‘We’re Americans. We celebrate success. We just don’t want the game to be rigged.’ – Elizabeth Warren
‘The same aspirations to celebrate and uplift the spirit that drove the Egyptians to build the pyramids are still driving us. The things we’re doing differ only in magnitude.’ – Henry Petroski
‘It’s important to celebrate your failures as much as your successes. If you celebrate your failures really well, and if you get to the motto and say, ‘Wow, I failed, I tried, I was wrong, I learned something,’ then you realize you have no fear, and when your fear goes away, you can move the world.’ – Sebastian Thrun
‘I support anything that broadens the message of gender equality and tempers the stigma of the feminist label. We run into trouble, though, when we celebrate celebrity feminism while avoiding the actual work of feminism.’ – Roxane Gay
‘When the writers themselves are a bit out of control, and their lives are collapsing around them, they seem to rejoice in misery and celebrate the wrong sort of things.’ – John Rhys-Davies
‘The minute you step off that podium is the minute you start preparing for the next world championship. That’s kind of how I work. You celebrate for a brief moment, then you move on.’ – Abby Wambach
‘I would like to spend Christmas in different countries all over the world. I love seeing how different cultures celebrate the holidays in their own unique ways.’ – Mallory Jansen
‘I’m a minimalist Jew, but on Friday night, I celebrate Shabbat. At sundown, we light candles, say the blessing, and I don’t turn on my computer for 24 hours.’ – Jill Soloway
‘At Rackspace, I’m building a media house which will celebrate small teams who are having world-wide impacts through their building or use of new technology.’ – Robert Scoble
‘I will always respect the beliefs of fellow Christians who aren’t comfortable reading or writing explicit love scenes, but I believe romances are beautiful and spiritual books that celebrate the best of what love has to offer and mirror the love God has for his children.’ – Teresa Medeiros
‘Americans rightly, but sometimes excessively, celebrate every person in uniform as a hero, but seldom honor the difficult and often dangerous work being done day after day by members of our diplomatic corps. Warriors capture the popular imagination more easily than peacemakers.’ – David Horsey
‘Under President Obama and Secretary Clinton, they’re working hard to change the American dream into the European nightmare. They do celebrate more dependence on the government.’ – Bobby Jindal
‘For Black Music Month, I would definitely want to celebrate Isaac Hayes.’ – Juicy J
‘Maybe strong leaders are not quite as alluring as we think, and we should celebrate the fact that our leaders are just like us. Just because one candidate can’t remember his whole speech and the other likes to put his feet up on the job doesn’t mean they can’t govern.’ – Jonathan Powell
‘Not only is natural burial by far the most ecologically sound way to perish, it doubles down on the fear of fragmentation and loss of control. Making the choice to be naturally buried says, ‘Not only am I aware that I’m a helpless, fragmented mass of organic matter, I celebrate it. Vive la decay!” – Caitlin Doughty
‘Non-Muslims in Saudi Arabia can only celebrate Valentine’s Day behind closed doors. Apparently, this has led to a huge black market for flowers and wrapping paper.’ – John Niven
‘Any director or writer or artist has the right to do what they want to do – freedom of expression is something I celebrate.’ – Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
‘In the black sororities, they celebrate achievement academically, and they really do work toward community service. As much as the white sororities claim that’s the case in their groups, it’s not really so. White sororities focus on relationships.’ – Alexandra Robbins
‘About 10,000 people a day go on first dates from Match… We’re trying to celebrate that, bring those success stories to the forefront and make it even easier in our product to meet up at Starbucks.’ – Sam Yagan
‘We can celebrate how far we’ve come from our sexist past when women and men are equally represented in the pages of science fiction anthologies.’ – Annalee Newitz
‘We live in a society that celebrates familial connection above any other kind of relationship. We are shown photos of our great-grandparents and encouraged to marvel over facial similarities. We are told to take pride in our bloodlines, celebrate our ancestry.’ – Lynn Coady
‘There’s this culture where we celebrate people snapping back into shape a week after the birth, but I don’t want to be one of those people – I just want to enjoy Arabella.’ – Rebecca Ferguson
‘It’s a sad commentary on our time – to use a phrase much favored by my late father – that people increasingly celebrate Christmas Day by going to the movies.’ – Michael Dirda
‘We should celebrate how amazing our bodies are! We all have things that we like and dislike about our bodies, but we need to focus on what we love – maybe it’s a great smile, strong legs or curly hair?’ – Katherine Schwarzenegger
‘As first and foremost a character actor, I’ve always resisted the temptation to cure any of the people I’ve played or make them lovable in any way; you’ve just got to celebrate them for what they are.’ – Martin Clunes
‘I feel like the thing we can do is celebrate people doing great work and create more cultural momentum and awareness that this is an important thing in the world. So when the next economic crisis hits and people are talking about where to cut from the budget, science isn’t the thing.’ – Mark Zuckerberg
‘I have so many people out there that celebrate with me when they know that I’m happy. And they hate it when they know that I’m suffering because someone has hurt me.’ – Shakira
‘If the poetry world celebrate its female stars at the true level of their productivity and influence, poetry would wind up being a largely female world, and the men would leave.’ – Eileen Myles
‘We wanted to celebrate the ‘Dangerous Deception’ release by letting everyone experience the thrill of sharing a book with a reader who wouldn’t otherwise have one.’ – Margaret Stohl
‘The Haisla named this point Obela. Not so long ago, the bay was lined with longhouses and canoes, totem poles and fishing gear. The reserve was once a winter village, a place to celebrate the sacred season, when memories passed in dance and song and stories from one generation to the next with great feasts called potlatches.’ – Eden Robinson
‘I think we should celebrate food and not deprive ourselves – I’ve changed my lifestyle, and I’m much healthier now, but that doesn’t mean I never indulge!’ – Sara Ramirez
‘There are plenty of Latina actresses that no one’s ever heard of… Some are really brown, some are light-skinned, and some look like they’re Caucasian, but it’s like we only want to identify with a certain kind of look and celebrate that under the guise that this is a ‘Latina actress.” – Sara Ramirez
‘Sometimes at my performances, I see Peruvian flags in the audience. I’ve never seen, when an Italian sings, people with Italian flags. But with Peru, it’s different: because there are not many famous people, they really celebrate the ones they have.’ – Juan Diego Florez
‘I have great respect for Oklahoma’s tribal members, and I celebrate their traditions and culture.’ – Mary Fallin
‘I am so honored to join the company of a roster as celebrated and diverse as Covergirl’s. I can’t wait to share some of my own beauty tips with fans and work alongside Covergirl to continue empowering girls and women to celebrate their individuality.’ – Zendaya
‘I like to celebrate my life. I have a life that I’m really lucky to have, and so I want to make sure every minute counts and that I go on great vacations and I share my memories with people that I love and that will make me laugh and lalalalalala.’ – Chelsea Handler
‘With Saint Heron, I really wanted to celebrate and continue to cultivate the community for genre-defying R&B artists.’ – Solange Knowles
‘Elections have consequences. So many people want to complain, but they don’t want to vote. We can talk about Hillary Clinton. We can celebrate her; we can support her, but if we don’t come out and vote for her, for shame.’ – Cory Booker
‘How much abuse is a fighter expected to endure before he can be allowed to show some concern for his own welfare? Anyone who has been around fighters knows they all share the same secret: They are more afraid of embarrassment and humiliation than injury. Do fans and writers use this fact against them in what we celebrate or criticize?’ – Brin-Jonathan Butler
‘If, for 2,000 years, you dress up differently, believe in a different God, celebrate different holidays, and on top of it insist on telling everyone that you’re completely different than them, ultimately they’ll believe you.’ – Yair Lapid
‘The next president of the United States will be the president that will celebrate 100 years of women having the right to vote. I mean, I think having a woman president lead that celebration would be, you know, one of these instances of history really working out right in a poetic and beautiful way.’ – Tim Kaine
‘I try to find scripts of stories that kinda celebrate the human condition… let’s talk about the tough world out there and the human spirit overcoming adversity.’ – Garry Marshall
”Diversity’ is like, ‘Ugh, I have to do diversity.’ I recognize and celebrate what it is, but that word, to me, is a disconnect.’ – Ava DuVernay
‘In a thriving culture, you celebrate your achievements. In an exhausted one, you proclaim your disadvantages.’ – Tom Hollander
‘The West has been calling for years for the forces of moderate Islam to stand up to the very small percentage but very large number of radical Muslims all around the world. When countries – the U.A.E. or Egypt or Jordan – do that, we need to highlight it, we need to celebrate it, and we need to continue to encourage it.’ – Tom Cotton
‘Life is funny, and that’s why I celebrate it in my shows.’ – Loni Love
‘There’s no family in America that can celebrate a victory better than the Harbaughs. You’ll never hear more laughter, more storytelling, or more embellishment.’ – Jack Harbaugh
‘When we celebrate American independence, we are celebrating the best sense of an idea, a process in process.’ – Rowan Ricardo Phillips
