Occurrence Quotes

108 quotes by 96 authors

Language should be an ever developing procedure and not an isolated occurrence. — Robert Smithson
Violence is almost an everyday occurrence in some Muslim lands: it should not be exacerbated by revenge attacks on more innocent families and communities. — Cat Stevens
I consider anybody a twerp who hasn't read the greatest American short story, which is 'Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,' by Ambrose Bierce. — Kurt Vonnegut
Not only did I rediscover every experience of my life, I had to live each unfulfilled desire as wellâ€”as though theyâ€™d been fulfilled. I saw… — Richard Matheson
â€¦Tell me, has anything odd happened to you recently? What do you mean, odd?' Unusual. Deviating from the customary. Something outside the usual parameters of… — Jasper Fforde
All events, no matter how earthshaking or bizarre, are diluted within moments of their occurrence the the continuance of the necessary routines of day-to-day. -Fitz… — Robin Hobb
And I have again observed, my dear friend, in this trifling affair, that misunderstandings and neglect occasion more mischief in the world than even malice… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
You can tell a true war story by the questions you ask. Somebody tells a story, let's say, and afterward you ask, 'Is it true?'… — Tim O'Brien
I kissed her," he explained, aggrieved. "Mmm, yes, I had the dubious pleasure of witnessing that, ah-hem, overly public occurrence." Lyall sharpened his pen nib,… — Gail Carriger
Madelyne, we're married now. 'Tis a usual occurrence to bed one's wife on the wedding night. — Julie Garwood
The occurrence of an event is not the same thing as knowing what it is that one has lived through. Most people had not lived… — James A. Baldwin
The occurrence of an event is not the same thing as knowing what it is that one has lived through. — James A. Baldwin
Ooo,â€ said Alexia, fascinated, â€œit shrinks back down again. The books didn't detail that occurrence.â€ The earl laughed. â€œYou must show me these books of… — Gail Carriger
but that what was for him the greatest and most cruel injustice appeared to others a quite ordinary occurrence. — Leo Tolstoy
Well. There is a psychiatric occurrence we see in men-not often women-where they put all their hopes and dreams onto one person, so intensely that… — Emma Forrest
They'll torture you for months before killing you if you run" Otis shrugged, as if this was an everyday occurrence. — Heather Brewer
Sybil tells me your little festival is an annual occurrence," she said, the cadence of her voice swooning like a lullaby. "Yes," Kai said, lifting… — Marissa Meyer
The continuance and frequent fits of anger produce in the soul a propensity to be angry; which oftentimes ends in choler, bitterness, and moronity, when… — Henry Ward Beecher
If I am recalling an incident very vividly I go back to the instant of its occurrence; I become absent minded, as you say. I… — H.G. Wells
Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. — H. L. Mencken

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