Occasions Quotes · Page 4

Perhaps there really are occasions in life when it’s best not to say anything.

— Miljenko Jergovic

I do seem to favor a deathbed confession as the occasion for my dramatic monologues.

— Norman Lock

I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.

— Edgar Allan Poe

There are some occasions when a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest.

— Lord Chesterfield

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.

— Anonymous

It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.

— Plutarch

Every person who has ever lived has lived an unbroken succession of unique occasions.

— Thornton Wilder

My capacity for having a good time exists. It surfaces, however, on odd occasions.

— Renata Adler

I cheated at school. I remember on one occasion I wrote some history dates in pen on my leg. So when there…

— Delia Smith

Occasions when you can change your mind should be cherished, because they mean you're smarter than you were before.

— Malcolm Gladwell

I am struck here by the curious mixture of justice and injustice in our lives. We are blamed for our real faults…

— C. S. Lewis

The law is like rope...useful, necessary, strong, but it can be bent and twisted into all kinds of shapes depending on the…

— W. P. Kinsella

A productive marriage requires falling in enjoy numerous occasions, usually with the identical man or woman.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but…

— Thomas a Kempis

On the occasion of every act ask thyself, How is this with respect to me? Shall I repent of it? A little…

— Marcus Aurelius

God listens to our weeping when the occasion itself is beyond our knowledge, but still within His love and power.

— Daniel A. Poling

I liked to use my face mask more than the diving helmet for most occasions. I was learning to hold my breath…

— Eugenie Clark

One of the best predictors of policy around is Thomas Ferguson's investment theory of politics, as he calls it - very outstanding…

— Noam Chomsky

And you will, by the dignity of your Conduct, afford occasion for Posterity to say, when speaking of the glorious example you…

— George Washington

He inclined his head at my dress. "What's the occasion?" "Homecoming," I said, twirling. "Like?" "Last I heard, Homecoming requires a date."…

— Becca Fitzpatrick

I've had to adapt my wardrobe to my various roles, both at the office, as a mom, and for television. When I…

— Nina Garcia

I use Jimmy Galanos gowns for real special occasions and things - television, special occasions where I know I'm being filmed. But…

— Diana Ross

A slave stands infront of Allah on two occasions. The first during salah, and secondly on the Day of Judgment. Whoseover stands…

— Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya

Gratitude as a discipline involves a conscious choice. I can choose to be grateful even when my emotions and feelings are still…

— Henri Nouwen

Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda water the day after. Man, being reasonable, must get drunk;…

— Anonymous

The first duty of a Christian, of a disciple and follower of Jesus Christ, is to deny himself. To deny oneself means…

— Innocent of Alaska

The Latin American has no tribe to fall back on, as the African does, no reliable judiciary to defend his rights as…

— Ted Simon

If it were possible for us to have so deep an insight into a man's character as shown both in inner and…

— Immanuel Kant

That Francis Bacon retains his reputation gained, is not strange to any that knows him. The unusual words wherewith he had spangled…

— Edward Coke

When my father finally got around to teaching me to drive, he was impressed at my "natural" talent for driving, not knowing…

— Robert Fulghum

The term "rational" and its variants (rationality, rationalism) are used in a lot of contexts in economic debate, both positively and negatively,…

— John Quiggin

In matters of religion, I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the…

— Thomas Jefferson

A statesman makes the occasion, but the occasion makes the politician.

— George Stillman Hillard

Whatever the occasion, [the Queen] has a face which demonstrably says 'I don't give a royal s**t.'

— John Oliver

Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.

— Abraham Cowley

Bottom line, wasn’t life itself a special occasion?

— Jan Karon

I really do enjoy making movies and I try to test myself on occasion with some different stuff.

— Adam Sandler

Use Starbucks mints for every occasion—they're the strongest

— Natalie Portman

And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless business.

— Jane Austen

There is nothing wrong with special occasion foods, as long as every day is not a special occasion.

— Michael Pollan