”The Paris Review’s mandate has been the same for fifty years. First and foremost, this magazine is for writers; the editors’ task is to support and celebrate them, especially at the beginning of their careers, but also as they move forward, venturing stories that are creative, risky, new.’ – John D’Agata
‘It’s important in life to celebrate any victory in life.’ – Jillian Michaels
‘It is a real pleasure to collaborate with Frida Giannini and Gucci to celebrate one of the House’s most elegant symbols: the horsebit.’ – Charlotte Casiraghi
‘I bought a Cartier nail bracelet to celebrate the fifth anniversary of my blog. It’s an investment piece, but it’s simple enough to wear every day, and it’s something that will last forever.’ – Chiara Ferragni
‘If you watch me during the game, I celebrate when we press the ball and it goes out.’ – Jurgen Klopp
‘When I was growing up, my mother taught me and my sisters to celebrate each other – there was no room in our household for negativity. She taught us to embrace each other, and this was empowering for us. She also taught us the value of celebrating our differences.’ – Alek Wek
‘My mother always has embedded in us that you guys rock in different ways, and to be able to celebrate that with each other is just beautiful.’ – Alek Wek
‘I think beauty is not just about what we put on our heads or on our faces or what we wear: it’s deeper than that, and if we can celebrate that, celebrate the women, not just the superficiality… I think it would be really gorgeous.’ – Alek Wek
‘When you celebrate, it’s something that happens as a group. But when you mourn, sorrow is something that you handle as an individual.’ – Irvin Mayfield
‘I think the greatest gift to me is that I can express myself in songs. It helps me get through some of the hardest times of my life. It also helps me celebrate some of the best times.’ – Mariah Carey
‘It was a melting pot in Las Vegas. You got every age level, every ethnic background, every social aura – it was an absolute Americana audience… people who were there to celebrate occasions; people who were there to gamble; people who were there because they were awed by the whole Vegas operation. Tourists.’ – Norm Crosby
‘It is hard to celebrate the past in an ecumenical way, or even in a fair-minded one, apparently. The trouble with the past is not just that it’s behind us, it’s that it is not even over yet.’ – Michael Korda
‘Using my voice to recognize and celebrate other women is a joy for me.’ – Tracee Ellis Ross
‘I feel like our culture is so good at pulling other people down and being so judgmental, but there’s space for all of us to be who we are. There’s space for us to celebrate each other and root for each other and not take each other down.’ – Tracee Ellis Ross
‘Don’t forget to celebrate. When I was first coming up, everything was so serious – we were always rushing to get to the next thing – that we didn’t take the time to say, ‘Man, look what we did just now.” – Maren Morris
‘America’s a faith-based experiment as a country. We should celebrate and invite faith. And our motto is, ‘In God We Trust.’ This isn’t something that divides; this is something that pulls together and lifts us up.’ – Sam Brownback
‘As we celebrate Women’s History Month this March, it’s important to remember the key role women have played in promoting a better understanding and relationships between our country and the rest of the world.’ – Elaine Chao
‘We’re getting ready to sit down at the table and have Thanksgiving, and there’s people that are not with their families. There are people that are in dangerous areas, putting their lives on the line to keep our country free, and I think that’s something we should all celebrate every day.’ – Guy Fieri
‘I think it’s hilarious at 40 years old to bring out my roller skates from ‘Starlight Express.’ I find the humor and even the sadness in it hilarious and something to celebrate.’ – Jane Krakowski
‘Chocolate is the go-to ingredient for many people. It is the thing people crave when they are happy and celebrate; it is also the go-to ingredient for many people when we are sad or depressed. It makes us feel better.’ – Johnny Iuzzini
‘You do not move forward by following convention. You celebrate those who are different, who are not burdened by ‘normality.” – Morten Tyldum
‘I’ve teamed up with Pine Sol to celebrate the makers of home.’ – Christina Milian
‘When it comes to the New Year, I make it a point to catch my mum and dad awake before the clock strikes 12. Then, I celebrate the night with friends.’ – Amy Jackson
‘My point is simple: When you win a match or a tournament, forget why the captain took certain decisions. Celebrate the victory. Do not try to analyse every decision.’ – Mohammad Azharuddin
‘I do not understand why we are not raised to celebrate our bodies as children. Why we are told to be shy or awkward or self-conscious.’ – Karan Johar
‘The Everton goal was very important. It was the one that got us through, and it was great to go into the crowd and celebrate with the fans.’ – Anthony Martial
‘People always ask, ‘Man, why don’t you come out and enjoy it? Why don’t you celebrate? Why don’t you have any fun?’ My fun is Sundays. Anybody can go to the club. You don’t have to be good at going to the club to go to the club. You have to be good to be playing on Sundays, and to me, that’s what’s cool.’ – J. J. Watt
‘I think actually it’s kind of sad because something I looked forward to just getting to the NFL growing up was just being able to have more fun, the rules loosen up, being able to celebrate.’ – Ezekiel Elliott
‘I don’t celebrate really crazy.’ – Millie Bobby Brown
‘I think, of all the holidays we celebrate, my least favorite is Earth Day. For one thing, I never know what sort of gift is appropriate. A jar of dirt, maybe? And it’s not clear to me why Earth even needs a ‘day,’ since a spin on its axis creates a day. That’s like giving a man who owns a shoe store a gift of a pair of shoes.’ – W. Bruce Cameron
‘My wife, Keisha, came home once, and I had these violinists playing for her, and I’d prepared dinner for her, and I write poems. She’s pretty amazing, so I like to celebrate that. She’s really taught me how to celebrate life; that’s something I’ve learned.’ – Forest Whitaker
‘It’s just really fulfilling to celebrate with a group of folks, a team, than it is personally.’ – Sam Hunt
‘I’ve never hosted a party in my life, not even my own birthday party. I’d feel really uncomfortable saying, ‘Hey everybody, let’s celebrate me!’ But I’m not antisocial. I don’t hate people.’ – Alessia Cara
‘In New Orleans, we celebrate everything. It’s probably the only place you’ll see people dancing in a funeral home.’ – Trombone Shorty
‘For Christmas 1999, my husband surprised me with a trip to Disney World. Along with our boys, we were standing on the roof of the Contemporary Hotel at midnight on New Year’s Eve 2000 watching fireworks explode over every amusement park in Orlando. It was a magical way to celebrate the millennial, and a never-to-be-forgotten Christmas present.’ – Karen Robards
‘Veterans Day is a time to celebrate the men and women who have worn this nation’s uniform and to honor their service.’ – Tammy Duckworth
‘Parenting involves two separate activities. You have to change your child in that you need to educate your child and instill moral values in them. But you also need to celebrate your child for who he or she is and make them feel really good.’ – Andrew Solomon
‘I don’t know what that is because to me, Feb. 14 is Rob Thomas’ birthday, and that’s only what I acknowledge it as. I just like to celebrate that as Rob Thomas’ birthday.’ – Nikki Glaser
‘Me as an artist, I’m more notorious for writing songs that celebrate women, songs that are all about the positive element of the immensely confusing creature that is woman.’ – Ne-Yo
‘I think it’s important to celebrate your successes. It’s important to feel happy about them, but it’s equally important to look forward to the next big move.’ – Chanda Kochhar
‘We should celebrate the fact that, unlike some countries in the world, the United States makes promises that we will never send any student away from our schools.’ – Betsy DeVos
”Dad, Dad, I’m getting married.’ ‘Sh-sh, don’t say it. Nothing, nothing. Don’t do anything.’ So he honestly – ’cause he was taught don’t celebrate – they’ll take it away from you. And his parents were taught that, and his parents and parents’ parents. Because if you did celebrate, and you were visible, it could be very, very dangerous.’ – Jeffrey Tambor
‘Prince was unapologetically different, and he made it okay for his fans to be different and to celebrate their individuality. His social conscience challenged us to look deeper than the skin color of our neighbors.’ – Betsy Hodges
‘Most Americans actually need to have both people working, and it’s a luxury and something to celebrate if you can make a choice like this. And this choice isn’t for everyone. But it’s nice to not have to worry about what time does daycare close.’ – Mary Dillon
‘Did Google know much about media? Or Amazon about commerce? Tesla about cars? SpaceX about rockets? EBay about classifieds? What did I know about computing when I started Sun Microsystems? We should celebrate these entrepreneurs, not pillory them for fighting entrenched incumbent industries that have political influence and money.’ – Vinod Khosla
‘Impact Day is just one part of the hundreds of thousands of volunteer, pro bono, and professional training hours Deloitte offers to nonprofit organizations nationwide throughout the year. It’s a day to celebrate all we do to make an impact that matters in the communities where we live and work.’ – Cathy Engelbert
‘I don’t think it’s good to focus on being celebrated but to celebrate yourself.’ – Winnie Harlow
‘New money is something fun to celebrate if you never had it.’ – G-Eazy
‘The Miss America Organization’s philanthropic arm is particularly appealing to me, as I have made it my mission to give back in ways that empower women and celebrate diversity.’ – Carolyn Aronson
‘Writing a screenplay is so spare, it kind of reminded me that I really should celebrate what I can do in a book, which is description: for example, places, people, locations.’ – Michael Connelly
‘Someone who I would describe as a ‘geek’ or ‘nerd’ is a person who loves something to its greatest extent and then looks for other people who love it the same way so they can celebrate loving it together.’ – Wil Wheaton
‘I was world champion, but I was never able to celebrate it. It was a joke for me.’ – Caster Semenya
