Occasion Quotes

728 Occasion quotes by 590 unique authors

This gave me occasion to observe, that when Men are employ'd they are best contented. For on the Days they work'd they were good-natur'd and… — Benjamin Franklin
What's agitating about solitude is the inner voice telling you that you should be mated to somebody, that solitude is a mistake. The inner voice… — Charles Baxter
Aureliano not only understood by then, he also lived his brother’s experiences as something of his own, for on one occasion when the latter was… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
How did you ever happen to remember that I might be hungry? But of course you would. Will you mind very much if I run… — Elizabeth Marie Pope
Richard...," Julie said, staring down at the open jewelry case in her hand. Inside was an ornate, heart-shaped locket supported by a gold chain. "It's… — Nicholas Sparks
You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute, And now and then stab, when occasion serves. — Christopher Marlowe
You’ll join me sooner than you know in a place with . . . no illusions, where the truth is the only architecture, the only… — Mark Helprin
I'm planning, you see, to try to confine myself to the truth. That's hard for an old, inveterate fantasy martyr and liar who has never… — Ingmar Bergman
The insane, on occasion, are not without their charms. — Kurt Vonnegut
I did deranged quite well, when the occasion called for it. — Ilona Andrews
And I have again observed, my dear friend, in this trifling affair, that misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Photograph is violent: not because it shows violent tings, but because on each occasion (i)it fills the sight by force(i), and because in it… — Roland Barthes
I dedicate the merit of the occasion to all beings. This gesture of universal friendship has been likened to a drop of fresh spring water.… — Pema Chodron
I will ride my luck on occasion, but I like to pick the occasion. — Rex Stout
How many times do we lose an occasion for soul work by leaping ahead to final solutions without pausing to savor the undertones? We are… — Thomas Moore
A man who drinks too much on occasion is still the same man as he was sober. An alcoholic, a real alcoholic, is not the… — Raymond Chandler
... The person who, at any stage of a conversation, disagrees, should at least hope to reach agreement in the end. He should be as… — Mortimer Adler
Bathsheba loved Troy in the way that only self-reliant women love when they abandon their self-reliance. When a strong woman recklessly throws away her strength… — Thomas Hardy
Social Note: I have sought escape in the Prytania on more than one occasion, pulled by the attractions of some technicolored horrors, filmed abortions that… — John Kennedy Toole
Waiting for a special occasion to kill me? Christmas is coming. — Cassandra Clare
Whenever an occasion arose in which she needed an opinion on something in the wider world, she borrowed her husband's. If this had been all… — Haruki Murakami
Every wedding must be an occasion of joy that human beings can do such great things, that they have been given such immense freedom and… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Hoyt was by himself right under one of the portable lights rigged up for the occasion. He had his hands thrust in his pockets, and… — Charlaine Harris
my good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs to me to… — Jane Austen
The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of oneself in repose.… — Kate Morton

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