Occasion Quotes

728 Occasion quotes by 590 unique authors

True, permanent peace can never be restored, until slavery, the occasion of the war, has ceased. — Gerrit Smith
Today's date, the eighteenth of May, should sometime become an occasion of great international celebration, for on this day ten years ago the first Peace… — Fredrik Bajer
There is something I keep wanting to say about reading short stories. I am doing it now, because I many never have another occasion. Stories… — Mavis Gallant
Perfection consists in one thing alone, which is doing the will of God. For, according to Our Lord's words, it suffices for perfection to deny… — St. Vincent
I was so astonished that I could think of nothing to say, but wondered irrelevantly if I was to be caught with a teapot in… — Barbara Pym
I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near the central idea of the occasion, in two hours, as you… — Edward Everett
In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion; in order to serve others better, one has to hold… — Albert Camus
There's immense fun to be had as long as you can sort of sneak it past DC. I have been told on occasion that I… — Garth Ennis
Little sins carry with them but little temptations to sin, and then a man shews most viciousness and unkindness, when he sins on a little… — Thomas Brooks
Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity. — Nelson Algren
Every attempt to employ mathematical methods in the study of chemical questions must be considered profoundly irrational and contrary to the spirit of chemistry.... if… — Auguste Comte
You shouldn’t blindly accept a leader’s advice. You’ve got to question leaders on occasion. — Richard Branson
For a justice of this ultimate tribunal [the U.S. Supreme Court], the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is great. — Abe Fortas
We used to think that you could spend your way out of a recession and increase employment by cutting taxes and boosting government spending. I… — James Callaghan
Most recently, the President's reluctance to offend Senator Rick Santorum -- a Catholic theocrat who believes that states should have the power to arrest gay… — Bill Keller
The European single currency is bound to fail, economically, politically and indeed socially, though the timing, occasion and full consequences are all necessarily still unclear. — Margaret Thatcher
Washington once advised his adopted grandson that where there is no occasion for expressing an opinion, it is best to be silent. For there is… — Ron Chernow
True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation. — Hosea Ballou
Bottom line, wasn’t life itself a special occasion? — Jan Karon
Oratory is good only if it has the qualities of fitness for the occasion, propriety of style, and originality of treatment, while in the case… — Isocrates
No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him. There is always work, and tools to work with, for those… — James Russell Lowell
Always remember to bound thy thoughts to the present occasion. — William Penn
In Jack Dempsey's early days he had a fight contract, which paid him two dollars per fight for the fights he won. He received nothing… — Sterling W Sill
Men have been swindled by other men on many occasions. The autumn of 1929 was, perhaps, the first occasion when men succeeded on a large… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Hitler did not have Mussolinis revolutionary socialist background. . . . Nevertheless, he shared the socialist hatred and contempt for the bourgeoisie and capitalism and… — Richard Pipes

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