If you are going to be a leader, you must have a record where people saw you are standing up against injustice… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate… — Walter Savage Landor Copy Share Image
Rules matter, and to be rules they need to be universal in form: always do this, never do that. But it is… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
I try to save being angry for the really important moments - for special occasions. — Jon Cryer Copy Share Image
Anya looked upon Nin admirably. Having him as a partner-in-crime-if only on this one occasion, which she hoped would only be the… — Jess C Scott Copy Share Image
It is possible for a mathematician to be "too strong" for a given occasion. He forces through, where another might be driven… — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
Eating in Italy is essentially a family art, practiced for and by the family. The finest accomplishments of the home cook are… — Marcella Hazan Copy Share Image
Hats are really for ultimate occasions, so when I make one, I try to do something different, something noticeable. — Philip Treacy Copy Share Image
There are many who say more than the truth on some occasions, and balance the account with their consciences by saying less… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There are occasions when I've pretended to be in a firefight, and then there are people who have really been in a… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
What's agitating about solitude is the inner voice telling you that you should be mated to somebody, that solitude is a mistake.… — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
Every obstacle in his journey became a milestone, an occasion for further triumph. We have a model in front of us now,… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
On several occasions President Kennedy encouraged me to take a lover, an obvious sign he also had some himself. — Pierre Salinger Copy Share Image
To avoid an occasion for our virtues is a worse degree of failure than to push forward pluckily and make a fall. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
There will be very few occasions when you are absolutely certain about anything. You will consistently be called upon to make decisions… — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
Upon the present occasion London was full of clergymen. The specially clerical clubs, the Oxford and Cambridge, the Old University, and the… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, we should remember also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I can't remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist. — Bernie Ecclestone Copy Share Image
The good of our soul is more important than that of our body; and we have to prefer the spiritual welfare of… — Pope Pius XII Copy Share Image
When a woman dresses up for an occasion, the man should become the black velvet pillow for the jewel. — John Weitz Copy Share Image
I desire that on no occasion ... shall demonstrations of a political or religious character be made before my remains. — Francesc Ferrer i Guardia Copy Share Image
Kindness is not something that we put on for certain occasions, like a piece of jewelry; rather, it is an attribute of… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
