Rachel Hollis Quotes

Fourth of July. My birthday is July first, and my best friend's birthday is July fifth, so it's always been a favorite holiday. It's all about having a cooler full of sodas, hot dogs, and just hanging out and shooting off firecrackers, being low-key, watching the fireworks.

I always have the most fun on the Fourth of July. You don't have to exchange any gifts. You just go to the beach and watch fireworks. It's always fun.

A good cookout ought to last at least six hours; if you haven't eaten and gotten full and gotten hungry and eaten again, you're doing something wrong.

If you look at tailgating, everyone does it. It's for everyone who likes to cook outdoors. It could be a 4th of July picnic.

There are lots of emotions that go with the Fourth of July.

No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.

The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.

The 4th of July combines the two things Americans love most in one day: alcohol and explosives.

I usually don't have a burger, a brat, and a steak but it is 4th of July. And I need the energy if I'm gonna start blowin crap up. It's what the founding fathers would want.

I have a Kenwood charcoal grill. In our house, if anybody is cooking, it's me. I love making burgers. I love making pork tenderloin. Lamb chops I do on the grill a lot. But you just can't beat brats.

I'm good with a grill. I like to make cheeseburgers - I once read in a David Goodis crime novel that you're only supposed to flip a burger once.

Eating outdoors is a particular passion - that is, eating trestle-table a la nicoise.

Our small ears never had such a workout as on the Fourth of July, hearing not only our own bursting crackers but also those of our friends, and often the boom of homemade cannon shot off by daring boys of 16 years, ready to lose a hand if it blew up.

I grill all the time - burgers, ribs, chicken, steak, and fish.

I grew up in New York City, and I've got wonderful memories of the Fourth of July fireworks.

Outdoor cooking is not just about hot dogs and hamburgers. There are so many styles of food you can make.

The Fourth of July concert is invigorating in so many ways, in terms of what it feels like to be an American.

People get a little bolder and more wild in summer. You've got things going on kabobs, things cooking on the bone. There's something about standing over a grill or outside with the family that inspires us.

I'm a Wisconsin kid, so I like brats and burgers and stuff like that. Cheese curds.

Summer at the Hollis household is all about us getting together and enjoying the pool, and Fourth of July is probably one of my favorite holidays to do just that.

Labor Day means grilling outside!

I may have to buy an RV and learn how to tailgate and get the charcoal going.

After living in the United States for over 10 years, here is what I have learned about the Fourth of July: it is more of a barbecuing holiday than anything else.

I don't barbeque myself because that would involve me cooking. And whereas I can, I'm not a very good cook.

I definitely enjoy my barbecue.