Quotes about thanks
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“Ivy!' I stammered, then glared at Kisten. 'You told Ivy? Thanks a hell of a lot. Want to call my mom next?”

Kim Harrison (1966) Pseudonym

Source: Every Which Way But Dead

Moms, Hell

“Thank you," she whispered, "for keeping yourself alive, soldier."
"You're welcome," he whispered back.”

Paullina Simons book Tatiana and Alexander

Source: Tatiana and Alexander

“It didn't come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship, to start with, no! Technology, mass exploitation, and minority pressure carried the trick, thank God.”

Ray Bradbury book Fahrenheit 451

Source: Fahrenheit 451

God

“And I hope you will not think me foolish when I also extend my thanks.

Thank you, Michael, for letting my son love her first.

—from Janet Stirling, dowager Countess of Kilmartin, to Michael Stirling, Earl of Kilmartin”

Julia Quinn (1970) American novelist

Source: When He Was Wicked

Love, Hope, Thinking

“You're a monster.
Thanks. Does this mean I get a raise?
No, just a medal. The budget isn't inexhaustable.”

Orson Scott Card book Ender's Game

Source: Ender's Game

“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is ‘Thank you,’ it will be enough.” —Meister Eckhart”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

Source: What I Know For Sure

Life, Happy

“I love you, man. You rule! Thanks for the food. It touches me deep in my tender place. (Sway)
I don’t want to know nothing about your tender place, you freak. (Devyn)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist

Source: Born of Ice

Love, Food

“I am thankful to all those who said no. It's because of them, I did it myself.”

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer

Source: You'll See It When You Believe It: The Way to Your Personal Transformation

“Schuyler pulled Oliver close and hugged him tightly. "Thank you," she whispered. Thank you for loving me enough to let me go.”

Melissa de la Cruz book The Van Alen Legacy

Source: The Van Alen Legacy

Love

“There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark.”

Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist

Source: Light in my Darkness

God, Way, Help

“Thank you for caring for my brother."
He took his sunglasses off.
And looked at her with total adoration.”

Jessica Bird book Dark Lover

Source: Dark Lover

“Thanks cows. I appreciate your tastiness.”

Craig Ferguson (1962) Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice a…

“You can sleep now, you said. You can sleep now. You said that.
I had a dream where you said that. Thanks for saying that.
You weren't supposed to.”

Richard Siken (1967) American poet

Source: Crush

Dreams, Sleep

“You snore worse. At least I don't turn into a lion in my sleep."
"I only did it once."
"Once was weird enough, thank you.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Slays

Sleep

“Someday, you will make an excellent guardian ba.”
“Thanks,” I muttered. “Can’t wait to be poultry forever.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

Waiting

“Burn you, Nerim, that's a leg not a bloody side of beef!"
"As my lord says," Nerim murmured. "My lord's leg is not a side of beef. Thank you, my lord, for instructing me.”

Robert Jordan Lord of Chaos

Source: Lord of Chaos

“I had forgotten that talking to you is like trying to pet a cactus." Saiman said dryly. "Thank you for reminding me."
"Always happy to oblige.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Rises

Happiness

“Peace and harmony do not require perfection. Thank goodness for that—because life so often seems to be an itch here, a glitch there, a mess waiting to happen. Harmony is flexible. It bends with imperfection. So should you.”

Jerry Spinelli (1941) American children's writer

Source: Today I Will: A Year of Quotes, Notes, and Promises to Myself

Life, Peace, Waiting, Perfection

“All I have to be thankful for in this world is that I was sitting down when my garter busted.”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

Source: The Portable Dorothy Parker

World

“I bet," said Mulch, "that you would set the world on fire just to watch it burn."
Opal tapped the suggestion into a small electronic notepad on her pocket computer.
Thanks for that. Now, tell me everything.”

Eoin Colfer (1965) Irish author of children's books

Source: The Time Paradox

World

“Don't you hear it? She asked & I shook my head no & then she started to dance & suddenly there was music everywhere & it went on for a very long time & when I finally found words all I could say was thank you.”

Brian Andreas (1956) American artist

Source: Story People: Selected Stories & Drawings of Brian Andreas

Music, Time, Dance

“Lord, I believe; help my unbelief' is the best any of us can do really, but thank God it is enough.”

Frederick Buechner (1926) Poet, novelist, short story writer, theologian

Source: The Magnificent Defeat (1966)

God, Help

“Frank gave Leo a confused smile- like he couldn't decide whether to gloat or to thank Leo for being a doofus- but he cheerfully let Hazel drag him along.”

Rick Riordan The Mark of Athena

Source: The Mark of Athena

Smile

“Is it sad that my first thought happened to be: Thank God I'm off the treadmill.”

Gena Showalter (1975) American writer

Source: Alice in Zombieland

God, Sadness

“Thank you leaf blowers, for making me look like the world's lamest Ghostbuster. I ain't afraid of no leaves.”

