Occasions Quotes

1024 Occasions quotes by 788 unique authors

On several occasions, I discussed with Bill Clinton the subject of inquiries by the media about our relationship. He told me to continue to deny… — Gennifer Flowers
Sometimes labeling is only useful, like with OCD. Once you're labeled you can be treated. On other occasions labeling leads to tyranny, like with childhood… — Jon Ronson
Religious celebrations, and the good will, high spirits and generosity that mark them, are wonderful occasions for understanding the potential of 'everyday multiculturalism', and how… — Randa Abdel-Fattah
You really have to act your pants off to stay alive. I thrive on that; I rise to the occasion of the circumstances. — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Our job as writers and thinkers in the time is how to bring about the occasions that let people have that first-person experience - or… — Stanley Crouch
I feel if some kid has sat down and felt I'm important enough to write two pages of words to and take up a lot… — Jim Dale
I would fix other people's lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story… — William Devane
I've been homeless on a few occasions. — Jay Electronica
Play: It is an an activity which proceeds within certain limits of time and space, in a visible order, according to rules freely accepted, and… — Johan Huizinga
Christ did not enchant men; He demanded that they believe in Him: except on one occasion, the Transfiguration. For a brief while, Peter, James, and… — Wystan Hugh Auden
If it were possible for us to have so deep an insight into a man's character as shown both in inner and in outer actions,… — Immanuel Kant
The thing is that when you don't carry a camera, that's when you see pictures in particular, or at least that's when you think you… — Elliott Erwitt
Man as seen as an organism or man as seen as a person discloses different aspects of the human reality to the investigator. Both are… — R. D. Laing
Meet them halfway with love, peace, and persuasion, and expect them to rise for the occasion. — Van Morrison
I recently did a piece for the Boston Pops and John Williams, and I hope that it's as well a composed piece as I've ever… — Peter Maxwell Davies
I've had to adapt my wardrobe to my various roles, both at the office, as a mom, and for television. When I shop for the… — Nina Garcia
The Capitol was an occasion where you arrive at a sign in the road that says you have arrived at a place you may not… — Peter Garrett
When I became more involved in music, I had to give up some of my writing in the literary sense. However, on occasion, I would… — Tom Glazer
When I was a congressman, I had occasion to talk to this group of students who were taking their seat. There were about 80 of… — Benigno Aquino III
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has on several occasions talked about transparency as an absolute principle. I don't personally believe that. — Bill Keller
I've learned I'm rarely able to stay at home and not work. If I try to 'just sit on my couch for a little while,'… — Kathryn Minshew
It was Mrs. Campbell, for instance, who, on a celebrated occasion, threw her companion into a flurry by describing her recent marriage as "the deep,… — Alexander Woollcott
In matters of religion, I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the general government. I… — Thomas Jefferson
My father required me to honor my father and my mother too much to put up games on them. I did on occasion. — Lincoln Steffens
Booking an act for my Dad's 70th birthday, I wanted a great act and went straight to John Archer- his reputation in the magic world… — Derren Brown

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