Occasion Quotes

728 Occasion quotes by 590 unique authors

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how… — Thomas Jefferson
One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them. — Thomas Jefferson
I think you can be cynical about religion on occasion, and certainly skeptical about the degree to which some people use religion to manipulate other… — Peter Jennings
When you're a caregiver, you need to realize that you've got to take care of yourself, because, not only are you going to have to… — Naomi Judd
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the… — Abraham Lincoln
I love being alive so much. When you come out of comas in your childhood, every moment awake is a joyous occasion. — John Lydon
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. — W. Somerset Maugham
Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just… — Orison Swett Marden
A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right… — Marshall McLuhan
Contraceptives should be used on every conceivable occasion. — Spike Milligan
I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginning and on occasion - not necessarily… — Helen Mirren
Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion. — Moliere
I remember when I was in high school I didn't have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to… — Marilyn Monroe
On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as… — Thomas S. Monson
On the one occasion where I did try writing a screenplay, I found the rewriting just unendurable. — Alan Moore
I am unusually Halloween-attentive, because, as it happens, I was born on Halloween, so for me it has always been an occasion of great moment. — Susan Orlean
Whether sexual orientation can change or not, hearts can change and turn any sexual orientation into an occasion for the glory of Christ. Those with… — John Piper
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. — Plautus
Memories of the last nine years have turned Ground Zero from a site of horror, to a reminder of grief, to an occasion for ludicrous… — John Podhoretz
There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion… — Edgar Allan Poe
I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being. — Sidney Poitier
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I believe in dressing for the occasion. There's a time for sweater, sneakers and Levis and a time for the full-dress jazz. — Ginger Rogers
If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman;… — Theodore Roosevelt
Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion and… — George Saunders

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