Occasions Quotes

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The arts must study their occasions; they must stand modestly aside until they can slip in fitly into the interstices of life. — George Santayana
The unwearable of high heels is self-evidently all around us, coming to a head at the average wedding reception, a uniformly high-heeled occasion. In our… — Caitlin Moran
To avoid an occasion for our virtues is a worse degree of failure than to push forward pluckily and make a fall. — Robert Louis Stevenson
Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is. — Lord Chesterfield
God is what man finds that is divine in himself. It is the best way man can behave in the ordinary occasions of life, and… — Max Lerner
I am very glad indeed to see you to-night, and yet I will not say I thank you for this call, but I do most… — Abraham Lincoln
To what level does your patriarchal blessing reach in your life? Can you recollect the time you received it and recover any of the spirit… — Truman G. Madsen
It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of… — Douglas MacArthur
The occasion is piled high with difficulty. We must rise to the occasion. — Abraham Lincoln
Thank you for your kind invitation. However, as a gay man, I must decline. I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment… — Wentworth Miller
Many years ago I remember a famous actress explaining to me with perfect seriousness that before making an entrance she always stood aside to allow… — Noel Coward
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain. — Plautus
The riches of His free grace cause me daily to triumph over all the temptations of the wicked one, who is very vigilant, and seeks… — George Whitefield
Whoever wishes to acquire a deep acquaintance with Nature must observe that there are analogies which connect whole branches of science in a parallel manner,… — William Stanley Jevons
Since Christ is the only way to the Father, in order to highlight His living and saving presence in the Church and the world, the… — Pope John Paul II
Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer. — Josh Billings
Miss not the occasion; by the forelock take that subtle power, the never-halting time. — William Wordsworth
If alcohol is queen, then tobacco is her consort. It's a fond companion for all occasions, a loyal friend through fair weather and foul. — Luis Bunuel
Injuries accompanied with insults are never forgiven: all men, on these occasions, are good haters, and lay out their revenge at compound interest. — Charles Caleb Colton
There are occasions on which all apologies are rudeness. — Samuel Johnson

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