Ten Funny, Thought Proking and Inspirational Quotes About Boxes

Did you know they call the 26th of December ‘Boxing Day‘ not because you will be throwing out all the boxes from all the presents you have received the day before, but it is supposed to be a European tradition of giving money and other gifts to those in need, or people in service positions via a box of food or drink? But a box is so much more than something you store things in, it can sometimes be an inspirational or thought-provoking quote like these ten (and some silly pictures of cats in boxes to accompany them)…

Quote by: George Bernard Shaw

QUOTE: You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

Quote by: Bertrand Russell

QUOTE: I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.

Quote by: Erma Bombeck

QUOTE: Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago.

Quote by: Kurt Vonnegut

QUOTE: People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they’ll have good voice boxes in case there’s ever anything really meaningful to say.

Quote by: Tori Amos

QUOTE: Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don’t fit into boxes.

Quote by: Michael J. Fox

QUOTE: When you’re a short actor you stand on apple boxes, you walk on a ramp. When you’re a short star everybody else walks in a ditch.

Quote by: Olivia Wilde

QUOTE: I remember walking into drugstores when I was younger and seeing all the hair colour boxes on the shelves and just being so in awe. Having the control to dye your hair and change your look is such a part of self-expression.

Quote by: Katy Perry

QUOTE: Oh, I will always be honest with my music. The records are black boxes for me. Like if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I hate, my convictions, my anthems. I’ve never let people’s opinions affect the way I write.

Quote by: Richard M. Nixon

QUOTE: When I retire I’m going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through those boxes. There are things in there that ought to be burned.

Quote by: John Mayer

QUOTE: Life is like a box of crayons. Most people are the 8-colour boxes, but what you’re really looking for are the 64-colour boxes with the sharpeners on the back. I fancy myself to be a 64-colour box though I’ve got a few missing.