In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Swaraj would be real Swaraj only when there would be no occasion for safeguarding any rights. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
An American is a complex of occasions, themselves a geometry of spatial nature. — Charles Olson Copy Share Image
A portrait isn't a fact but an opinion - an occasion rather than a truth. — Richard Avedon Copy Share Image
Their own kind of logic which cries for miracles and, on occasion,... — Jean Giraudoux Copy Share Image
True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased. — Gerrit Smith Copy Share Image
Every present occasion will catch the senses of the vain man; and with that bridle and saddle you may ride him. — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
It has been my experience that the better a man you are, the more folks there are who resent you for it,… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Bank accounts for each household is a national priority for us. We need to rise to the occasion & successfully overcome this challenge. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
Now that I near 80, I realize with wistful pleasure that on many occasions I was 10, 20, 40, even 50 years ahead of my time — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
Complete weakness and dependence will always be the occasion for the Spirit of God to manifest His power. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a [glass], and said that it was sixteen years old. 'It… — Athenaeus Copy Share Image
Riches are for spending, and spending for honor and good actions; therefore extraordinary expense must be limited by the worth of the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Build traditions in your families that will bring you together, for they can demonstrate your devotion, love, and support for one another.… — L. Tom Perry Copy Share Image
I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
CSETI (The Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence) has in the past 18 months succeeded in intentionally establishing contact with extraterrestrial… — Steven M. Greer Copy Share Image
Of all insults, the temporary condescension of a master to a slave is the most outrageous and galling. That potentate who most… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Decide not rashly. The decision made Can never be recalled. The gods implore not, Plead not, solicit not; they only offer Choice… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
The big pay-off was to work as an artist and gain some shred of respect from your friends, who were also artists.… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
We affect one another quite enough merely by existing. Whenever the stars cross, or is it comets? fragments pass briefly from one… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
There's the occasion when politicians will say things that are simply not true or that they make commitments that they have no… — Malcolm Turnbull Copy Share Image
Love was a sacred garment, woven of a fabric so thin that it could not be seen, yet so strong that even… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
To a proprietor of a mine, the silver money is a produce with which he buys what he has occasion for. To… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
Those who are successfully to lead their fellow-men, should have once possessed the nobler feelings. We have all known individuals whose magnanimity… — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
What's agitating about solitude is the inner voice telling you that you should be mated to somebody, that solitude is a mistake.… — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
Don't wait until you die to learn the warrior's way. Do it now, each night, just before you drift off to sleep.… — Dan Millman Copy Share Image
It is not the actual greatness of national wealth, but its continual increase, which occasions a rise in the wages of labour.… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
At any rate, nothing was more characteristic of him [Walter Benjamin] in the thirties than the little notebooks with black covers which… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
Here lies a she sun, and a he moon there; She gives the best light to his sphere; Or each is both,… — John Donne Copy Share Image
You can make anything into a special occasion and dress up for it — Victoria Beckham Copy Share Image
If you want to be witty, work on your character and say what you think on every occasion. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
People who wish to be offended will always find some occasion for taking offense. — John Wesley Copy Share Image
Wine makes every meal an occasion, every table more elegant, every day more civilized. — Andre Simon Copy Share Image