Occasions Quotes

1024 Occasions quotes by 788 unique authors

There are two occasions when the sacred beauty of Creation becomes dazzlingly apparent, and they occur together. One is when we feel our mortal insufficiency… — Marilynne Robinson
Here was an occasion, she thought, for indulging in that deliberate rudeness which only persons with habitually good manners have the right to commit... — Stella Gibbons
But if we’re going to kill them all, we might as well make an occasion of it.” Toshak shrugged. “Do as you wish,” he said.… — John Flanagan
No one so dislikes being punished unjustly as the person who might have been punished justly on scores of previous occasions, if he had only… — P.G. Wodehouse
I don't suppose I can wear the flamingo tie," he said as he pulled on black socks. "It's a bit festive, given the occasion," I… — John Green
Then I realised that I was the god on this occasion. I had tried to help the bluebottle, but it wouldn't let me. And then… — Cecelia Ahern
I don't know who had the training of you," he continued doggedly, "but your morals are shocking. You spent a night in my bed, remember,… — Loretta Chase
I'm not a very nostalgic person. I don't really look at the past and summon up regrets, or self-congratulations, it just is not a mechanism… — Leonard Cohen
Beside him a tiny elderly woman was leaning on a cane, studying him with curiosity. Since good manners seemed to require that he speak to… — Judith McNaught
He gave her a sly, sideways look. "Did you bring it?" "My list? Heavens, no. What can you be thinking?" His smile widened. "I brought… — Julia Quinn
I have never been able to understand the complaint that a story is "depressing" because of its subject matter. What depresses me are stories that… — Tobias Wolff
Manners,[...] are severly underappreciated in my opinion". "Oh?" Where practiced well, they remove the probability that someone in my position will be forced to go… — Michelle Sagara
Dave and Tate were dressed with equal heinousness. More black leather, chains, and whips. Either Don’s staff truly had costumes for all possible occasions on… — Jeaniene Frost
Offence is so easily given. And where the 'minority' issue is involved, the rules seem to shift about: most of the time a person who… — Lynne Truss
Well . . ." St. Vincent walked slowly with her to the crowd of dancers. "I'm a wicked man who can, on occasion, be just… — Lisa Kleypas
On more than one occasion David, in his urge to explore the darker corners of the bookshelves, had found himself wearing strands of spider silk… — John Connolly
Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime. — Brandon Sanderson
Seen politically, systems follow one another, each consuming the previous one. They live on ever-bequeathed and ever-disappointed hope, which never entirely fades. Its spark is… — Ernst Junger
Now, I've been known to be attractive on special occasions, and I do my best to project as much beauty as I can muster from… — Terry McMillan
Stay awhile! 'Tis sweet,. . . The rare occasion, when our hearts can speak Our selves unseen, unseeing! — Edmond Rostand
The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower—suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place… — Katharine Hepburn
But all the while, there was one thing we most needed even from the start, and certainly will need from here on out into the… — Robert Farrar Capon
I'll fight when needed, revel when there's an occasion, mourn when there is greif and die if my time comes...But I will not let anyone… — Christopher Paolini
She lived in fear of his shifting moods, his volatile temperament, his insistence on steering even mundane exchanges down a confrontational path that, on occasion,… — Khaled Hosseini
Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions. — Alexander Pushkin

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