And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless business. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
There is nothing wrong with special occasion foods, as long as every day is not a special occasion. — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
On one of those rare occasions when Bach appraised his own life's work, he remarked: I worked hard. — Johann Sebastian Bach Copy Share Image
He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits. — George D. Prentice Copy Share Image
White pants should be worn on two occasions: One, never. And two, if you're selling ice cream. — Greg Proops Copy Share Image
It's a landscape that has to be seen to be believed. And as I say on occasion, it may have to be… — N. Scott Momaday Copy Share Image
In the 1980s, there were occasions when it made sense to say, 'it is too difficult to maximize the likelihood function, and… — Thomas J. Sargent Copy Share Image
We are all members of the same great family ... On social occasions the formality of strictly military occasions should be relaxed,… — John A. Lejeune Copy Share Image
You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
It cannot be denied that outward accidents conduce much to fortune, favor, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue; but chiefly, the… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Don't Wait! Start on your dreams, your impulses, your longings, your special occasions today. Because this is your moment. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
None seem to bear the imputation of supposed guilt with greater intolerance than such as are, on other occasions, obviously culpable of… — Norm MacDonald Copy Share Image
I like to be myself, and I don't pretend. For instance, I don't dress up for occasions; I am what I am. — Virat Kohli Copy Share Image
I think there is something exhilarating in flying amongst clouds, and always get a feeling of wanting to pit my aeroplane against… — Charles Rumney Samson Copy Share Image
It is a misfortune, inseparable from human affairs, that public measures are rarely investigated with that spirit of moderation which is essential… — James Madison Copy Share Image
La truffe n'est point un aphrodisiaque positif; mais elle peut, en certaines occasions, rendre les femmes plus tendres et les hommes plus… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Copy Share Image
Wealth and riches, that is, an estate above what sufficeth our real occasions and necessities, is in no other sense a 'blessing'… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet. From those sounds which we hear on small or on… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I did meet Steve Wozniak on several occasions leading up to the filming of the movie. It wasn’t really written how he… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
When I became more involved in music, I had to give up some of my writing in the literary sense. However, on… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
Lord, if Thou knowest that I shall find, on leaving the house, even through obedience, an occasion of offending Thee, I conjure… — Alphonsus Rodriguez Copy Share Image
There again," said Syme irritably, "what is there poetical about being in revolt? You might as well say that it is poetical… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If a man were only to deal in the world for a day, and should never have occasion to converse more with… — John Tillotson Copy Share Image
There is a certain jargon, which, in French, I should call un Persiflage d'Affaires, that a foreign Minister ought to be perfectlymaster… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Sometimes a savage beauty lured me into the sun and I would start to love the danger a little. On these occasions… — Anna Kavan Copy Share Image
With a chip on his shoulder larger than his margin of victory, Barack Obama is approaching his second term by replicating the… — George Will Copy Share Image
One year ago, on this occasion, I called your attention to the abuses that had crept into the distribution of our public… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
In eloquence, the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself; when consciously he makes himself the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To what level does your patriarchal blessing reach in your life? Can you recollect the time you received it and recover any… — Truman G. Madsen Copy Share Image
I can't remember a single occasion when I have been kind to a journalist. — Bernie Ecclestone Copy Share Image
If we expect students to be winners and expect them to do well, they will rise to the occasion. — Jaime Escalante Copy Share Image
It's perfectly acceptable to wear a short dress to formal occasions. — Stephanie Winston Wolkoff Copy Share Image
Grace is the vehicle God uses on occasion to ensure that we get precisely what we dont deserve. — Andy Stanley Copy Share Image
If geniuses can sometimes make mistakes, cannot the rest of us on occasion be geniuses? — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
