Occasion Quotes

728 Occasion quotes by 590 unique authors

When I played Gollum in 'Lord of the Rings,' if I was climbing up the side of a mountain, which I physically did, you know,… — Andy Serkis
May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love! — Henry David Thoreau
We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. — Booker T. Washington
I don't really buy designer stuff. I have a few nice things, but I don't really have the occasion to wear couture too often. — Emma Watson
Anytime you get men in glitter, it's a flamboyant occasion! — Johnny Weir
Wearing the correct dress for any occasion is a matter of good manners. — Loretta Young
Christmas is a rare occasion when we are reminded that we have obligations to people we did not choose to be related to, and that… — Julian Baggini
Any celebration meal to which guests are invited, be they family or friends, should be an occasion for generous hospitality. — Julian Baggini
The president of the United States has claimed, on more than one occasion, to be in dialogue with God. If he said that he was… — Sam Harris
And [Asimov]'ll sign anything, hardbacks, softbacks, other people's books, scraps of paper. Inevitably someone handed him a blank check on the occasion when I was… — Isaac Asimov
Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it… — Jane Austen
Many public-school children seem to know only two dates—1492 and 4th of July; and as a rule they don't know what happened on either occasion. — Mark Twain
Misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than malice and wickedness. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Accept life, take it as it is? Stupid. The means of doing otherwise? Far from our having to take it, it is life that possesses… — Albert Camus
Sometimes she went so far as to wish that she should find herself in a difficult position, so that she might have the pleasure of… — Henry James
Opportunity: A favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment. — Ambrose Bierce
The human head is of the same approximate size and weight as a roaster chicken. I have never before had occasion to make the comparison,… — Mary Roach
Your life is an occasion. Rise to it. — Suzanne Weyn
And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless business. — Jane Austen
Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly. — Mahatma Gandhi
While contemplating the bride, and eyeing the cake of soap, he muttered between his teeth: 'Tuesday. It was not Tuesday. Was it Tuesday? Perhaps it… — Victor Hugo
Getting yelled at by a furious woman should be a semi-formal occasion. — Jeff Lindsay
I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it. — Barbara Mertz
Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion. — Thomas S. Monson
The man whose whole life is spent in performing a few simple operations, of which the effects are perhaps always the same, or very nearly… — Adam Smith

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