Occasion Quotes

728 Occasion quotes by 590 unique authors

Naked need is the occasion for God's giving, not a need adorned with the clean, elegant robes of respectability and good works. — Miroslav Volf
On the occasion of every act ask thyself, How is this with respect to me? Shall I repent of it? A little time and I… — Marcus Aurelius
Like a brain surgeon who drinks a martini when he's not on call, the successful kids in your school may smoke pot on occasion, but… — Bill O'Reilly
In art, in taste, in life, in speech, you decide from feeling, and not from reason ... If we were obliged to enter into a… — William Hazlitt
There is no occasion for our rejoicing at a foe's death, because our own life will also not last forever. — Bill Vaughan
An occasion, catalyst, or tripwire?permits the poet to reach into herself and haul up whatever nugget of the human condition distracts her at the moment,… — Diane Ackerman
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects.… — Benjamin Franklin
Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity. — Sigmund Freud
As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering… — Charles de Gaulle
The transfer is a monumental occasion as the Iraqi people take control of their government and their future and forge ahead with creating a society… — Jim Gerlach
I think our culture encourages all of us to always put our best foot forward. I think it's a good thing. I think it's nice… — Amy Grant
A lecture is an occasion when you numb one end to benefit the other. — John Gould
I work with a charity called Donate My Dress. It's got chapters all over the country where you can donate special-occasion dresses. Prom is a… — Ashley Greene
Bin Laden wasn't all that central to the terrorist network any more, but taking him down created a kind of national catharsis. It's been a… — Gail Collins
Be careful how you do one man a pleasure which must needs occasion equal displeasure in another. For he who is thus slighted will not… — Francesco Guicciardini
Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion. — Calvin Coolidge
Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won't make it 'white'. — Bing Crosby
If you're a person who complains about everything all the time, then you're just the boy who cried 'wolf.' But if you do it on… — Bryan Cranston
Normally, I am a vocal advocate for 'looking both ways' and 'knowing the size of one's own body.' But working, socialising and simply running errands… — Sloane Crosley
Writing fiction is for me a fraught business, an occasion of daily dread for at least the first half of the novel, and sometimes all… — Joan Didion
We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets. — Benjamin Disraeli
To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion. — George Eliot
Writing for the page is only one form of writing for the eye. Wherever solemn inscriptions are put up in public places, there is a… — James Fenton
Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers. — Herbert Hoover
There is an organic affinity between joyousness and tenderness, and their companionship in the saintly life need in no way occasion surprise. — William James

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