Occasions Quotes

1024 Occasions quotes by 788 unique authors

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
That Francis Bacon retains his reputation gained, is not strange to any that knows him. The unusual words wherewith he had spangled his speech, were… — Edward Coke
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
There was no hope for any kind of big opportunity. I'm not saying it was hopeless. The big pay-off was to work as an artist… — Edward Ruscha
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
Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what… — Thomas a Kempis
Being snarky and smug doesn't equate to providing insight, and there's more than one occasion when the filmmakers lose sight of this in their zeal… — James Berardinelli
The press must speak out and, if the occasion arises, raise bloody hell. — Unknown Author
A man demonstrates his rationality, not by a commitment to fixed ideas, stereotyped procedures, or immutable concepts, but by the manner in which, and the… — Stephen Toulmin
The truffle is not a positive aphrodisiac, but it can upon occasion make women tenderer and men more apt to love. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
It would be so nice to have the luxury just to laze. So nice not to have to always get up and get dressed for… — Benazir Bhutto
I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few… — Anita Hill

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