On the occasions when I have pondered over men's various activities, the dangers and worries they are exposed to at Court or… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Continue to make the demands of the day your immediate concern, and take occasion to test the purity of your hearts and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing. — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
Never in his life had occasion to ask himself, "Why are things the way they are?" Why should he bother, when the… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
The Pivot Questionnaire that I ask other people, when I have on rare occasion answered it, the answer to the question, "What… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
Let the entire world hear me. Our hostility to the Great Satan [America] is absolute... I conclude my speech with the slogan… — Hassan Nasrallah Copy Share Image
Cooking meat over a fire is one of the most stirring of those ritual acts, usually performed outdoors, on special occasions, in… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
Evangelicalism is like my religious mother tongue. I revert to it whenever I’m angry or excited or surrounded by other people who… — Rachel Held Evans Copy Share Image
There is nothing more difficult to plan, more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to manage than the creation of a new… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
For true worship, only God and the human soul are necessary. It does not depend upon times, or seasons, or occasions. Anywhere… — Ralph Waldo Trine Copy Share Image
You cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank God! The British journalist. But seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no… — Humbert Wolfe Copy Share Image
On the justice of the cause of Prince Edouard, adding insurances of greatest sincerity to help it and support it and give… — Henry Benedict Stuart Copy Share Image
The pleasure of eloquence is in greatest part owing often to the stimulus of the occasion which produces it- - to the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I have full faith in my people that they will rise to every occasion worthy of our past Islamic history, glory and… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah Copy Share Image
The largely hidden key to the symbolic world is time; indeed it is at the origin of human symbolic activity. Time thus… — John Zerzan Copy Share Image
And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Gratitude is a virtue disposing the mind to an inward sense and an outward acknowledgment of a benefit received, together with a… — Pierre Charron Copy Share Image
I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let’s face it, we’re all imperfect and we’re going to fall short on occasion. But we must learn from failure and that… — John Wooden Copy Share Image
He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving. This was largely because of his method of “Zen” navigation, which was… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. And even then, on the rare occasions when… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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