Occasions Quotes

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Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when… — Aleister Crowley
However, on many occasions, I examined normal blood and normal tissues and there was no possibility of overlooking bacteria or confusing them with granular masses… — Robert Koch
It has the property of detonating very violently in certain circumstances. On one occasion a small amount of ether solution of pyroglycerin condensed in a… — Unknown Author
There can be no doubt that smoking nowadays is largely a miserable automatic business. People use tobacco without ever taking an intelligent interest in it.… — J. B. Priestley
Cults and prophets proclaiming the imminent end of the world have been with us for several millenia, and it has been another sour sort of… — Daniel Dennett
Big occasions and races which have been eagerly anticipated almost to the point of dread, are where great deeds can be accomplished. — Jack Lovelock
We are not here just to survive and live long .... We are here to live and know life in it's multi-dimensions, to know life… — Rajneesh
If it were possible to make an accurate calculation of the evils which police regulations occasion, and of those which they prevent, the number of… — Wilhelm von Humboldt
To discipline ourselves through fasting brings us in tune with God, and fast day provides an occasion to set aside the temporal so that we… — Howard W. Hunter
On an occasion of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak one's mind. It becomes a pleasure. — Oscar Wilde
Let the entire world hear me. Our hostility to the Great Satan [America] is absolute... I conclude my speech with the slogan that will continue… — Hassan Nasrallah
So I want to identify, if I can, the most important thing that we discover in life. At least, it is the most important thing… — Michael Kirby
I am sure that no one coming to this ceremony expected a High Court judge to use the occasion to talk about that four-letter word,… — Michael Kirby
I like the poem on the page and not at the podium. I like to address the poem in peace and quiet, not on the… — Ted Kooser
I have come to the conclusion that my subjective account of my motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions. I don't know why I… — John B. S. Haldane
On one occasion I got this really bizarre horoscope thing from someone. It was a full-on zodiac reading, charting and intersecting all this stuff. It… — Robert Pattinson
Courage mounteth with occasion. — William Shakespeare
If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are married and have more occasion… — William Shakespeare
What must novel dialogue . . . really be and do? It must be pointed, intentional, relevant. It must crystallize situation. It must express character.… — Elizabeth Bowen
The game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind are to be acquired and strengthened by it,… — Benjamin Franklin

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