‘There is never going to be an end point. But definitely, I am happy to complete a certain part of my journey, and that’s something I want to celebrate.’ – Harshvardhan Rane
‘It’s so hard in the NFL, man. You spend the course of a long week preparing for one opportunity. And once you get that opportunity and you get in that moment, it’s just an amazing feeling. It’s something you should celebrate about, something you should be excited about.’ – Antonio Brown
‘Allowing guys to celebrate and get the fans involved and excited – it makes the game better.’ – Antonio Brown
‘I’m extremely delighted to host the special show ‘Dussehra – Jeet Sachchai Kee’, which will celebrate the spirit of good over evil. The show will be filled with a heavy dose of entertainment as renowned celebrities from across popular television shows will be joining in the celebrations and saluting the spirit of righteousness.’ – Rithvik Dhanjani
‘I personally adore the festival of Dussehra, as its a celebration of our culture and mythological legacy. I celebrate, almost, all my festivals with Life OK, be it Holi or Diwali or Dussehra. It’s like a festive home for me.’ – Rithvik Dhanjani
‘We celebrate Valentine Day, but no one remembers Bhagat Singh birth anniversary.’ – Yo Yo Honey Singh
‘Not just me, in fact, my entire family is a devout follower of Lord Hanuman. It’s an annual affair where we all celebrate Hanuman Jayanti with a big puja at home, and all the relatives join us in the puja.’ – Ashish Sharma
‘As consumers, we are making choices,and we allow things to exist, and we celebrate the existence of things. And we can also boycott those things we don’t want to be part of.’ – Diego Luna
‘I am proud that London is a city where, the vast majority of the time, Jewish people, Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists, those who are not members of an organized faith, black, white, rich, young, gay, lesbian – don’t simply tolerate each other but respect, embrace, and celebrate each other.’ – Sadiq Khan
‘First, I only get earthen lamps during Diwali, and I urge everyone to do so, so that people who make these diyas can earn money and have a good Diwali. Also, I celebrate the festival with special children. I take homemade sweets for them like halwa or jaggery and spend some time with them.’ – Sangram Singh
‘I celebrate Christmas with wilful glee.’ – Robert Rinder
‘In 1995, I proposed the Harvard Arts Medal. The idea was to celebrate the fact that, although it’s rare, Harvard men and women do go into the creative arts. Over the years we’ve had major, major figures, like Jack Lemmon, John Updike, Yo-Yo Ma, and Bonnie Raitt.’ – John Lithgow
‘This phenomenon with Betty White is so wonderfully amazing. In a world where ageism runs rampant, out of left field, all of a sudden, the country decides to celebrate Betty White, and she becomes cool at 90. That’s remarkable.’ – Chris Meledandri
‘As far as the creative side, the more I do this, the more I know that it’s all about the writing. We don’t always celebrate that enough, but without the writing, you can’t do much. You got on a film sometimes, and it’s sort of half-written, and they expect and think that the actor’s job is to bring the extra part and the good part. It’s not.’ – Wes Bentley
‘When we created Overwatch at Blizzard, it was always with the expectation that we would be able to celebrate and recognize our players in a way that would be consistent with traditional sports.’ – Bobby Kotick
‘The most important thing we do to encourage innovation is give people the freedom to fail. And I think you can articulate that and establish that as a value in a lot of different ways. I don’t want to say celebrate the failures, but in a lot of respects, it’s sort of that.’ – Bobby Kotick
‘During the holiday season, we’ve asked everyone within the sound of my voice that if you’re going to celebrate, celebrate in a responsible manner.’ – Jesse White
‘I want to get up and celebrate something – and why not celebrate being a woman?’ – Dawn Richard
‘I’m a natural technophobe, but I can see the importance of the digital role, and you have to celebrate it – our site is obviously an incredibly important part of our business now.’ – Matthew Williamson
‘The idea that women are actually getting some jobs – whoopee. I can’t say that I celebrate it without a hint of cynicism, because I think of how easily things can drop away and go back to the same old routine of being a boys’ show. But I think it’s a wonderful thing that women are getting to direct more.’ – Anjelica Huston
‘Every time a government minister or spokesman lauds Magna Carta, let us boo or hiss. Shame them. And let us celebrate what it really means to our history: the ability of an emerging class to make demands against the state for new liberties and rights.’ – Guy Standing
‘The premiere of Lynne Ramsay’s film of ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’ at the Cannes film festival provides an apt juncture at which to celebrate the miraculous power – not of film but of fiction. Lo, I have created a monster.’ – Lionel Shriver
‘Speaking only for myself, the ideal finale to me is ‘Friday Night Lights,’ where you have loved and worshipped a show for all these years, you get to come back, celebrate the characters, finish up their journeys, and send everyone out with a feeling of, ‘My God, I’m so grateful that I got to know these people.” – Julie Plec
‘I love and celebrate good teachers, and it’s critical that we do more to identify them and keep them happy and motivated.’ – Whitney Tilson
‘I celebrate my hardworking parents and all the opportunities they gave me.’ – Nathan Chen
‘Anyone who knows or works with me knows I don’t believe there’s such a thing as a ‘mistake.’ With that in mind, I celebrate all aspects of makeup and find something beautiful in all ‘trends.” – Pat McGrath
‘During World Immunization Week, we must celebrate our shared results and redouble our efforts to improve the health and lives of people everywhere.’ – Tedros Adhanom
‘Writing ‘Deathstroke’ presents a number of challenges to me. As a Christian, as a minister, it’s difficult for me to write a comic book that all but glorifies violence. So my take on ‘Deathstroke’ has been to not so much celebrate violence but to deal with the consequences of violence.’ – Christopher Priest
‘Every country has things to be proud of and to celebrate.’ – Eric Metaxas
‘The self-proclaimed Islamic State cannot tolerate diversity, which is why we must celebrate it.’ – Deeyah Khan
‘Galentine’s Day is the day before Valentine’s Day. People sometimes think, ‘Oh, it’s a replacement for Valentine’s Day.’ But it’s not. You can celebrate Galentine’s and Valentine’s. And it comes from the sitcom ‘Parks And Recreation’… Amy Poehler’s character created this holiday because she wanted a day to celebrate her girlfriends.’ – Kayleen Schaefer
‘We can celebrate the speed at which LGBT equality has progressed, but we also have to acknowledge that it wasn’t fast enough, because too many people didn’t get to experience it. We can never be too impatient.’ – Sarah McBride
‘At the end of the day, it’s incredibly important to have a show like ‘Atlanta’ because if we can’t stand up for and celebrate each other, then who will? Who will do it better?’ – Brian Tyree Henry
‘I celebrate my blackness. I love the artistic vibrancy of the culture I was born to.’ – Jesmyn Ward
‘I have always loved the Day of the Dead – a chance to celebrate death rather than to treat it like that awful scene in the cemetery.’ – Andy Dunn
‘Celebrate the things that make you individual and unique, and realize that there’s no one in this world that looks like you.’ – Philomena Kwao
‘My best advice is to celebrate your own unique features and never put them down. There is beauty in individuality, and it’s so important to appreciate everything your body allows you to do. It’s OK to have a down day – we all do from time to time – but it’s not OK to compare yourself to others.’ – Philomena Kwao
‘I think the fashion industry and the media industry in general have a responsibility to make sure that they celebrate the rich differences in all our backgrounds to make sure we don’t fall into the trap of reducing beauty to one specific mold.’ – Philomena Kwao
‘What makes ‘A Christmas Story’ universal, whether you celebrate Christmas or not, is that you recognize that family… It’s ultimately about a family being glued together for the holiday season.’ – Marc Platt
‘When you celebrate a new idea, it immediately comes through the way you hold yourself and the clothes you wear.’ – Neri Oxman
‘Each time I turn on my own television screen and see reflections of myself in other courageous young LGBTQ-identifying actors and artists, I know that the dream is expanding. That would not be possible without LGBTQ Pride. Celebrate yourself, and the world will catch up.’ – Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman
‘Society is so quick to encourage women to see each other as competition, but I think it’s important we celebrate and embrace the pieces of our identity we share with others.’ – Ashleigh Murray
‘It is an insult for me to have been alive through the times you are calling the so-called civil rights movement. I don’t celebrate my humiliations and my insults.’ – James Meredith
‘I always wanted to be a chef. Flavors and food were always of interest to me, but it was how those things brought friends and family together to celebrate not only the special occasions but everyday life. It has been a blessing that I have been able to pursue a career that creates a product that brings people together.’ – Maneet Chauhan
‘We encourage failure among young men; we celebrate it… It’s a badge of honour for a man. Yet attach those same words and experiences to a woman, and society writes her off.’ – Whitney Wolfe Herd
‘It’s actually OK to be unique and have your own contributions, to celebrate what it means to be black, how we’ve survived and thrived through the worst conditions possible.’ – Alicia Garza
‘If people know they’re being sold to, you can celebrate the sell.’ – David Droga
‘We’ve made extraordinary progress on the environment over the decades, and that’s something we should celebrate.’ – Scott Pruitt
‘The real friends are the ones who celebrate with you.’ – Ella Purnell
‘In Vedic times, we had the great quest for the unknown. We did wonderful things; we celebrate our past vigyaan and our wonderful heritage of science and technology of the Vedic times.’ – Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
