Occasions Quotes

1024 Occasions quotes by 788 unique authors

She'd stopped reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about romance and knitting and started reading the kind of women's magazine that talked about… — Terry Pratchett
Avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, we should remember also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel… — George Washington
Great occasions rouse even the lowest of human beings to some kind of greatness, but he alone is the really great man whose character is… — Swami Vivekananda
I choose love. No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness, I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves. — Max Lucado
I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like… — Daniel Handler
The Bible is owned, read on occasion, even taken to church-but not studied. — Howard G. Hendricks
World Health Day is an opportunity to highlight the problem, but above all, to stimulate action. It is an occasion to call on all partners… — Kofi Annan
This is a day on which we pay our respects to those who have endured the unimaginable. This is an occasion for the world to… — Kofi Annan
Unfortunately, I was not wise enough to listen to her advice, and hastily married. In a few weeks, I had occasion to repent of the… — Maria Monk
America and Americans always rise to the occasion. If we say we are going to stamp out hunger, I believe we will. — Christie Brinkley
Speak not injurious words, neither in jest nor earnest. Scoff at none though they give occasion. — George Washington
Unless a person has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him ridiculous. A great occasion is worth to man exactly what… — Unknown Author
Us investigators who went out into the field were faced on occasion with a lot of anger, by people saying why has it taken you… — Tony Greig
All chess masters have on occasion played a magnificent game and then lost it by a stupid mistake, perhaps in time pressure and it may… — Bent Larsen
Like the character I played in Jekyll, we all have different masks we put on for different occasions. As much as we all want to… — James Nesbitt
To celebrate a festival means: to live out, for some special occasion and in an uncommon manner, the universal assent to the world as a… — Josef Pieper
There is no occasion when meals should become totally unimportant. Meals can be very small indeed, very inexpensive, short times taken in the midst of… — Edith Schaeffer
My very good friend, Rahm Emanuel, made it very clear to me on several occasions that I was, quote, unquote, not a team player; that… — Eric Massa
I look at the occasion, and this was one of the biggest so far in my career. It was a bit of a gamble, but… — Robin van Persie
I only drink champagne on two occasions.When I am in love and when I am not — Coco Chanel

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