Occurrence Quotes

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As one reads history, not in the expurgated editions written for schoolboys and passmen, but in the original authorities of each time, one is absolutely… — Oscar Wilde
Political action involves mental vulgarity, not merely because it entails the occurrence and support of those who are mentally vulgar, but because of the simplification… — Michael Joseph Oakeshott
It [the depression] was not accidental. It was a carefully contrived occurrence worked out as one works out a mathematical equation. The international bankers sought… — Louis Thomas McFadden
Paleontologists ever since Darwin have been searching (largely in vain) for the sequences of insensibly graded series of fossils that would stand as examples of… — Niles Eldredge
The best kind of travel â€“ the kind I wanted to experience â€“ involves a particular state of mind, in which one is not merely… — Elisabeth Eaves
To throw in a fair game at Hazards only three-spots, when something great is at stake, or some business is the hazard, is a natural… — Gerolamo Cardano
Mass killings have gone from being an extremely rare occurrence to a common occurrence. — Joyce Beatty
Remember, it is no sign of weakness or defeat that your manuscript ends up in need of major surgery. This is a common occurrence in… — William Strunk, Jr.
The mandala is an archetypal image whose occurrence is attested throughout the ages. It signifies the wholeness of the self. This circular image represents the… — Carl Jung
I believe there are few events in my life which have not happened to many; it is true the incidents of it are numerous, and,… — Olaudah Equiano
Photographs are diary entries That's all they can be. Photographs are just documentations of a day's event. At the same time, they drag the past… — Nobuyoshi Araki
The secret principle of martial arts is not vanquishing the attacker, but resolving to avoid an encounter before its occurrence. To become an object of… — Gichin Funakoshi
Just as experience dictates to the ballet teacher the length of time necessary to train his students, so the horse, too, needs time to mature… — Alois Podhajsky
Spots are on the surface of the solar body where they are produced and also dissolved, some in shorter and others in longer periods. They… — Galileo Galilei
Crossing a bare common, in snow puddles at twilight, under a clouded sky, without having in my thoughts any occurrence of special good fortune, I… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
(The discovery of penicillin) was a triumph of accident, a fortunate occurrence which happened while I was working on a purely academic bacteriological problem. — Alexander Fleming
A general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable. — Judith Martin
At every single moment, we are given the opportunity to choose our future. What we do today will determine what we face next week, next… — Iyanla Vanzant
A physician who fails to enter the body of a patient with the lamp of knowledge and understanding can never treat diseases. He should first… — Charaka
A greater awareness in architects and planners of their real value to society could, at the present, result in that rare occurrence, namely, the improvement… — Cedric Price

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