Occasions Quotes
1024 Occasions quotes by 788 unique authors
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Milestone! This is a momentous occasion," he tells her cheerily. "It should be witnessed by a friend." She throws him an icy gaze, and he…
— Neal Shusterman
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Eventually I fell asleep in the Rabies and Lycanthropy section. Woolsey bites on occasion, and I'm concerned.' - Magnus Bane
— Cassandra Clare
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Woolsey bites on occasion
— Cassandra Clare
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It was understood that they shared the same thresholds--the same inexhaustible appetite for wasting time, for discussing lofty ideas, for dissecting trivial things, for driving…
— Galt Niederhoffer
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He's Black Council," I said. "Or maybe stupid," Ebenezar countered. I thought about it. "Not sure which is scarier." Ebenezar blinked at me, then snorted.…
— Jim Butcher
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Whoa, that's the kind of little sister I can dig!" said Edison. "Yes, we're all alike," I said. "We cover for you, we lie for…
— Lionel Shriver
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She turned to Skulduggery and held out her arms. “Come here, you.†He tilted his head. “My hugs are for special occasions only.†“Hug me. 
— Derek Landy
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Life had been a suit I'd only put on for special occasions. Most of the time I kept it in the back of my closet,…
— Marisha Pessl
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Are you smarter than a pig, Locke?†“On occasion,†said Locke. “There are contrary opinions.
— Scott Lynch
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Fate,Time,Occasion,Chance, and Change? To these All things are subject but eternal love.
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness…
— Charles Simmons
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This is the way to cultivate courage: First, by standing firm on some conscientious principle, some law of duty. Next, by being faithful to truth…
— James Freeman Clarke
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The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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False happiness is like false money; it passes for a time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is…
— Alexander Pope
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There is oftentimes a great deal of knowledge where there is but little wisdom to improve that knowledge. It is not the most knowing Christian…
— Thomas Brooks
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Every man must patiently bide his time. He must wait -- not in listless idleness but in constant, steady, cheerful endeavors, always willing and fulfilling…
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and... people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of…
— Denis Diderot
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I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I…
— Benjamin Franklin
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The crisis that we inherit when we come to power will be the occasion for fundamental change and not the excuse for postponing it
— Tony Benn
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It is odd, but on the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer…
— Richard P. Feynman
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