Occasion Quotes

728 Occasion quotes by 590 unique authors

Here was an occasion, she thought, for indulging in that deliberate rudeness which only persons with habitually good manners have the right to commit... — Stella Gibbons
But if we’re going to kill them all, we might as well make an occasion of it.” Toshak shrugged. “Do as you wish,” he said.… — John Flanagan
I don't suppose I can wear the flamingo tie," he said as he pulled on black socks. "It's a bit festive, given the occasion," I… — John Green
Then I realised that I was the god on this occasion. I had tried to help the bluebottle, but it wouldn't let me. And then… — Cecelia Ahern
I don't know who had the training of you," he continued doggedly, "but your morals are shocking. You spent a night in my bed, remember,… — Loretta Chase
Beside him a tiny elderly woman was leaning on a cane, studying him with curiosity. Since good manners seemed to require that he speak to… — Judith McNaught
He gave her a sly, sideways look. "Did you bring it?" "My list? Heavens, no. What can you be thinking?" His smile widened. "I brought… — Julia Quinn
I have never been able to understand the complaint that a story is "depressing" because of its subject matter. What depresses me are stories that… — Tobias Wolff
Manners,[...] are severly underappreciated in my opinion". "Oh?" Where practiced well, they remove the probability that someone in my position will be forced to go… — Michelle Sagara
Well . . ." St. Vincent walked slowly with her to the crowd of dancers. "I'm a wicked man who can, on occasion, be just… — Lisa Kleypas
On more than one occasion David, in his urge to explore the darker corners of the bookshelves, had found himself wearing strands of spider silk… — John Connolly
Seen politically, systems follow one another, each consuming the previous one. They live on ever-bequeathed and ever-disappointed hope, which never entirely fades. Its spark is… — Ernst Junger
Stay awhile! 'Tis sweet,. . . The rare occasion, when our hearts can speak Our selves unseen, unseeing! — Edmond Rostand
The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower—suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place… — Katharine Hepburn
I'll fight when needed, revel when there's an occasion, mourn when there is greif and die if my time comes...But I will not let anyone… — Christopher Paolini
She lived in fear of his shifting moods, his volatile temperament, his insistence on steering even mundane exchanges down a confrontational path that, on occasion,… — Khaled Hosseini
There was very little about her face and figure that was in any way remarkable, but it was the sort of face which, when animated… — Susanna Clarke
There was a time you saw me once, one afternoon, in the dormitories. There was no one else around, and I was playing this tape,… — Kazuo Ishiguro
You know what? I was wrong. You are an idiot. My life happens to, on occasion, suck beyond the telling of it. Sometimes more than… — Joss Whedon
When I was a kid, my mom once told me that God was an artist and how on occasion He’d throw a bucketful of paint… — Kristina McMorris
When I tell you not to marry without love, I do not advise you to marry for love alone: there are many, many other things… — Anne Bronte
The devil and temptations also do give occasion unto us somewhat to learn and understand the Scriptures, by experience and practice. Without trials and temptations… — Martin Luther
every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion.… — Oscar Wilde
Judgement is the forbidden objectivization of the other person which destroys single-minded love. I am not forbidden to have my own thoughts about the other… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I have too much respect for the truth to drag it out on every trifling occasion. — Mark Twain

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