Being traded is like celebrating your 100th birthday. It might not be the happiest occasion in the world, but consider the alternative. — Joe Garagiola Copy Share Image
Sir," returned Mrs. Sparsit, " I cannot say that i have heard him precisely snore, and therefore must not make that statement.… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I have made on occasion posters and things like that for political reasons but not my work. — Michelle Stuart Copy Share Image
“I had been eagerly waiting just such a disaster. Storms, wolves, snakebite, floods-these are the occasions to find out how your father… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
An occasion, catalyst, or tripwire?permits the poet to reach into herself and haul up whatever nugget of the human condition distracts her… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
Let our hearts admit, “I am poor and weak. Satan is too subtle, too cunning, too powerful; he watches constantly for advantages… — John Owen Copy Share Image
However much of time, labor, or other means it takes to establish a reputation, it frequently happens that it requires nearly as… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Writing for the page is only one form of writing for the eye. Wherever solemn inscriptions are put up in public places,… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
Just as a person who is always asserting that he is too good-natured is the very one from whom to expect, on… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
God is what man finds that is divine in himself. It is the best way man can behave in the ordinary occasions… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
People who carry a musical soul about them are, I think, more receptive than others. They smile more readily. One feels in… — Catherine Drinker Bowen Copy Share Image
The trumpet player, Ronnie Hughes, has still got his chops today but for some strange reason the culture doesn't call him because… — Dustin Hoffman Copy Share Image
Reading is good, hearing is good, conversation and meditation are good; but then, they are only good at times and occasions, in… — William Law Copy Share Image
Swaraj would be real Swaraj only when there would be no occasion for safeguarding any rights. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Above all things, lose no occasion of exercising your dispositions to be grateful, to be generous, to be charitable, to be humane,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Beatles exist apart from my Self. I am not really Beatle George. Beatle George is like a suit or shirt that… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
I did have an occasion in 1951 to have two days of observation of many flights of them, they were of different… — Gordon Cooper Copy Share Image
Few occasions are as joyous to small children as funerals, almost better than the big wedding blowouts that take place at night… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
The three-piece suit has become sort of my trademark. You don't see them much anymore. It has several benefits: You may be… — Vint Cerf Copy Share Image
I believe that politicians should speak the truth all the time. Invariably there will be occasions when you make statements that are… — Malcolm Turnbull Copy Share Image
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
I have been to Iraq on a number of occasions. I was with the first group that went in. — Robin Hayes Copy Share Image
It is our daily duty to consider that in all circumstances of life, pleasurable, painful, or otherwise, the conduct of others, especially… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
Call upon me in the Day of Trouble, and I will deliver, and thou shalt glorify me...Wait on the Lord, and be… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image