Upon occasion we should go as far as intoxication.... Drink washes cares away, stirs the mind from its lowest depths.... But in… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth… — Friedrich Schiller Copy Share Image
Before I took the veil, I was ornamented for the ceremony, and was clothed in a rich dress belonging to the Convent,… — Maria Monk Copy Share Image
Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
No one so dislikes being punished unjustly as the person who might have been punished justly on scores of previous occasions, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I own that I am disposed to say grace upon twenty other occasions in the course of the day besides my dinner.… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
Sometimes the producer has more say and the director takes what he is given. On other occasions, you don't see the producer… — Julie Harris Copy Share Image
“But with regard to critical occasions, it often happens that all moments seem comfortably remote until the last.” — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
“You know, the act of feeding someone is the ultimate act of care and affection...sharing yourself with someone else through food." He… — Sylvain Reynard Copy Share Image
I have heard Ori Kam on several occasions over the last few years and have always been deeply impressed with his playing.… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
The press must speak out and, if the occasion arises, raise bloody hell. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We should not bear it with bad grace if the answer to our prayer is long delayed. Rather, let us, because of… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
Confronting the US made him [Hugo Chavez] a target for demonization. Partisan and/or lazy journalism exaggerated his faults, ignored his virtues, and… — Rory Carroll Copy Share Image
Now Speaker Gingrich says interesting and insightful things. He can explain them well. On many occasions he also says outrageous things that… — Jim Talent Copy Share Image
All men are evil and will declare themselves to be so when occasion is offered. — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
Then I realised that I was the god on this occasion. I had tried to help the bluebottle, but it wouldn't let… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
What we have to discover for ourselves leaves behind in our mind a pathway that can be used on another occasion. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
Miss not the occasion; by the forelock take that subtle power, the never-halting time. — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
As an animal lover and as a sometime-meat-eater, I've read so much about the emotional sophistication of pigs and cows and sheep… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
Gratitude as a discipline involves a conscious choice. I can choose to be grateful even when my emotions and feelings are still… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions… — Henry James Copy Share Image
Normally, I am a vocal advocate for 'looking both ways' and 'knowing the size of one's own body.' But working, socialising and… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
We will come to understand the part a difficult circumstance has played in our lives. Hindsight makes so much clear. The broken… — Karan Casey Copy Share Image
As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling Aunt like mastodons bellowing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image