Occasions Quotes

1024 Occasions quotes by 788 unique authors

I used to work for a management consulting company, so I dressed differently - business casual, probably a lot of things from Banana Republic. My… — John Legend
The disagreeable reality for those who believe in human rights is that there are some occasions-and Iraq may be one of them-when war is the… — Michael Ignatieff
Tim Price has captured my imagination on many occasions with his forward thinking arrangements and wonderfully captivating playing. He is a unique musician made more… — Jeff Coffin
I have had the occasion to meet child actors from the '60s and '70s at various functions, and everyone's gone on to various different lives… — Mike Lookinland
I think a nice romantic dinner should be saved for when you and the girl you're dating or seeing have something special and it's a… — Ben Savage
Imagine a State occasion where the Queen is wearing trainers with her tiara because she thinks it will make people like her better, more folksy.… — Peter York
As soon as I suspect a fine effect is being achieved by accident I lose interest. I am not interested...in unskilled labor. ...The scientific actor… — Minnie Maddern Fiske
Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God's heart. You must speak to Jesus not only with your lips, but… — Pio of Pietrelcina
When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for the occasion. — Josh Billings
Lord, if Thou knowest that I shall find, on leaving the house, even through obedience, an occasion of offending Thee, I conjure Thee to take… — Alphonsus Rodriguez
As the chief speaker at the dedication of the national cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield, statesman Edward Everett wrote to Lincoln: I should be glad… — Abraham Lincoln
Somebody asked me recently, 'Have you done a lot of plays?' I thought hang on. I used to do nothing but plays. I've been very… — Bill Nighy
There are few occasions when we should make a bad bargain by giving up the good on condition that no ill was said of us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Continue to make the demands of the day your immediate concern, and take occasion to test the purity of your hearts and the steadfastness of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Faith ... acts promptly and boldly on the occasion, on slender evidence. — John Henry Newman
There is no quality so contrary to any nature which one cannot affect, and put on upon occasion, in order to serve an interest. — Jonathan Swift
In eloquence, the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself; when consciously he makes himself the mere tongue of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The pleasure of eloquence is in greatest part owing often to the stimulus of the occasion which produces it- - to the magic of sympathy,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won't hail the occasion with delight. — Marcus Aurelius
A little sturdiness when superiors are much in the wrong sometimes occasions consideration. And there is truth in the old saying that if you make… — Benjamin Franklin
New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth. — James Russell Lowell
HATRED, n. A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority. — Ambrose Bierce
This conference ? of, for and about women ? is, in itself, a rainbow in the clouds. When numerous women come together and show that… — Maya Angelou
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human… — William Penn
Holding occasion by the hand, Not over nice 'twixt weed and flower, Waiving what none can understand, I make mine hour. — John Vance Cheney

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