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296 Occasional quotes by 254 unique authors

Life has been reduced to a series of long periods of boredom in the office punctuated by high-octane "experiences" which you can rack up on… — Tom Hodgkinson
Lighting does occasionally strike and occasional the result isn't a corpse. — Tillie Olsen
The redundant population, necessarily occasioned by the prevalence of early marriages, must be repressed by occasional famines, and by the custom of exposing children, which,… — Thomas Malthus
I'm no stranger to the occasional dodgy juice, but it doesn't taste very nice and it is bloody boring. It's not a way to live. — Kate Winslet
Governments can err, Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory is accepted, we… — Walter Lippmann
Comedy keeps the heart sweet; but we all know that there is wholesome refreshment for both mind and heart in an occasional climb among the… — Mark Twain
It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is… — Mark Twain
Where was it ever promised us that life on this earth can ever be easy, free from conflict and uncertainty, devoid of anguish and wonder… — Leo Rosten
It is my considered opinion that the human race (soi disant) is cruel, idiotic, sentimental, predatory, ungrateful, ugly, conceited and egocentric to the last ditch… — Noel Coward
When I read the script sometimes, it's like 'Christ! Enough!' I can't sleep at night sometimes. There's the occasional script that just hammers you, that… — Mariska Hargitay
I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love. — Shirley Knight
No matter how advanced society becomes, institutionally or technologically, a house in which nature can be sensed represents for me the ideal environment in which… — Tadao Ando
If there's reason for hope, it lies in man's occasional binges of cooperation. To save our planet, we'll need that kind of heroic effort, in… — George Meyer
In marriage, the occasional catastrophic crisis is easier to manage than the daily routine. — Edward Abbey
Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations. — John Quincy Adams
I struggle with enormous discrepancies: between the reality of motherhood and the image of it, between my love for my home and the need to… — Sally Mann
Prayer pulls the rope below and the great bell rings above in the ears of God. Some scarcely stir the bell, for they pray so… — Charles Spurgeon
For lack of an occasional expression of love, a relationship strong at the seams can wear thin in the middle. — Robert Breault
"Who is secure in all his basic needs? Who has work, spiritual care, medical care, housing, food, occasional entertainment, free clothing, free burial, free everything?… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I’m a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body… — Rachel Kushner
Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in… — Isaac Asimov
As a historian, he felt it his duty to respect everything that had ever been respected, except for the occasional statesman. — Henry Adams
As one reads history, not in the expurgated editions written for schoolboys and passmen, but in the original authorities of each time, one is absolutely… — Oscar Wilde
All this happiness on display is suspect... If they think - and they could be right - that continued torture and summary executions, ethnic cleansing… — Ian Mcewan

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