Occasion Quotes

728 Occasion quotes by 590 unique authors

Man as seen as an organism or man as seen as a person discloses different aspects of the human reality to the investigator. Both are… — R. D. Laing
Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion. — Van Morrison
I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever… — Peter Maxwell Davies
I've had to adapt my wardrobe to my various roles, both at the office, as a mom, and for television. When I shop for the… — Nina Garcia
The Capitol was an occasion where you arrive at a sign in the road that says you have arrived at a place you may not… — Peter Garrett
When I became more involved in music, I had to give up some of my writing in the literary sense. However, on occasion, I would… — Tom Glazer
When I was a congressman, I had occasion to talk to this group of students who were taking their seat. There were about 80 of… — Benigno Aquino III
I've learned I'm rarely able to stay at home and not work. If I try to 'just sit on my couch for a little while,'… — Kathryn Minshew
It was Mrs. Campbell, for instance, who, on a celebrated occasion, threw her companion into a flurry by describing her recent marriage as "the deep,… — Alexander Woollcott
In matters of religion, I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the general government. I… — Thomas Jefferson
My father required me to honor my father and my mother too much to put up games on them. I did on occasion. — Lincoln Steffens
Booking an act for my Dad's 70th birthday, I wanted a great act and went straight to John Archer- his reputation in the magic world… — Derren Brown
I used to work for a management consulting company, so I dressed differently - business casual, probably a lot of things from Banana Republic. My… — John Legend
I have had the occasion to meet child actors from the '60s and '70s at various functions, and everyone's gone on to various different lives… — Mike Lookinland
I think a nice romantic dinner should be saved for when you and the girl you're dating or seeing have something special and it's a… — Ben Savage
Imagine a State occasion where the Queen is wearing trainers with her tiara because she thinks it will make people like her better, more folksy.… — Peter York
As soon as I suspect a fine effect is being achieved by accident I lose interest. I am not interested...in unskilled labor. ...The scientific actor… — Minnie Maddern Fiske
When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for the occasion. — Josh Billings
Lord, if Thou knowest that I shall find, on leaving the house, even through obedience, an occasion of offending Thee, I conjure Thee to take… — Alphonsus Rodriguez
As the chief speaker at the dedication of the national cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield, statesman Edward Everett wrote to Lincoln: I should be glad… — Abraham Lincoln
Continue to make the demands of the day your immediate concern, and take occasion to test the purity of your hearts and the steadfastness of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faith ... acts promptly and boldly on the occasion, on slender evidence. — John Henry Newman
There is no quality so contrary to any nature which one cannot affect, and put on upon occasion, in order to serve an interest. — Jonathan Swift
In eloquence, the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself; when consciously he makes himself the mere tongue of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The pleasure of eloquence is in greatest part owing often to the stimulus of the occasion which produces it- - to the magic of sympathy,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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