I'm allergic to family occasions. Sometimes I think we'd do better as dandelion seeds-no family, no history, just floating off into the… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
International Literacy Day is an occasion to celebrate the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies everywhere — Koichiro Matsuura Copy Share Image
Three of tonights performers are members of the group Return To One, whose album Hopes and Dreams I heard for the first… — Mike Keneally Copy Share Image
Leaders are made by the situations they are involved in. I think that some rise to the occasion and some do not. — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
This ["Cowboys & Aliens"] was an occasion where a studio was willing to spend a lot of money to make a film… — Keith Carradine Copy Share Image
And you know, talk about something else is falling from the sky. And that is an asteroid. What's coming our way? Is… — Deborah Feyerick Copy Share Image
Why, I can smile and murder whiles I smile, And cry 'content' to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
For me, the times I always regret are missed opportunities to say farewell to good people, to wish them long life and… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
When you put better teams in front of you, that's when the big players rise to that occasion. — Michael Owen Copy Share Image
Concord River is remarkable for the gentleness of its current, which is scarcely perceptible, and some have referred to its influence the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I was used on a number of occasions by the United States and China as a conduit. For instance, I was up… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion. — John Lydon Copy Share Image
In the course of the world, a man must very often put on an easy, frank countenance, upon very disagreeable occasions; he… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
It is unavoidable that if we learn more about a great man's life, we shall also hear of occasions on which he… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
Invitations to speak upon public occasions are among my most grievous embarrassments. Why is it inferred that one is or can be… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
My greatest influences in my sport have been two former number one English lady darts players, Deta Hedman and Mandy Solomons. Deta… — Trina Gulliver Copy Share Image
I'm not much of a correspondent. My letters are not only uninteresting but sparse. I'm glad I don?t have to write for… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
I'm not a comedian. I'm an actor who just happens to be funny on occasion. — Anthony Anderson Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is for me a fraught business, an occasion of daily dread for at least the first half of the novel,… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
On the rare occasions when U.N. blue helmets have made the news in the past, it has unfortunately too often been in… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
May the World Day of Consecrated Life be a timely occasion to rediscover the centrality of Jesus in our lives. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
And I do further recommend to my fellow-citizens aforesaid, that on that occasion they do reverently humble themselves in the dust, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am lucky because I can - and I like to - mix the beautiful Caraceni jackets I inherited from my grandfather… — Lapo Elkann Copy Share Image
I'm planning, you see, to try to confine myself to the truth. That's hard for an old, inveterate fantasy martyr and liar… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image