Ambrose Bierce was one America’s greatest cynics. In his book, The Devil’s Dictionary, he didn’t include a definition for Turkey Day, but he did offer separate definitions for “turkey” and “day.”
“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits,” said Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb and a fellow who knew a lot about the advantages of hard work.
“The simple thing is to consider the French as an erratic and brilliant people,” said James Cameron, a 20th-century British journalist (who is not to be confused with the movie director of our own time). “They have all the gifts except that of running their country.”