‘I learned to find things to love about myself and to celebrate them.’ – Khoudia Diop
‘I wanted to express myself using visuals and also celebrate the beauty of black women, travel, and have amazing opportunities. I also wanted to be a living example of inspiration for other women and girls.’ – Khoudia Diop
‘President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, like his most recent predecessors Mohamed Morsi and Hosni Mubarak, rarely mention the Sinai Peninsula other than to celebrate its liberation from Israeli occupation in 1982.’ – Mona Eltahawy
‘I do not celebrate the appointment of women to high positions in regimes where cruelty is a favored tool of governance by a patriarchy; if they accept, they are nothing short of foot soldiers of that patriarchy and the violence it has instituted.’ – Mona Eltahawy
‘I wanted to write about the transformative power of small acts of kindness. An old man falls in the street, you stop and make sure he’s OK. Or even smaller acts than that, though – buying someone a cup of coffee, telling them their hair looks nice – sometimes you don’t realise the transformative effect on people. I wanted to celebrate that.’ – Gail Honeyman
‘You literally just have to celebrate who you are, because that’s a beautiful thing.’ – Katy Mixon
‘On Halloween, because we don’t celebrate it, my dad would drive me somewhere, anywhere different. Like Little Italy in New York to walk around and teach me all about the food and culture.’ – SZA
‘There’s always an excuse to celebrate someone you love.’ – Cynthia Rowley
‘In 1961, an official U.S. commission oversaw thousands of events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the American Civil War. All 50 states joined in, but not surprisingly, the biggest events took place in the 11 southern states that made up the defeated Confederacy.’ – Amanda Foreman
‘My goal is to get in bed by 11. That rarely happens. But I celebrate when it does happen.’ – Neil Blumenthal
‘Because being CEO can feel lonely, I journal religiously as a way to express my thoughts, feelings and aspirations. Looking back at earlier entries helps me reflect on challenges and celebrate progress and successes.’ – Rana el Kaliouby
‘At Affectiva, we hire top talent – and the entire world is our search space. I take pride in the cultural diversity of our team, and we celebrate it.’ – Rana el Kaliouby
‘Like many astronomers who use the great telescopes on Mauna Kea, I have participated personally and joyfully in ceremonies to celebrate the profound cosmic understanding that comes from joining ancient Hawaiian navigator traditions with the techniques of modern astronomy.’ – Sandra Faber
‘You can’t celebrate gifts without celebrating the giver of all gifts, so I want to celebrate Jesus.’ – Lecrae
‘No face is ‘correct,’ but when you figure out how to emphasize and celebrate your own features with makeup, it will show.’ – Aquaria
‘In California, we celebrate our diversity. We celebrate who we are because we’re proud of who we are; we’re proud of where our families come from.’ – Kevin de Leon
‘With so many delicious varieties and flavors ranging from subtle to bold, Keebler and Carr’s crackers are an unexpectedly genius way to celebrate leftovers and serve up one-of-a-kind recipes.’ – Damaris Phillips
”Harmony of Difference,’ to me, was an opportunity to celebrate one another. And ‘Fists of Fury’ is an opportunity for us to protect one another.’ – Kamasi Washington
‘If your entire relationship with money is devoid of fun, money becomes something you fear and loathe rather than something to celebrate and enjoy.’ – Jen Sincero
‘In our culture, many of us idealize love. We see it as some lofty cure-all for all of life’s problems. Our movies and our stories and our history all celebrate it as life’s ultimate goal, the final solution for all of our pain and struggle. And because we idealize love, we overestimate it. As a result, our relationships pay a price.’ – Mark Manson
‘The changes that your body goes through during pregnancy are so radical, I’ve really tried to embrace and celebrate my new body, and hopefully I can encourage other women to do the same.’ – Mary Helen Bowers
‘In this great country, we celebrate success. We don’t want to penalize those who have done well.’ – Kamala Harris
‘States that have experienced revolutions or have acquired their independence from empires – such as the U.S. or Australia – tend to celebrate their constitutional documents and put them on show in special galleries so that every citizen can become familiar with them. In the U.K., this is not properly done.’ – Linda Colley
‘I’m not the type of person who feels bad about things before. I choose what to do at the moment, and I have a very good reason for it; otherwise, I don’t do it. If later my feelings change, I should celebrate now by being more wise, not feel bad about before.’ – Marcel Wanders
‘I understand and appreciate and respect that any time a barrier is broken or history is made, people want to celebrate it and mark it as progress.’ – Ayanna Pressley
‘I still celebrate the day when I first met Shah Rukh Khan. One can’t just have a crush on him: he is a person whom you love.’ – Kubra Sait
‘Don’t be anything you’re not. Be yourself. And people will either celebrate that or say, ‘It’s not for me.” – Alyssa Edwards
‘I think I’m just always myself, and I think that’s what’s most important to me. Just be genuine. Be authentic. Be who you are and who you were meant to be. And celebrate that. Celebrate all of that.’ – Alyssa Edwards
‘It’s an honor to step onstage and celebrate the service and sacrifices of our soldiers.’ – Machine Gun Kelly
‘Whenever there is a new song out, we’ll sometimes try to rehearse a celebration so when one of us scores a goal, we can celebrate it together. I find this a nice thing between team-mates to show the friendship between us, and I try to do this whenever I can.’ – Roberto Firmino
‘From a very young age, I felt a spiritual, visceral, instinctual connection with ‘black is beautiful.’ Just the black experience and wanting to celebrate that. And I didn’t know how to articulate that as a young child.’ – Rachel Dolezal
‘I always celebrate festivals – whether it’s Holi or Diwali.’ – Kartik Aaryan
‘My parents are both from Belfast. I have an Irish passport and a British passport, and I go back every summer and every Christmas, and sometimes I pop over during the year to say hi, and, of course, celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.’ – Stella Maxwell
‘We just like to make great songs and have fun, and if people want to nominate us for a Grammy and celebrate it, then we’ll take it.’ – Robert Trujillo
‘I’m a big fan of the first one, but one of the first horror films I ever saw on my own was ‘Halloween II.’ That was my first real experience of Halloween as a concept because in Sweden in the Eighties, we didn’t celebrate Halloween.’ – Tobias Forge
‘I celebrate those who wear their red poppies with pride.’ – Katie Hopkins
‘If you win, of course celebrate and show the fans you’re happy – it’s fantastic – but when you win a trophy, when you win something special.’ – Mauricio Pochettino
‘Obviously, if you win a trophy, like I won when I was a player, it’s a moment to celebrate. For me – this is my mentality, and I don’t want to say it’s right or wrong – I love to celebrate in private and not make it public. I love to celebrate the things with your team-mates.’ – Mauricio Pochettino
‘I love it when the people celebrate when they beat you.’ – Mauricio Pochettino
‘I came into comedy to make people laugh. If the fact that I can’t stop eating Hobnobs in any way helps, I’m happy to celebrate that.’ – Greg Davies
‘To apologize for the Balfour Declaration would be to apologize for the existence of Israel and to question its right to exist. Here in Britain, we will not merely mark the centenary – we will celebrate it with pride.’ – Sajid Javid
‘For sheer creativity and totality of involvement, ‘Rolf’s Cartoon Club’ with HTV in Bristol was an amazing show to work on, but I think the ‘Rolf on Art’ series, culminating in the painting of the Queen’s portrait to celebrate her 80th birthday, just nudges into the favourite spot.’ – Rolf Harris
‘Even though I’m in this big, crazy business, I’m still just myself. I still celebrate Christmas; I still live at home.’ – Darci Lynne Farmer
‘We filmed part of it here at the Alex Theatre in Los Angeles, and then we filmed the other part of it in Oklahoma because that’s where I live. It’s called ‘Darci Lynne: My Hometown Christmas.’ We wanted to incorporate that I celebrate Christmas just like any other kid.’ – Darci Lynne Farmer
‘Deepavali is my ‘favouritest’ festival. More than Pongal or New Year’s, this is the time we all come together as family and celebrate.’ – Aishwarya Rajesh
‘It is unevolved to want to celebrate the architects and defenders of slavery.’ – Bryan Stevenson
‘I’m going from the state House to the opportunity to serve in Congress and serve the people in the Fifth, which is a great honor and a great opportunity… It is something that is exciting to a few people, but, you know, often times it is important for us to own the moment, celebrate it, and then move on.’ – Ilhan Omar
‘I celebrate my life, whether it’s being a single mother, wearing diamonds, or holidaying in exotic places.’ – Sushmita Sen
‘Every time a film comes together, usually the studio executives come up for a day to the set. If you’re out of town, they’ll fly in or wherever you are – the cast, the director, the producers – all get together and have a big dinner and celebrate the fact that we’re about to start shooting.’ – Nicholas D’Agosto
‘We should celebrate make-up. It’s a lucrative industry; a massive employer.’ – Stacey Dooley
‘Swedes celebrate Christmas Eve. Every Sunday leading up to Christmas, we light a candle, then make gingerbread and saffron buns.’ – Mabel
‘As a footballer, I have always found it better not to be too emotional. Better to be cool, consistent, clinical. Celebrate goals, yes, but keep your feelings for those you trust most.’ – Diego Forlan
‘When you celebrate somebody’s bad work on the terms that define their good work, how can that artist have anything but contempt for an audience that can’t tell the good from the bad?’ – Greil Marcus
‘I think that the best way to celebrate the other people in my family is to go on.’ – Joely Fisher