Jimmy Fallon (1974) American TV Personality

Source: Thank You Notes

World

“Happy moments, PRAISE GOD
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD
Painful moments, TRUST GOD
Every moment, THANK GOD”

Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader

God, Pain, Happiness

“Thank you, Rukia… Because of you, the rain has stopped falling.”

Tite Kubo (1977) Japanese manga artist

Source: Bleach, Volume 20

“Exactly how am I supposed to work in a thank-you in there? Somehow it just won't seem sincere if I'm trying to slit his throat.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

Sincerity

“We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945) German Lutheran pastor, theologian, dissident anti-Nazi

Source: Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community

Forgetting

“Be present in all things and thankful for all things.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting—a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

Though attributed to Emerson in Edwards' A Dictionary of Thoughts (1908), p. 37, this quote originates in Politics for the People (1848) by Charles Kingsley.
Misattributed

God, Beauty, Flowers

“Thank God even crazy dreams come true”

Carrie Underwood (1983) American country music singer

God, Dreams

“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”

William Blake book The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

“There are two words that you should use frequently in your youth: ´sorry´ and ´thank-you´. Use the first one as often as possible, so that on your death bed all that you have to say to your friends is ´thank-you!´.”

Robin Jones Gunn (1955) American writer

Death, Youth

“Goodbye. Thanks for your help… I… I'll miss you. -Rose to Mason”

Richelle Mead Shadow Kiss

Source: Shadow Kiss

Help

“Nothing in life is fair. Fair is a dirty word and I'll thank you not to use that language around me.”

Jeff Lindsay book Dexter in the Dark

Source: Dexter in the Dark

Life

“I thank God for my handicaps. For through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.”

Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist

God

“And I thank God let me gain understanding enough to know love can't be halted just cause some peoples moan and groan. P.238”

Alice Walker book The Color Purple

Source: The Color Purple

Love, God, People, Understanding

“i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes”

E.E. Cummings (1894–1962) American poet

65 - This poem was used by Eric Whitacre for an a capella SATB chorus titled "i thank you God".
XAIPE (1950)

God, Dreams, Nature, Tree

“There. She had thanked Sebastian. She waited for a bolt of lightning to shoot out of the clouds and striker her dead. But nothing happened.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

Waiting, Dead

“Thank you, your Holiness. Awesome speech.”

George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States

“I could give you a thiught sheath to put that in,"Isabelle offered. "I got tons."
"CERTAINLY NOT," said Simon.
Clary shot him an irritated look. "Thanks, but I'm not really a thigh sheath kind of girl,"
-pg. 214”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

Girl

“Thank you, Daniel, that is very good to know. But if staying here means working within 10 yards of you, frankly, I'd rather have a job wiping Saddam Hussein's arse.”

Helen Fielding book Bridget Jones's Diary

Source: Bridget Jones's Diary

“All our discontents about what we want appeared to me to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.”

Daniel Defoe La vie et les aventures de Robinson Crusoe

Source: Robinson Crusoe

Spring, Appearance

“Thank you, sir, but I am perfectly content being the bride of death.”

Seth Grahame-Smith book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Source: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Death

“You can kiss me if you like," she said.

Alex let go of her and turned away. "Thanks, Fiona," he said. "But frankly I'd prefer to kiss the horse.”

Anthony Horowitz book Point Blanc

Source: Point Blank

Kiss, Horse

“Hatori: "You won't get very far if you try to threaten me in THAT outfit."

Yuki: "Thank you. So much.”

Natsuki Takaya (1973) Manga artist

Source: Fruits Basket, Vol. 2

“In a society that worships love, freedom and beauty, dance is sacred, It is a paryer for the future, a remembrance of the past and a joyful exclamation of thanks for the present.”

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (1984) Novelist

Source: The Shapeshifters: The Kiesha'ra of the Den of Shadows

Love, Beauty, Freedom, Past

“And a special thanks for not burning up the whole ship. Including yourself, you daft bum-rag.”

Scott Westerfeld book Leviathan

Source: Leviathan

“So, your dad's hot."
"Thanks. He was that way when I met him, so I can't really take credit.”

Ally Carter (1974) American writer

Source: Perfect Scoundrels

Way

“Laurie, you're an angel! How shall I ever thank you?"
"Fly at me again. I rather liked it," said Laurie, looking
mischievous, a thing he had not done for a fortnight.”

Louisa May Alcott book Little Women

Source: Little Women

Angels, Flying

“I'm sitting at the dinner table, wearing my future mother-in-law's underwear. It's like some twisted dream that you wake up and thinkL Crikey Moses! Thank God that didn't really happen!”

Sophie Kinsella book I've Got Your Number

Source: I've Got Your Number

God, Law, Dreams, Future

“We are all born sexual creatures, thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift.”

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

God, People, Nature, Beauty

“You can't know what it is like for us now--you will always be one step behind.

Be thankful for that.

You can't know what it was like for us then--you will always be one step ahead.

Be thankful for that, too.”

