No man is good for anything who has not some particle of obstinacy to use upon occasion. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
... on the right occasion a bold choice of opening can unnerve even the most steely opponent. — Neil McDonald Copy Share Image
There are many occasions in literature in which telling is far more effective than showing. — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain. — Plautus Copy Share Image
A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
This is the one-off occasion and you can't get any bigger occasion than that — Bryan Robson Copy Share Image
A little sturdiness when superiors are much in the wrong sometimes occasions consideration. And there is truth in the old saying that… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Nothing is more dangerous to reason than the flights of the imagination and nothing has been the occasion of more mistakes among… — David Hume Copy Share Image
People who put slipcovers, doilies, plastic protectors, and cellophane on everything good that they own rarely live to see an occasion so… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
The key to all sciences is unquestionably the question mark. To the word How? we owe most of our greatest discoveries. Wisdom… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I was so astonished that I could think of nothing to say, but wondered irrelevantly if I was to be caught with… — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
On occasions when u feel most hopeless, u must take powerful effort. We must persist in face of failure. — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I think a nice romantic dinner should be saved for when you and the girl you're dating or seeing have something special… — Ben Savage Copy Share Image
We women need to rise to the occasion. The ayahuasca experience rebirths, inspires, empowers, and ignites us to do that. The Cosmic… — Zoe Helene Copy Share Image
The world would hate His followers, not because of evil in their lives, but precisely because of the absence of evil or… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Historically, and since, 1520, eighteen Treaties have been concluded between the Persian State and its western neighbours regarding its relations therewith including… — Saddam Hussein Copy Share Image
Trying to stop suiciders -- which we're doing a pretty good job of on occasion -- is difficult to do. And what… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“The president of the United States has claimed, on more than one occasion, to be in dialog with God. If he said… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Every man must patiently bide his time. He must wait -- not in listless idleness but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavors, always… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
My work has always been controversial within certain segments of the Asian-American community. This is a community that is generally not represented… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
I dedicate the merit of the occasion to all beings. This gesture of universal friendship has been likened to a drop of… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
I like the poem on the page and not at the podium. I like to address the poem in peace and quiet,… — Ted Kooser Copy Share Image
The combination of the Liberal and Labour Parties is much stronger than the Liberal Party would be if there were no third… — Austen Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Are you sure that being like everybody else will make you happy?" "I don't know any other way." "Let me show you."… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
I believe that women are rising to the occasion to tackle many challenges. Whether it's issues that relate to prosperity, the defense… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
With a chip on his shoulder larger than his margin of victory, Barack Obama is approaching his second term by replicating the… — George Will Copy Share Image
Sometimes a savage beauty lured me into the sun and I would start to love the danger a little. On these occasions… — Anna Kavan Copy Share Image
One year ago, on this occasion, I called your attention to the abuses that had crept into the distribution of our public… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
In eloquence, the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself; when consciously he makes himself the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Aegis-bearing Zeus has a design for each occasion, and mortals find this hard to comprehend. — Hesiod Copy Share Image
My congratulations on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the October Revolution. — David Rockefeller Copy Share Image
There are so many occasions when I'd like to go back in time and have a word with myself. — Sara Cox Copy Share Image
Never shall I recollect the occasion he gave me of displeasure, without feeling it renewed. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just because suddenly you have a sabbatical doesn't mean that the writing occasion comes to you. — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
You can eat an omelet at midnight, at lunchtime, all day long. It's perfect for every occasion. — Wolfgang Puck Copy Share Image
