Occasions Quotes

1024 Occasions quotes by 788 unique authors

I have on many occasions spoken my mind from stage. I have offered organizations table space by the merch booth. I have donated a dollar-a-ticket,… — Conor Oberst
Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On… — Gary Oldman
Can advertising foist an inferior product on the consumer? Bitter experience has taught me that it cannot. On those rare occasions when I have advertised… — David Ogilvy
I am unusually Halloween-attentive, because, as it happens, I was born on Halloween, so for me it has always been an occasion of great moment. — Susan Orlean
I'm aware of people's association with me and fashion and I certainly take that role on for some occasions, but it doesn't dominate my thoughts… — Sarah Jessica Parker
There are occasions that I love to be fashionable and enjoy, you know? But the work day of a mother doesn't include a hair making… — Sarah Jessica Parker
Whether sexual orientation can change or not, hearts can change and turn any sexual orientation into an occasion for the glory of Christ. Those with… — John Piper
Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words. — Plautus
Memories of the last nine years have turned Ground Zero from a site of horror, to a reminder of grief, to an occasion for ludicrous… — John Podhoretz
There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion… — Edgar Allan Poe
I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being. — Sidney Poitier
I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and… — Sidney Poitier
I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I've gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions. — Aidan Quinn
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I believe in dressing for the occasion. There's a time for sweater, sneakers and Levis and a time for the full-dress jazz. — Ginger Rogers
Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness,… — Jim Rohn
If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman;… — Theodore Roosevelt
Whatever your supposed politics are - left, right - if you put it in a human connection, most people will rise to the occasion and… — George Saunders
When I played Gollum in 'Lord of the Rings,' if I was climbing up the side of a mountain, which I physically did, you know,… — Andy Serkis
Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return. Such recurrences should not constitute occasions for sadness but realities… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment… — Michael K. Simpson
Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many occasions when we… — Bruce Springsteen
Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together. — Laurence Sterne
May we so love as never to have occasion to repent of our love! — Henry David Thoreau
We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary. — Booker T. Washington

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