‘The first thing I think about when somebody says you’re going to be the first Muslim is celebrate this moment.’ – Rashida Tlaib
‘I think it’s always been sort of difficult for people of color to celebrate the Fourth of July and really understand what that means.’ – Diane Guerrero
‘Tax Day is right up there with ‘Root Canal Day’ in terms of days that no one wants to celebrate.’ – Matt Gaetz
‘If President Trump were to say, ‘I’m am now the first female president,’ who would celebrate that?’ – Matt Gaetz
‘Let’s not have a postseason tournament. Let’s have a preseason tournament where you’re guaranteed three games: we go somewhere, and all the fans come in, and we celebrate our league. We’ll have great games to start the year, and we’ll do it prior to the year.’ – John Calipari
‘In Brazil, you know that only first place counts; in other countries, you might celebrate coming second, third, or fourth, but not in Brazil.’ – Rivaldo
‘When I see the kind of passion Sir Alex shows, it is hard to believe he is about to celebrate his 71st birthday.’ – Edwin van der Sar
‘I feel like it’s dangerous to get complacent and celebrate too much… You can’t get comfortable.’ – Jessie Reyez
‘Any time you have the chance to celebrate something with your closest best friends, it’s very special.’ – Ludwig Goransson
‘World Soccer Stars presents a great opportunity to celebrate the arrival of football, and from what I know, football is the next emerging sport in Pakistan.’ – Carles Puyol
‘I celebrate Diwali in a way that spreads happiness to those around me.’ – Jackie Shroff
‘The Hart family loves to celebrate!’ – Natalya Neidhart
‘We don’t celebrate birthdays in our family; the money was always given towards social causes.’ – Urmila Matondkar
‘We have become so used to complaining about the state of our country that we have forgotten what it is to celebrate India, to celebrate what India stands for.’ – Vivek Oberoi
‘I prefer to celebrate every moment of my life and not allow any negativity.’ – Vivek Oberoi
‘If I’m on the pitch, and I score, and I’m not going to celebrate, I would rather tell the manager I’m not going to play because what is the point of scoring goals and not celebrating?’ – Emmanuel Adebayor
‘If I score against Tottenham, trust me – I’m going to celebrate.’ – Emmanuel Adebayor
‘My mother always told me that you should have one room in your house where you celebrate all of your achievements. You shouldn’t have them spread throughout.’ – Iliza Shlesinger
‘There used to be a time when people used to hold up cigarette lighters and candles at concerts, and the place was aglow to celebrate the end of the evening, or during a slow song, there was this congregational euphoria that used to exist. It still does, but now it’s a question of iPhones being held up.’ – Ian Gillan
‘I like to celebrate the holiday season – not so much in a religious way, per se, but in a unifying way.’ – Michael McDonald
‘We try to promote the Christmas season and remind people that it is a season of peace. That’s what the season’s real meaning is about. No matter what religion you are, there is that point in time where we should celebrate that idea of peace and humanity.’ – Michael McDonald
‘Yerry Mina’s a great guy. He’s also a great dancer! When he played for Palmeira,s he’d always celebrate with a dance. We became friends, and I speak to him regularly.’ – Richarlison
‘You don’t celebrate a goal differently just because it’s scored against one team or the other.’ – Gabriel Batistuta
‘The culture of the Dominican Republic definitely influenced me. We enjoy music in this crazy way; we celebrate absolutely everything.’ – Natti Natasha
‘We have this beautiful tradition at Bayern that we all get together with our families after the game in a room and celebrate the wins. That is why it hurts a lot more when we lose.’ – Thiago Alcantara
‘My birthday is always around Thanksgiving, and I always had to have turkey on my birthday. My mom was always, ‘Let’s celebrate your birthday on Thanksgiving.’ My other siblings got to have special dinners they liked. I resented turkey. For a long time, I hated turkey. I’ve kind of gotten over it.’ – Joey Chestnut
‘I am a fitness freak, and I do not celebrate any festivity in a grand way during the months of December and January because I am busy preparing for my marathon.’ – Nikita Dutta
‘I find joy in watching my teammates celebrate and do what they do. Whenever I throw them the ball, I love watching my teammates celebrate.’ – Sam Darnold
‘Why can you not enjoy scoring and celebrating a goal for your new team with your fans? They have travelled all that way; enjoy it – simple as that. Some players choose not to, and that’s fine, but it’s just who I am – celebrate scoring goals. It’s a great feeling.’ – Theo Walcott
‘My favourite thing about the holiday season is to spend time with family and friends and to take time off to celebrate.’ – Julie Payette
‘There are so many food shows, really beautiful ones, that exist to elevate professional cooking and professional chefs. But there aren’t that many that really celebrate home cooking or are for home cooks especially.’ – Samin Nosrat
‘You cannot change who you are, so don’t punish yourself for your shortcomings. Know who you are, give it your best, and celebrate it.’ – Stephanie Ruhle
‘A lot of people celebrate the ’80s. I was a ’90s guy. The best music, and basketball, was at its high in the ’90s, with all of the best players, playing the best style of basketball in that era, and Michael Jordan winning six rings in the city I grew up in.’ – Iman Shumpert
‘One reason I’m grateful to call Hawai’i home is that the people of these islands embrace diversity and celebrate the colorful fabric of race, ethnicity, and religion that make up our people, place, and culture.’ – Tulsi Gabbard
‘Don’t put your love life on Instagram! It’s nice to celebrate how you feel at a particular time, but don’t get carried away.’ – Caroline Flack
‘No matter what day we celebrate Australia Day, let’s celebrate it together and give thanks to the original inhabitants of this vast country. We are lucky to be sharing it with them.’ – Jimmy Barnes
‘Bayern know how to celebrate on a big scale.’ – Jupp Heynckes
‘I’ve never been one to celebrate anniversaries.’ – Margaret Trudeau
‘One of the reasons we set up this country, one of the things we celebrate in freedom and democracy of the United States is you can criticize your president. You can criticize the ways in which the country falls short of its values.’ – Pete Buttigieg
‘I want to be a proud daughter of Punjab. Celebrate my roots – fly, flourish, write stories, characters. Don’t hold me and my voice to ransom. Enable me, don’t disable me!’ – Kanika Dhillon
‘As we celebrate International Women’s Day, it’s not enough to applaud the contributions of women worldwide. We should also recognize and celebrate the opportunities and financial independence women enjoy because of entrepreneurial capitalism.’ – Rachel Campos-Duffy
‘Three decades ago, in a top story of the century, Americans placed six flags on the Moon. Today we no longer try for new and bold space achievements; instead, we celebrate the anniversaries of the past.’ – Gene Kranz
‘Every time I score, I celebrate like the kid I was playing in the park.’ – Fran Kirby
‘I really can’t pinpoint why I celebrate the way I do. I just love it when I pick a wicket, and it comes naturally to me to express my joy in the manner that I do.’ – Imran Tahir
‘I grew up playing sports. But I always celebrate Veterans Day.’ – Kevin Knox
‘I believe the best way to celebrate the holidays is to spread cheer and joy to others.’ – Scott Rogowsky
‘I celebrate the things that make me different, and it’s worked to my advantage.’ – EJ Johnson
‘Summer is always a great time to have fun with beauty and fashion and celebrate our changing looks.’ – Jeannie Mai
‘There’s a common problem: if a kid is not good at exams, they often think they are not skilled. Yet many of them do have the skills employers are looking for – but often we don’t show them that, or teach them how to develop them, or celebrate them.’ – Steph McGovern
‘I really miss how we used to celebrate Diwali when I was a kid.’ – Vaani Kapoor
‘You can die at any moment doing anything. I mean, so why not do what you love to do. If I die on game day, have a drink. Celebrate.’ – Bruce Arians
‘I celebrate my teammates’ plays more than I celebrate my plays.’ – Tyrann Mathieu
‘All politicians will say they celebrate the NHS, but to a greater or lesser extent, they’ve all undermined it.’ – Ken Loach
‘We’re liberals, so quitting is not an option. We will push through the hard days so we can celebrate together on the good ones.’ – Sophie Gregoire Trudeau
‘I would encourage anyone to keep a pad of post-it notes by their bed and write down small, achievable goals and celebrate those successes and that will give you confidence to create bigger ones and achieve them.’ – Katie Piper
‘We must celebrate difference until difference doesn’t make a difference in the way we treat each other.’ – Yolanda King
‘We all celebrate Ganpati festival with a lot of love and care for the deity, but we also need to take care of the environment.’ – Prateik Babbar
‘That was the special thing about the Carolina Chocolate Drops. We didn’t want to do music full-time. We weren’t looking to get rich, which is good, because we didn’t. But we went further than we thought we would go. We started that band to celebrate Joe Thompson and the black string band music. That’s not really a recipe for commercial success.’ – Rhiannon Giddens
‘There is an endearing quality in Gujaratis and the way they celebrate their lives.’ – Javed Ali
‘When you can celebrate with your teammates on just a major accomplishment, there’s nothing better.’ – Max Scherzer
‘Celebrate creativity and confidence in the face of adversity.’ – Abhijit Banerjee
‘I’ll never forget, I was talking to the singer in one of the heavier rock bands I was in, and it was like a screaming band, and I was like, ‘Man, why don’t we make a song that’s like ‘Let’s Celebrate!.” – Mod Sun
‘We have to be responsible towards the environment when we celebrate our festivals.’ – Shefali Zariwala
‘We definitely like to celebrate the wins, that’s for sure.’ – Gerrit Cole
‘I was in sixth grade at Koko Head Elementary School in Honolulu, and was chosen to pin the 50th star on the American flag in front of my teachers and classmates at a special assembly to celebrate statehood.’ – Mazie Hirono
