Occasions Quotes

1024 Occasions quotes by 788 unique authors

Fighting has taught me that the caterpillar takes a while to turn into a majestic butterfly! Patience, hard work, dedication, never giving up, rising to… — Jesse Taylor
I believe that politicians should speak the truth all the time. Invariably there will be occasions when you make statements that are factually incorrect due… — Malcolm Turnbull
There's the occasion when politicians will say things that are simply not true or that they make commitments that they have no intention of fulfilling.… — Malcolm Turnbull
The whole gamut of good and evil is in every human being, certain notes, from stronger original quality or most frequent use, appearing to form… — Fanny Kemble
There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel. — Theodore Roosevelt
There are many occasions in literature in which telling is far more effective than showing. — Francine Prose
Naked need is the occasion for God's giving, not a need adorned with the clean, elegant robes of respectability and good works. — Miroslav Volf
What does a woman feel when she is hit? My mother slapped me when I was a child - on two occasions, to the point… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke
Who aspires to remain leader must keep in advance of his column. His fear must not play traitor to his occasions. The instant he falls… — Christian Nestell Bovee
However much of time, labor, or other means it takes to establish a reputation, it frequently happens that it requires nearly as much to maintain… — Christian Nestell Bovee
All confidence placed in another is dangerous if it is not perfect, for on almost all occasions we ought to tell everything or to conceal… — Jean de la Bruyere
A sensible human once said, "If people knew how much ill-feeling unselfishness occasions, it would not be so often recommended from the pulpit"; and again,… — C.S. Lewis
There are many who say more than the truth on some occasions, and balance the account with their consciences by saying less than the truth… — Charles Caleb Colton
Like a brain surgeon who drinks a martini when he's not on call, the successful kids in your school may smoke pot on occasion, but… — Bill O'Reilly
In art, in taste, in life, in speech, you decide from feeling, and not from reason ... If we were obliged to enter into a… — William Hazlitt
There is no occasion for our rejoicing at a foe's death, because our own life will also not last forever. — Bill Vaughan
An occasion, catalyst, or tripwire?permits the poet to reach into herself and haul up whatever nugget of the human condition distracts her at the moment,… — Diane Ackerman
Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He's helped me out on a couple of occasions when I've… — Al Franken
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects.… — Benjamin Franklin
Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity. — Sigmund Freud
As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering… — Charles de Gaulle
The transfer is a monumental occasion as the Iraqi people take control of their government and their future and forge ahead with creating a society… — Jim Gerlach
I think our culture encourages all of us to always put our best foot forward. I think it's a good thing. I think it's nice… — Amy Grant
On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will… — Emma Goldman
A lecture is an occasion when you numb one end to benefit the other. — John Gould

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