Occasions Quotes · Page 4

For special occasions, I love pretty dresses - but nothing too frou-frou!

— Twiggy

When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for the occasion.

— Josh Billings

Speak not injurious words, neither in jest nor earnest. Scoff at none though they give occasion.

— George Washington

[Hillary Clinton] has seen on two separate occasions, laughing at the girl who was raped.

— Donald Trump

It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion...

— Abraham Lincoln

“I only drink on two occasions—when I'm thirsty and when I'm not.”

— Brendan Behan

There are occasions on which all apology is rudeness.

— Samuel Johnson

There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.

— Anonymous

One of the very important things that have to be learned around the time dying becomes a real prospect is to recognize…

— Roger Rosenblatt

I am unusually Halloween-attentive, because, as it happens, I was born on Halloween, so for me it has always been an occasion…

— Susan Orlean

Every situation of justice is an occasion where someone is being humiliated and they want to restore their dignity.

— Desmond Tutu

There were so many occasions when I wasn't around for my kids or my husband. But we learnt to work around it.

— Chanda Kochhar

The first question to be answered by any individual or any social group, facing a hazardous situation, is whether the crisis is…

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

Limousines used to be reserved for the ruling class, or, on special occasions, for the working class. Today, limousines are like taxicabs…

— Erma Bombeck

I'm the oldest, I have the most experience, and I'm the best looking [betwin brothers]. I've been told that on numerous occasions.

— P. K. Subban

It is better to control oneself, if one can, and not hit back. But on certain occasions, it is imperative to defend…

— Maya Angelou

When you're a caregiver, you need to realize that you've got to take care of yourself, because, not only are you going…

— Naomi Judd

Intimately concerned as we are with the system of Europe, it does not follow that we are therefore called upon to mix…

— George Canning

A sensible human once said, "If people knew how much ill-feeling unselfishness occasions, it would not be so often recommended from the…

— C. S. Lewis

Richard...," Julie said, staring down at the open jewelry case in her hand. Inside was an ornate, heart-shaped locket supported by a…

— Nicholas Sparks

I'm a firm believer that lighting affects mood, and twinkly lights on strings bring something magical to occasions ranging from concerts to…

— Erin Morgenstern

I think that's what, to me, also talks about the silences in my work - as a woman, a woman writer, when…

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

Would you like to assist me with my choice of underwear as well?” My sarcasm whistled right over his head. “I would…

— Ilona Andrews

On every occasion of uneasiness, we should retire to prayer, that we may give place to the grace and light of God…

— John Wesley

Three of tonights performers are members of the group Return To One, whose album Hopes and Dreams I heard for the first…

— Mike Keneally

Pride is a mental factor causing us to feel higher or superior to others. Even our study of dharma can be the…

— Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

The American people have on many occasions been willing to shed their own blood for a noble cause, like when hundreds of…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

Whenever an occasion arose in which she needed an opinion on something in the wider world, she borrowed her husband's. If this…

— Haruki Murakami

I have taken your advice, and the names used are anode cathode anions cations and ions; the last I shall have but…

— Michael Faraday

Marriages are always moving from one season to another. Sometimes we find ourselves in winter--discouraged, detached, and dissatisfied; other times we experience…

— Gary Chapman

And be silent for the most part, or else make only the most necessary remarks, and express these in few words. But…

— Epictetus

A single assembly will never be a steady guardian of the laws, if Machiavel is right, when he says, Men are never…

— John Adams

You might be a redneck if you have a very special baseball cap, just for formal occasions.

— Jeff Foxworthy

The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion.

— Mas Oyama

Miss not the occasion; by the forelock take that subtle power, the never-halting time.

— William Wordsworth

I said on numerous occasions how I feel about my father. I love him with all my heart.

— Cam Newton

There is no occasion for women to consider themselves subordinate or inferior to man

— Mahatma Gandhi

Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

— Orison Swett Marden

I am someone who will rise to an occasion like that. Other occasions can defeat me.

— Carrie Fisher

A lecture is an occasion when you numb one end to benefit the other.

— John Gould