Thanksgiving #1

Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. Jim Davis

Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence. Erma Bombeck

You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity. Bill Gates

Even though we're a week and a half away from Thanksgiving, it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Richard Roeper

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day. Marilu Henner 

The earliest you can play Christmas music is on Thanksgiving. Tinashe

Veterans Day - November 11

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. George S. Patton

On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free. Dan Lipinski

While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms. Randy Neugebauer

The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment. Judd Gregg

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day. Charles B. Rangel

November

November is auspicious in so many parts of the country: the rice harvest is already in, the weather starts to cool, and the festive glow which precedes Christmas has began to brighten the landscape. F. Sionil Jose

I have come to regard November as the older, harder man's October. I appreciate the early darkness and cooler temperatures. It puts my mind in a different place than October. It is a month for a quieter, slightly more subdued celebration of summer's death as winter tightens its grip. Henry Rollins

We're the house that's playing Christmas music by November 1. Jonathan Scott

Halloween - October 31

Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas. Stephen Graham Jones

Charlie Brown is the one person I identify with. C.B. is such a loser. He wasn't even the star of his own Halloween special. Chris Rock

I've made a career off of Halloween. Cassandra Peterson

World Series

It's not how you start the season, it's how you finish. If you wind up helping the team make the playoffs, that's what you play for. You don't play to put up your numbers, but to try to get a chance to make it to the World Series. Albert Pujols

I would want to go to the future, 25 years in the future, and see if the Cubs ever win a World Series. Jake Johnson

By far, the best moment of my big league career was when I caught the last out at the World Series. Cal Ripken, Jr.

That's why we play. That's why we train. That's why we do everything in the offseason. It is to win a World Series. Aaron Judge

My No. 1 thing is to win a World Series. The rest comes as it comes. Mookie Betts

October 13 - Columbus Day

Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. L. Frank Baum

If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock. Arthur Goldberg

The appeal of travel books is also the sense that you are different, an outsider, almost like the Robinson Crusoe or Christopher Columbus notion of being the first person in a new place. Paul Theroux

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Having breast cancer is massive amounts of no fun. First they mutilate you; then they poison you; then they burn you. I have been on blind dates better than that. Molly Ivins

There can be life after breast cancer. The prerequisite is early detection. Ann Jillian

It's shocking to learn that thousands of men are expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer each year and that hundreds may die. Education and early detection are important for women and men. John Bel Edwards