‘Powerful messages that defend life and celebrate true heroines can’t be contained, not even by the best efforts of some of the most powerful liberals on the planet.’ – Paula White
‘Hopefully, the media will eventually learn to celebrate a woman who, through all the noise, is able to hold steadfast to her mission and stay true to herself. Regardless, Melania Trump is proud to be the first lady of the United States and is proud to represent the American people.’ – Stephanie Grisham
‘We wanted to make music to fit with the way we live and celebrate life.’ – apl.de.ap
‘It’s powerful when you’re able to celebrate your culture, but also bring the arts and music to the masses.’ – Taboo
‘I don’t know if money is something to really celebrate.’ – Clayton Kershaw
‘If we have a good day and we win, I’ll celebrate and enjoy it. If I have a bad day and I lose, I’ll be disappointed and then come back the next day and think about the next team.’ – Clayton Kershaw
‘People make a big deal about celebrations and what’s appropriate and what’s not. But just talking with some veteran guys, I think anytime you get a chance to celebrate with your team, regardless if it’s winning the division or winning a series, whatever it is, you take advantage of that.’ – Clayton Kershaw
‘It’s true that Americans are less than thrilled with President Obama and congressional Democrats. Their approval ratings are nothing to celebrate. But electoral politics is a zero-sum game. If one side loses, then the other side wins. Success depends on being just slightly less odious than your opponent.’ – Kirsten Powers
‘Anyone who plays in the NHL dreams to win the Stanley Cup and I dreamed as well to be one of them and raise the cup in Washington and bring it home to Moscow and celebrate with my friends and my parents.’ – Alexander Ovechkin
‘Modern technology gives us surprising glimpses into human development. It helps us plan for and celebrate new life.’ – Ben Sasse
‘Persevering and getting through hardship makes you tough, and at our house we celebrate stitches. As long as we didn’t do permanent damage to their spine that’s going to have lasting effect, we applaud and celebrate stitches at our house.’ – Ben Sasse
‘There’s no Democratic and Republican seats or gyms or coffee shops at the Supreme Court. Every American should be able to celebrate the fact that we aspire to nine justices who are looking to defend our rights and to defend the Constitution, not to advance policy preferences.’ – Ben Sasse
‘In this world, there are bad people and there are good people. We can either choose to celebrate the bad ones all the time, or we can celebrate the good ones.’ – P.K. Subban
‘We are a multicultural family. My mother is Hindu, my father Muslim. We celebrate every festival, be it Diwali or Eid.’ – Soha Ali Khan
‘I celebrate life every day. I just wake up and say, ‘Thank God. I have a bed. I have my husband. I have my baby.” – Motsi Mabuse
‘America is the one place where you can talk of ‘this nation’ and everyone knows exactly what you think. People put a flag on their porch, and they do have a desire to localize everything and celebrate things locally.’ – Roger Scruton
‘When I was young, we didn’t celebrate February 14. For us, Valentine’s Day meant Saraswati Puja. And just a single day in a year can’t be Valentine’s Day.’ – Prosenjit Chatterjee
‘We should celebrate love on all the 365 days.’ – Prosenjit Chatterjee
‘Pride is a time to celebrate what makes us unique and the more we let young people know that those things that make us different are actually our greatest strengths, the more comfortable we are in our own skin and the more peacefully we’ll sleep at night.’ – Courtney Act
‘I celebrate political protest, it is necessary and protected for a reason, but make it good people!’ – Lisa Kennedy Montgomery
‘The exciting part is the journey of an actor. Each destination in my life is something that I celebrate.’ – Ashish Vidyarthi
‘I always played ‘FIFA’ and stuff like that growing up, and seeing those guys celebrate, I kind of got inspiration from that.’ – Adam Thielen
‘I’m fortunate that, in real life, I love what I do and get to celebrate it.’ – Bianca Del Rio
‘I am only really attracted to people who are very open-minded and embrace and celebrate people who live outside the gender norm.’ – Jinkx Monsoon
‘Holding women to the idea of ‘write what you know’ subtly reinforces the status quo. Writing is a chance to celebrate who we are. But it’s also a chance to celebrate who we could be.’ – Lisa Joy
‘I’m aware of the other drag artists with makeup lines, and I celebrate them. The pie is big and there’s room for everybody.’ – Willam Belli
‘In the gym, we’re always training hard, but when the fight comes, that’s when it’s fun. It’s like a celebration. You go up there and celebrate what you’ve been working on.’ – Adrien Broner
‘I always go for centuries at the end of frames because it gives the fans a chance to celebrate.’ – Judd Trump
‘Everybody should plant a tree on any happy occasion or birthday and celebrate.’ – Sayaji Shinde
‘Holi has always been a nightmare for me because of the dangers of synthetic colours. Eco-friendly colours are the best way to celebrate Holi.’ – Amala Akkineni
‘Christmas is a really special day since I support the initiative ‘Helping Hands’ and I celebrate Christmas with the kids there. I take them to a place they would enjoy, like a hotel or fun zone and spend time with them as we play together and I become Santa for them.’ – Gautam Rode
‘What’s great about being gay is that you can celebrate all types of sexualities, because we understand that being queer means you might also be gender nonconforming or bi or whatever.’ – Olly Alexander
‘Yeah, I’ve always been someone to celebrate a win, whether it’s enjoying it with people or doing something or buying myself something that I wouldn’t buy myself.’ – Justin Thomas
‘Oh, I don’t really celebrate too much.’ – Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
‘That’s kind of a classless move to celebrate when a guy is injured.’ – Ryan Tannehill
‘It makes you hungry every time you see another team celebrate a championship.’ – Derek Carr
‘I’ll never forget when we won that game my rookie year versus Kansas City. We won one game, we were 1-10, and to sit there and watch everybody celebrate, there’s nothing like it. I just sat there and enjoyed it.’ – Derek Carr
‘Growing up all I wanted to do was score goals and celebrate with fans – somewhere in that I got lost. Football came second and it shouldn’t have.’ – Bradley Wright-Phillips
‘We were wearing jeans and t-shirts, and we just decided to drive to the courthouse and get married. We went to Arby’s and had lunch – that’s always been like one of my favorite places – so we decided to celebrate our holy matrimony with some roast beef.’ – Samantha Ponder
‘In our family, and not just us but even with my cousins, uncles and aunts, we celebrate every festival – be it Christmas, Easter, Eid, Diwali or our birthdays.’ – Ananya Panday
‘I miss my mom and dad. They brought me into this world and I wish they were with me on my birthday. So I don’t celebrate it much.’ – Sonu Sood
‘We are a part of this unique, complex, and complicated fabric of what it means to be an American. Americans come in all colors, creeds, and colors of the rainbow, and we can celebrate this together.’ – Tamlyn Tomita
‘When things are happening they don’t hit me at that point of time. The downside is that I don’t get to celebrate the moment, the upside is I don’t get intimidated and I can perform.’ – Radhika Madan
‘My view as a historian is that the empire was an extractive, exploitative, racist and violent institution and that the history of empire is one we need to confront and come to terms with, rather than celebrate.’ – David Olusoga
‘I want to celebrate and salute motherhood.’ – Neeti Mohan
‘If there was a street synonymous with San Francisco, it’s Market Street. It is the everyday backbone of the City, with hundreds of thousands of people traveling along it on foot, bike, bus, or streetcar. It’s where we gather to celebrate our victories and protest injustices.’ – London Breed
‘I don’t really celebrate victories. Kobe Bryant just kept playing. Michael Jordan just kept playing.’ – Roddy Ricch
‘It’s my obligation to celebrate after scoring a goal.’ – Eran Zahavi
‘I was always on to the next thing. I didn’t celebrate all the little moments in my career that I should have done, I always focused on what was next, how could I do better.’ – James Haskell
‘We’ve got to celebrate all diverse artists and actors and ‘Aladdin’ does that really well.’ – Mena Massoud
‘We celebrate pride every day of the year – whether it’s black pride, whether LGBTQIA + pride, whether it’s the pride of being a woman, whether it’s the pride of being a mother, we should be proud of who we are each and every day.’ – Dominique Jackson
‘I celebrate everything. We always had a menorah and a Christmas tree – not for any reason other than we always liked celebrating things.’ – Randy Rainbow
‘As we celebrate a culture of giving, however, we must also sharpen the question of how extreme wealth generation happens in the first place. And we must recognize that just societies cannot be realized merely by the willful distribution of surplus wealth.’ – Rohini Nilekani
‘Drag allows people to celebrate their individuality, together.’ – Manila Luzon
‘Those 12 o’clock kick-offs can be good if you win as then you’ve got the rest of the day to celebrate and enjoy it. On the other hand, if you lose, it’s not a nice feeling. You spend the rest of the day mithering about the game and going over it in your mind for the next eight hours.’ – Phil Jones
‘What better way to celebrate 50 years of defending human rights than over a candlelit dinner with friends and family.’ – Adriano Zumbo
‘We score and stop. We don’t celebrate because it has to go to VAR. What are the supporters doing? The passion goes. I think they have to have a little more flexibility, such as with the offside rule. If it’s not clear and obvious, maintain the decision of the referee.’ – Joao Moutinho
‘I want to give the fans a lot of things to celebrate.’ – Joao Moutinho
‘Brooklyn has a strong, historic relationship with both music and basketball, and I look forward to working with BSE Global to find new ways to deepen and celebrate that relationship within our community.’ – Angela Yee
‘I’m going to hide – I always do on my birthday, I never celebrate birthdays.’ – Laila Rouass