David Levithan (1972) American author and editor

Source: Two Boys Kissing

“The first day of the rest of my life, and I’m not sure I want to
be here. I know I should be thanking somebody for this, but I really
don’t feel like it. Instead, I wish they hadn’t bothered.”

Cecelia Ahern book Thanks for the Memories

Source: Thanks for the Memories

Life, Feeling

“Peeta smiles at me, sad and mocking. "Okay. Thanks for the tip, sweetheart.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

Sadness, Smile

“The kind of person that thanks another person never survives. Have you learned nothing?”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

Source: Dreamfever

Learning, Personality

“Quiet Prayer:
As long as the sun shall rise goes the old lovers vow. But we are children of a scientific age & have no time for poetry. Still, I offer a quiet prayer of thanks for the sunlight each time I see your face.”

Brian Andreas (1956) American artist

Children, Age, Lovers, Time

“Thank goodness for the first snow, it was a reminder--no matter how old you became and how much you'd seen, things could still be new if you were willing to believe they still mattered.”

Candace Bushnell Lipstick Jungle

Source: Lipstick Jungle

“You make me thank god for every mistake I ever made, Because each one led me down the path that brought me to you.”

Pablo Neruda (1904–1973) Chilean poet

Source: The Poetry of Pablo Neruda

God

“Because I have no boobs. My ears stand out, and I have freckles all over me. (Grace)
Boobs? (Julian)
Breasts. (Grace)
You have very nice breasts. (Julian)
Thanks. What about you? (Grace)
I have no breasts. (Julian)”

Sherrilyn Kenyon Fantasy Lover

Source: Fantasy Lover

“This earthly life is a battle,' said Ma. 'If it isn't one thing to contend with, it's another. It always has been so, and it always will be. The sooner you make up your mind to that, the better off you are, and more thankful for your pleasures.”

Laura Ingalls Wilder book Little Town on the Prairie

Source: Little Town on the Prairie

Life, Pleasure

“No, thank you," said Adrian. "These hands don't sully themselves with fighting.”

Richelle Mead Bloodlines

Source: Bloodlines

Fight

“Al was standing a bare three feet away, his mood almost jovial as he took the paper and it vanished in a wash of black sparkles.

“Thank you, Rachel,” he said, carefully reaching for my hand as Trent stiffened.

“Welcome back, my itchy witch.”

Kim Harrison (1966) Pseudonym

Source: A Perfect Blood

Mood

“Don't ever tell anyone where you bought something. If you get a complement say, "Thank you. I got it in Europe.”

Lisi Harrison (1970) Canadian writer

“I believe you, Sadie."
"Oh really. I'm holding the bloody feather of truth, and you believe me. Well, thanks.”

Rick Riordan book The Red Pyramid

Source: The Red Pyramid

Truth

“Thank Artemis, it is you! That little scar on your lip--you tried to eat a stapler when you were two!"
…
Hedge nodded like he approved of Jason's taste. "Staplers--excellent source of iron.”

Rick Riordan book The Lost Hero

Source: The Lost Hero

“Long since, the desert wind wiped away our footprints in the sand. But at every second of my existence, I remember what happened, and you still walk in my dreams and in my reality. Thank you for having crossed my path.”

Paulo Coelho book The Fifth Mountain

Source: The Fifth Mountain

Dreams, Reality

“It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love.”

Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

Love

“Thousand Moments:
I still remember the day the world took you back & there was never time to thank you for the thousand scattered moments you left behind to watch us while we slept.”

Brian Andreas (1956) American artist

World, Time

“Thank you for nothing, you stupid reptile.”

Cressida Cowell book How to Train Your Dragon

Source: How to Train Your Dragon

Stupidity

“You oughta be thankful, a whole heaping lot,
For the places and people you're lucky you're not!”

Dr. Seuss book Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?

The last sentence of this statement is often misquoted as "You oughta be thankful, a whole heaping lot, / For the people and places you're lucky you're not!"
Source: Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973)
Context: It’s a troublesome world. All the people who're in it
are troubled with troubles almost every minute.
You oughta be thankful, a whole heaping lot,
For the places and people you're lucky you're not!

People

“Different people were good at different things, Lena mused. Lena was good at writing thank-you notes, for instance, and Effie was good at being happy.”

Ann Brashares The Second Summer of the Sisterhood

Source: The Second Summer of the Sisterhood

Happiness, People

“Screw the Silent Brothers."
"No thanks. There's strong and silent, and then there's just freaky."
"Isabelle!”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

Strong

“The whole image is that eternal suffering awaits anyone who questions God's infinite love. That's the message we're brought up with, isn't it? Believe or die! Thank you, forgiving Lord, for all those options.”

Bill Hicks (1961–1994) American comedian

Rant in E-Minor (1997)
Variant: The whole image is that eternal suffering awaits anyone who questions God's infinite love. That's the message we're brought up with, isn't it? Beleive or die! Thank you, forgiving Lord, for all those options.

Love, God, Forgiveness, Question