Lighting does occasionally strike and occasional the result isn't a corpse. — Tillie Olsen Copy Share Image
Until recently, I thought 'occasional poetry' meant that you wrote only occasionally. — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
Sometimes I am so much my father's son that I give myself occasional creeps. — Richard Burton Copy Share Image
There's the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can't shower off. — Mariska Hargitay Copy Share Image
An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter. — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
There is nothing like the occasional outburst of profanity to calm jangled nerves. — Kirby Larson Copy Share Image
Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life that applies at all times… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
In the Seventies, my children played in the street, read politically incorrect stories, ate home-cooked food and occasional junk and, yes, were… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
As a healthy person, my breakfasts are very bland and boring. Think kind of a white pasty gruel. Or there can be… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
Is it indeed from the experience of beauty and happiness, from the occasional harmony between our nature and our environment, that we… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Have you ever noticed that life consists mostly of interruptions, with occasional spells of rush work in between? — Buwei Yang Chao Copy Share Image
The only way you can continue to make artistic films is to make an occasional one of those. They kind of keep… — Gabriel Byrne Copy Share Image
Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
That evening, rowing on the quiet river as sunset turned to dusk, I saw an occasional smoky smudge on the towpath, always… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
Here and there one sees the blush of wild rose haws or the warmth of orange fruit on the bittersweet, and back… — Hal Borland Copy Share Image
His incredible untidiness, his addiction to music at strange hours, his occasional revolver practice within doors, his weird and often malodorous scientific… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Nature builds things that are antifragile. In the case of evolution, nature uses disorder to grow stronger. Occasional starvation or going to… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
I'm far from being reclusive. I have 30- or 40-year friendships that I prefer to meeting new people. I go to an… — Kirk Kerkorian Copy Share Image
The White Company offers its loyalists an altogether better, whiter world. The White people have edited out any colours that aren't white,… — Peter York Copy Share Image
Basing my conclusions on experience I am absolutely convinced not only of survival but of demonstrated survival, demonstrated by occasional interaction with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Life's generally artless ... but it does get these occasional hard-ons for plot. It connects things, nefariously, behind your back, and before… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
Basically, I come to Washington a couple of times a year, sort of on a strictly business basis: talk to my counterparts… — Margrethe Vestager Copy Share Image
People use drugs, legal and illegal, because their lives are intolerably painful or dull. They hate their work and find no rest… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The importation of foreigners into a country that has as many inhabitants as the present employments and provisions for subsistence will bear,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
For me, working in the fashion industry is about getting to meet the minds behind the brands. Sure, there are nice dinners,… — Ben Clymer Copy Share Image
Don't get discouraged. As far as I'm concerned, a positive attitude is the most important attribute any runner can have. You'll need… — Amby Burfoot Copy Share Image
I have made it a practice for several years to read the Bible through in the course of every year. I usually… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Certainly my inner world will never be a peaceful place of bloom; it will have some peace, and occasional riots of bloom,… — James Tiptree Jr Copy Share Image
“Blind impatience is equally evident in the fruit section. Our ancestors might have delighted in the occasional handful of berries found on… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Real writers-that is, capital W Writers-rarely make much money. Their biggest reward is the occasional reader's response… Commentators-in-print voicing big fat opinions-you… — Malcolm Forbes Copy Share Image
No-one can function properly without occasional peace and quiet. — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip. — John Kennedy Toole Copy Share Image
I'm only seeing tennis balls these days. And maybe the occasional fashion sketch. — Venus Williams Copy Share Image