‘I can never celebrate a success in my career without it being picked apart because of my size or ‘my health.” – Tess Holliday
‘It’s important to celebrate how far we have come while also fighting for justice for those who are still not safe as a result of how they identify.’ – Tommy Dorfman
‘Pride is a time to celebrate our community, publicly display our love for one another, and continue our protest of equality that stems back to the BlackCat and Stonewall Riots.’ – Tommy Dorfman
‘We should want children to value difference. Preparing them for a more just world doesn’t mean teaching them to aspire to purple. It means helping them learn to celebrate black.’ – Meena Harris
‘I don’t think you should celebrate age.’ – Dennis Skinner
‘It is something unique to the South, the way people look up to actors and worship them and literally celebrate their film.’ – Amrita Rao
‘We couldn’t celebrate the birth of our twins, as the moment they were born, we found out within 15 minutes that one needed to have a surgery. So, despite being such a joyous moment, we couldn’t declare it to anyone.’ – Kashmira Shah
‘If I know someone who has won an award or received a promotion I tend to gift them a bottle of Black Dog to celebrate their achievements.’ – Shibani Dandekar
‘You get to a certain age and you start comparing and being uncomfortable in one’s body. And then you get to a place where you start to love yourself, accept yourself, celebrate and honor yourself.’ – Wunmi Mosaku
‘The New Zealand culture and nature is such that we find it very difficult to celebrate creative achievement. In order to get New Zealanders’ respect you have to dominate the world like Peter Jackson has done. He is absolutely revered.’ – Niki Caro
‘We will only celebrate when we are champions and not before.’ – Ederson
‘I celebrate Holi each year with Rubina and our friends.’ – Abhinav Shukla
‘Sometimes people say to me that I celebrate over the top, but when you score, the emotion… you just can’t control it. It’s the same with owning a horse that wins.’ – Charlie Austin
‘Pride month is a time for us to celebrate love and recommit ourselves to continuing our efforts to ensure equal treatment for all those who call our state, and country, home, no matter who they love.’ – Cal Cunningham
‘We truly love Butler University and Indianapolis and are very thankful to have had the opportunity to celebrate so many wonderful things together.’ – Brad Stevens
‘I played defense, so I don’t like when guys celebrate with dances and stuff.’ – Brian Urlacher
‘People are going to go out and do things after games and celebrate and do that kind of stuff. Everybody cannot be everywhere, and nobody can prevent crazy things from happening. Stuff is going to happen, and you’ve just got to deal with it.’ – Joe Flacco
‘Maharashtrians in America have a Maharashtra mandal every year. You know when they celebrate it? On July 4, the American Independence Day. That’s respect for local culture.’ – Raj Thackeray
‘I’ve always wanted people to feel great about themselves, for people to know how special they are and really love themselves and accept themselves and celebrate themselves.’ – BeBe Zahara Benet
‘VANITY’ is a celebration of beauty, self-identity, and self-respect. We want people to leave the show feeling okay to accept themselves – not to hold back and be ashamed of the extravagances they like to indulge in. We should be able to celebrate these things because they are part of living and we all strive for them.’ – BeBe Zahara Benet
‘On stage, we embrace every ounce of ourselves, we celebrate who we are, we are honest and live our truth – and we inspire people to do the same.’ – BeBe Zahara Benet
‘We should promote and celebrate and enthuse the artisans and craftsmen of Great Britain.’ – David Linley
‘I wrote ‘Me and Ma’ to celebrate a beautiful phase of my life with people.’ – Divya Dutta
‘I would love to be part of more partnerships and help develop new campaigns that celebrate Milwaukee and support local business.’ – Michael Carter-Williams
‘I made ‘Ricki Lake’ as a big love show for the American culture: big jars of mayo and ketchup and industrial stuff and capitalism, which I celebrate, because I believe that the criticism comes with love.’ – Netta Barzilai
‘I am not arrogant. I would never ask the player to celebrate with me.’ – Andre Villas-Boas
‘I told players that when we score a goal, the bench lives through the same emotions and we celebrate with them, with the same desire.’ – Andre Villas-Boas
‘They say, ‘Don’t celebrate against your old team,’ but I couldn’t hold it in.’ – Aaron Mooy
‘With the Victory Junction alliance, we will celebrate and enable kids with diverse challenges and perspectives to reach their fullest abilities.’ – David Steward
‘It’s a challenge to stay true to oneself and celebrate our stories. I do so by continuing to be what I am, continuing to be myself.’ – Himani Shivpuri
‘My father used to celebrate all festivals like Eid, Diwali, Holi, Christmas, etc. with great gusto.’ – Shabana Azmi
‘Vulgar lyrics and suggestive, voyeuristic camera angles do not celebrate a woman’s sexuality, they actually objectify her.’ – Shabana Azmi
‘I like to surround myself with people, to always celebrate!’ – Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.
‘Personally, I don’t believe in International Women’s Day. After all, there’s no International Men’s Day that we celebrate. These are just titles like Happy Day, Teacher’s Day etc. I don’t understand them.’ – Shobana
‘We need to celebrate our lives. One day, we’re all going to be dead and gone, and be nothing more than a pile of ashes. This is one life we’ve got and the only way to live it is to live it up shamelessly and joyously.’ – Pooja Bedi
‘Women’s football in its right is something to celebrate and the quality and the achievement of all the females I represent, it is an insult to them that we talk about women’s football being a step down.’ – Emma Hayes
‘I celebrate breastfeeding. I think women should be able to do it in public. I will stand arm in arm for women’s rights to do it.’ – Shanna Moakler
‘Pageantry is something I celebrate and support and… the role of these winners is to be an ambassador for everybody, whatever race, color or creed, and a role model.’ – Shanna Moakler
‘As a model, it’s been really freeing to embrace my individuality and celebrate what makes us all different.’ – Denise Bidot
‘In 20 years, I’m going to – I’m sure – envy the body that I have now. I look fabulous and it’s important to celebrate.’ – Lauren Ash
‘Shashi saab had always wished that the traditions continue, even after he bids adieu to the mortal world. He didn’t want any of us to mourn his death; his desire was to celebrate life in every form.’ – Randhir Kapoor
‘To be able to say that there are 200 episodes of ‘Murdoch Mysteries’ is groundbreaking, and it really has snuck up on all of us. When we reached 100 episodes, we had a huge celebration, and the crowds, our fans, really turned out to celebrate the show with us.’ – Yannick Bisson
‘Ageing is something to celebrate. If you can avoid long-term debilitating injury and illness, it’s something you have to embrace because the other choice is being dead. So embrace it, grow with it. And that’s what I try and do.’ – Mick Hucknall
‘National Small Business Week is an opportunity to celebrate our small businesses across the state and recognize the important impact they have on Missouri’s economy.’ – Mike Parson
‘I just know that it is strange if you win a game at the Allianz Arena and cannot celebrate with your fans.’ – Joshua Kimmich
‘Patriots’ Day is the essence of Boston, a Massachusetts-only holiday that seems like it was invented to celebrate Boston.’ – Steve Kornacki
‘Machicomoco will stand in perpetuity, ensuring that we continue to learn from our past, celebrate the present, and aspire to a better future, one that celebrates the heritage of our Commonwealth and all its people.’ – Ralph Northam
‘During Women’s History Month, we celebrate milestones in gender equality, and we uplift the stories of women who have impacted our world with their creativity, advocacy, service, invention, and discovery.’ – Ralph Northam
‘Through the mid-80s I watched my team struggle, but in 1988 the A’s made it to the Series. I was at Game 5 that year and was forced to watch the Dodgers celebrate a World Series Championship on our home turf.’ – Ryan Fleck
‘I am criticised for not celebrating my goals enough. I am very happy from within, very calm. I just don’t celebrate. I celebrate inside.’ – Sunil Chhetri
‘In America, we have holidays and monuments that celebrate heroes from our past, most of whom have legacies that are settled.’ – Tom Malinowski
‘Quite out of proportion to the size of the country, British children’s writers swept the world in the 20th century. We should celebrate them.’ – Gyles Brandreth
‘2021 is my 40th year working in the industry and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than directing ‘Holding.’ It’s a beautiful piece of writing with a great story and fantastic, full-bodied characters.’ – Kathy Burke
‘Celebrations have now become too selfish and I don’t like it. When I used to score I was happy to celebrate with my team-mates. Now when players score it is all about them.’ – Gianluca Vialli
‘I’ll celebrate for my teammates whenever a play is made.’ – Pat Connaughton
‘So I think we should stop celebrating entrepreneurs and just celebrate innovation instead.’ – Peter Sunde
‘Id is the festival which I celebrate wholeheartedly. I love to celebrate it with family and friends.’ – Sana Khan
‘I am today’s youth. At 26, I understand their pulse. We don’t look for a reason to celebrate life. We just do it.’ – Sherlyn Chopra
‘I celebrate Paul’s life, and if it’s not with family it’s with friends.’ – Cody Walker
‘I always want to celebrate inclusivity wherever I can.’ – Melissa Leong
‘We have been conditioned as a society to believe that you stand there in a gentlemanly fashion and punch each other in the head until someone is unconscious and we celebrate. We celebrate the fact that I can punch him in the head until he is unconscious and can’t think straight and stand up. I gotta tell you, I have a problem with that sport.’ – Frank Shamrock
‘I celebrate my weaknesses.’ – Kirk Franklin
‘I think we should all try and do our bit to celebrate an eco-friendly Diwali to bring about an environmental change.’ – Mohit Raina
‘I am happy to see that it is not just me, but even my friends and family now believe in green Diwali and we celebrate together eating lots of good food and sweets.’ – Mohit Raina
