Occasions Quotes

1024 Occasions quotes by 788 unique authors

For most Americans the Constitution had become a hazy document, cited like the Bible on ceremonial occasions but forgotten in the daily transactions of life. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
There will be occasions in each of our lives when we will be called upon to explain or to defend our beliefs. When the time… — Thomas S. Monson
While contemplating the bride, and eyeing the cake of soap, he muttered between his teeth: 'Tuesday. It was not Tuesday. Was it Tuesday? Perhaps it… — Victor Hugo
I don't remember ever feeling lonely; in fact, on the rare occasions when I met other children I found their games and their talk far… — Alberto Manguel
Getting yelled at by a furious woman should be a semi-formal occasion. — Jeff Lindsay
I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it. — Barbara Mertz
Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion. — Thomas S. Monson
The man whose whole life is spent in performing a few simple operations, of which the effects are perhaps always the same, or very nearly… — Adam Smith
This gave me occasion to observe, that when Men are employ'd they are best contented. For on the Days they work'd they were good-natur'd and… — Benjamin Franklin
What's agitating about solitude is the inner voice telling you that you should be mated to somebody, that solitude is a mistake. The inner voice… — Charles Baxter
Aureliano not only understood by then, he also lived his brother’s experiences as something of his own, for on one occasion when the latter was… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
How did you ever happen to remember that I might be hungry? But of course you would. Will you mind very much if I run… — Elizabeth Marie Pope
Were I a philosopher, I should write a philosophy of toys, showing that nothing else in life need to be taken seriously, and that Christmas… — Robert Wilson Lynd
Why do people give each other flowers? To celebrate various important occasions, they’re killing living creatures? Why restrict it to plants? 'Sweetheart, let’s make up.… — Jerry Seinfeld
Richard...," Julie said, staring down at the open jewelry case in her hand. Inside was an ornate, heart-shaped locket supported by a gold chain. "It's… — Nicholas Sparks
Amy adored both the new look and the new person it allowed her to be. Following the photo shoot, she wore her bruises to the… — David Sedaris
On certain occasions art can shake very ordinary spirits, and whole worlds can be revealed by its clumsiest interpreters. — Gustave Flaubert
You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute, And now and then stab, when occasion serves. — Christopher Marlowe
You’ll join me sooner than you know in a place with . . . no illusions, where the truth is the only architecture, the only… — Mark Helprin
I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched. — Edgar Allan Poe
[My mom's] funny that way, celebrating special occasions with blue food. I think it's her way of saying anything is possible. Percy can pass seventh… — Rick Riordan
I'm planning, you see, to try to confine myself to the truth. That's hard for an old, inveterate fantasy martyr and liar who has never… — Ingmar Bergman
...the figure near at hand suffers on such occasions, because it shows up its sorriness without shade; while vague figures afar off are honored, in… — Thomas Hardy
There is a huge body of evidence to support the notion that me and the police were put on this earth to do extremely different… — Hunter S. Thompson
Pritkin gave me a little shake and I eyed him without favor. The only other occasions when I had been dragged back in time, the… — Karen Chance

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