Occasions Quotes

1024 Occasions quotes by 788 unique authors

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 flowerâ€”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
I am struck here by the curious mixture of justice and injustice in our lives. We are blamed for our real faults but usually not… — C.S. Lewis
As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling Aunt like mastodons bellowing across premieval swamps… — P.G. Wodehouse
There was very little about her face and figure that was in any way remarkable, but it was the sort of face which, when animated… — Susanna Clarke
I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions, but never before before. — Truman Capote
But such occasions of excellence became less and less frequent. As her technique became sounder, [her] sincerity became less necessary. — Thornton Wilder
Itâ€™s the leftover humans. The survivors. Theyâ€™re the ones I canâ€™t stand to look at, although on many occasions I still fail. I deliberately seek… — Markus Zusak
On occasions, global or personal, we may feel we are distanced from God, shut out from heaven, lost, alone in dark and dreary places. Often… — Jeffrey R. Holland
There was a time you saw me once, one afternoon, in the dormitories. There was no one else around, and I was playing this tape,… — Kazuo Ishiguro
You know what? I was wrong. You are an idiot. My life happens to, on occasion, suck beyond the telling of it. Sometimes more than… — Joss Whedon
When I was a kid, my mom once told me that God was an artist and how on occasion Heâ€™d throw a bucketful of paint… — Kristina McMorris

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