‘After getting a gold medal I could celebrate but also was trying to keep the emotions at bay.’ – Emma McKeon
”Strictly’ is there to celebrate success.’ – Tess Daly
‘The point of pride is to go out and celebrate life, including the lives of those who fought for us to get where we are.’ – Bob the Drag Queen
‘You can celebrate pride, by lifting up what Black queer people have given us.’ – Bob the Drag Queen
‘During Black History Month, we not only should celebrate those who have made North Carolina a better place to live for everyone, but we should also acknowledge the deep sacrifices people made to get us to where we are now.’ – Roy Cooper
‘Every February, we celebrate the heritage and contributions of African Americans in North Carolina and around the country. North Carolina holds an important place in African American history going back generations.’ – Roy Cooper
‘You can focus on one single match and celebrate, but you must not exaggerate, because there is another one.’ – Marco Verratti
‘I always traveled by myself on the airplane, stayed at hotels by myself. Even though I got some big campaign, I couldn’t celebrate with someone else. I just stayed at the hotel, had a glass of wine and congratulated myself.’ – HoYeon Jung
‘It’s hard enough to celebrate being Asian in normal times. But now, when the whole world is kind of coming down, with all this rhetoric and people getting attacked on the street, you really need to deliberately try to celebrate Asian-ness.’ – Simu Liu
‘One of the reasons Old Firm supporters could relate to me was I was one of them, playing for the team I wanted to play for. If we scored at Celtic Park, the only people I wanted to celebrate in front of was Rangers supporters.’ – Ally McCoist
‘It isn’t life, liberty and pursuit of happiness for some – it is declared for all of us. So let’s celebrate America by defending the right to vote – for every eligible citizen, everywhere in America.’ – Alex Padilla
‘I can only promise one thing: I will never celebrate a goal against Porto because of my respect for the fans and the club.’ – Hulk
‘I love any excuse to celebrate love and life.’ – Sonja Morgan
‘When I was nine or 10, I remember having a dinner party at my mum and dad’s house. I wanted to have a Thanksgiving dinner because I’d watched so many films that had Thanksgiving in it and I thought: ‘Why do we not celebrate this?’ So I cooked this big Thanksgiving dinner for probably 10 people and I wouldn’t let anybody help me.’ – Edith Bowman
‘As we continue our fight to advance civil rights and racial justice, we need to not only recognize but celebrate how Hip Hop and Black Americans have given so much to our culture and our country.’ – Jamaal Bowman
‘Gender is great, and Im happy for anybody to celebrate wherever they are on the gender spectrum. Its got amazingly much easier in my lifetime.’ – Grayson Perry
‘This is an Australia I’m willing to celebrate; an Australia that listens, learns and empathises with our Indigenous people.’ – Madeleine Madden
‘As I grow older, it’s getting more and more important to me. I’m becoming conscious and learning to celebrate where I’m from and my roots. I think I rejected it to an extent when I was young, because it was different, and you want to fit in and look like other kids.’ – Vick Hope
‘Rather than allowing students and teachers to celebrate their success, some would rather we measure success in Britain in terms of failure; that our education system can only truly be of a high standard if significant numbers lose out. This is no way to build a world-class education system.’ – Wes Streeting
‘One side of my family cooked this way, talked this way, celebrate this way, traditions is this way, and then one of the sides is different, and as a kid, I was just confused and kind of had to find my way in my identity.’ – Latto
‘Our state is fortunate to have countless examples of women’s history to celebrate, but the fight for women’s rights must continue.’ – Ben Ray Lujan
‘Me and Johnny Thunders had the same birthday. We would always celebrate in a club called Max’s Kansas City. We were very close friends at Max’s Kansas City and CBGBs, where we all hung out.’ – Marky Ramone
‘It’s fantastic how people have managed to adapt, to keep on helping people during the coronavirus, and we need to highlight it and celebrate it.’ – Joanna Page
‘In the U.K. we can be quite uptight about death. Maybe we think if we don’t make a noise, it might not see us. But in other countries and cultures they seem to have a healthier attitude towards the end of life; they talk about it, sometimes celebrate it, and can even see it as a beautiful transition.’ – Lou Sanders
‘It’s only right to celebrate when you win something.’ – Hansi Flick
‘The spirit of the Olympic Games has always been to celebrate the world’s best athletes and appreciate the talent, diversity and culture that each participating country brings to the world stage.’ – Michelle Steel
‘On August 24th we should remember Kobe, celebrate his life, and encourage the next generation to dream big just like Kobe did.’ – Michelle Steel
‘Secure Americans should be at peace with our special relationship with Britain and happy to celebrate her special occasions, no matter how odd they seem to us.’ – Mary Katharine Ham
‘It is an honor and a privilege to recognize the commitment of our statewide volunteers. Each year we celebrate the service of these individuals, organizations, and companies as a way to not only thank them for their extraordinary efforts, but to raise up all of our incredible volunteers and inspire all Virginians to serve.’ – Glenn Youngkin
‘Celebrate those mistakes, the mistakes that we make as consumers or the mistakes that we made as a novice at DIY. Those mistakes are brilliant because it teaches you what not to do.’ – Jay Blades
‘We want to celebrate John Sullivan’s writing, and hope we’ve done it justice.’ – Paul Whitehouse
‘I have to celebrate my Afro-Latinidad, not deny it.’ – Ariana DeBose
‘Growing up, when you’re in the playground, you want to score a goal like Henry, you want to celebrate a goal like him.’ – Bukayo Saka
‘I’ve grown up always having a gig on or around Diwali because it’s a time when everyone in the community in Toronto got together to celebrate.’ – Jonita Gandhi
‘As long as you’re making the best decision for yourself, for your family and for those around you, I think we’re able to celebrate that.’ – Justin Herbert
‘Honestly, I don’t really celebrate that much in general. I don’t go on vacations and stuff like that. I feel like every day is like Saturday for me.’ – Nav
‘I don’t work a 9 to 5. I celebrate every day.’ – Nav
‘I was very selfish and if I didn’t score, I still remained on the pitch to celebrate anyway. I endured the disappointment.’ – Luca Toni
‘When I was little, I would draw hearing aids onto my Barbie dolls to make them look like me, so I am thrilled that Mattel is releasing more dolls that encourage kids to celebrate and embrace their differences.’ – Rose Ayling-Ellis
‘We don’t celebrate England, and being English, enough.’ – Nick Boles
‘We would win a game 2-0 and we would get back in the dressing room, where you would have people in there like Franz Beckenbauer and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. You would have a drink to celebrate and they would be saying, ‘That was rubbish, you guys will have to do better than that.” – Owen Hargreaves
‘I don’t celebrate nobody’s failure.’ – Marlon Vera
‘In any case, it is my big goal to win BVB the title and to celebrate fantastic successes with our fans.’ – Erling Haaland
‘In America we live to work: we work like crazy and I know people like to celebrate but they don’t get the opportunities.’ – Melody Gardot
‘Once huge members of your family leave, you celebrate them when you can while they’re there and it’s less about feeling whole. It’s more about how do we continue to move along as a family.’ – Jerrika Hinton
‘Any team that wins a competition will celebrate, of course, there’s nothing more normal.’ – Marcel Desailly
‘We are a close-knit family and we partake in and celebrate every joy together with equal enthusiasm.’ – Nikitin Dheer
‘We’re playing a game. You should have some fun. You should celebrate with your teammates, get fans involved and have a good time. The more opportunities we get to do that, obviously the better.’ – Justin Tucker
‘We’re always trying to expand the celebration playbook. We want to have reasons to celebrate.’ – Justin Tucker
‘Use dry Holi colors and save water, don’t use any toxic material during the celebration, and celebrate Holi with lots of love and happiness.’ – Himanshi Khurana
‘It’s hard for me to celebrate Father’s Day because I feel guilty if I don’t and guilty if I do because obviously things happened with my sister. For her, he was abusive, but I never experienced or saw that side of him.’ – Coleen Nolan
‘You know, being able to celebrate the legacy of Dr. King is an extraordinarily important event for our country.’ – Linda Thomas-Greenfield
‘I know some of the guys, especially the younger guys, have a lot going on mentally. If they’re in the spot to make a nice play, you can’t forget it’s very tough to make plays. When you make them, you have to celebrate.’ – T. J. Watt
‘It’s important to remember and celebrate our roots, and mine are very deeply rooted in a more romantic time of European history.’ – Jack Savoretti
‘This game is hard for everyone. Why not just celebrate and have fun?’ – Fernando Tatis Jr.
‘I think in all Latin culture, not just the Dominican, we celebrate a little bit different. We express our joy when we are playing. It’s just how our culture is. We express more love, we express when we are happy, and even when we are not having a good time, we express that, too.’ – Fernando Tatis Jr.
‘When you celebrate, when you feel good about yourself, I don’t know if it’s going to change your performance, but mentally you feel better.’ – Alex Cora
‘I don’t ever really celebrate the things I’ve done. I enjoy them, but, yeah, I’m never really satisfied.’ – Evan Mock
‘Let us celebrate the transformative power of sports and its unique ability to instill intuition, conviction, and courage into women and girls across our nation.’ – Laphonza Butler
‘When we score touchdowns, that’s the whole goal. Celebrate with your teammates, celebrate with the offensive line, continue to do that every drive that you can.’ – Mac Jones