Quotes about Occasions

Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily. Votes: 3

Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer. Votes: 3

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss. Votes: 3

Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is. Votes: 3

Occasions when you can change your mind should be cherished, because they mean you're smarter than you were before. Votes: 3

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. Votes: 3

Occasions for defining moments do not arise every day. When they do, we must seize the opportunities they present for improving everyone's life. Votes: 3

Occasions for defining moments do not arise every day. When they do, we must seize the opportunities they present for improving everyone's life. Votes: 3

Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is. Votes: 3

We should on all Occasions avoid a general Action, or put anything to the Risque, unless compelled by a necessity, into which we ought never to be drawn. Votes: 3

Hats are for life's ultimate moments. They're worn at races, at weddings. Occasions many of us, who aren't royals and celebrities, only attend once or twice in a lifetime. Votes: 3

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people. Votes: 3

A sister is the cure for swollen heads and ego trips. One may a star, a Chief Executive-famous and rich and beautiful. But one's sister has the family photo album. And a long, long memory. And a tendency to wink at one on Top Occasions. Votes: 3

Don't worry about it. Babe Ruth struck out on occasion, too. Votes: 2

I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched. Votes: 2

One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them. Votes: 2

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. Votes: 2

Rugby is a good occasion for keeping thirty bullies far from the center of the city. Votes: 2

I only drink champagne on two occasions.When I am in love and when I am not Votes: 2

Holy Week is a good occasion to go to confession and to take up the right path again. Votes: 2

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive. Votes: 2

I choose love. No occasion justifies hatred; no injustice warrants bitterness, I choose love. Today I will love God and what God loves. Votes: 2

A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in timeof need, behind your back, and after your death. Votes: 2

There are certain queer times and occasions in this strange mixed affair we call life when a man takes his whole universe for a vast practical joke. Votes: 2

Always keep a bottle of Champagne in the fridge for special occasions. Sometimes, the special occasion is that you've got a bottle of Champagne in the fridge. Votes: 2

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner. Votes: 2

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness. Votes: 2

We are all members of the same great family ... On social occasions the formality of strictly military occasions should be relaxed, and a spirit of friendliness and goodwill should prevail. Votes: 2

There will be occasions in each of our lives when we will be called upon to explain or to defend our beliefs. When the time for performance arrives, the time for preparation is past. Votes: 2

Among the numerous luxuries of the table...coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without intoxication; and the pleasing flow of spirits which it occasions...is never followed by sadness, languor or debility. Votes: 2

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. "Stupid, Hoss. Every time. Only so many blackhearted villains in the world, and they only get uppity on occasion. Stupid's everywhere, every day. Votes: 2

If the devil were wise enough and would stand by in silence and let the gospel be preached, he would suffer less harm. For when there is no battle for the gospel it rusts and it finds no cause and no occasion to show its vigor and power. Therefore, nothing better can befall the gospel than that the world should fight it with force and cunning. Votes: 2

New occasions teach new duties. Votes: 1

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions. Votes: 1

Over the holidays is when I have the most occasions to cook and bake. Votes: 1

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing. Votes: 1

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions. Votes: 1

I like to be myself, and I don't pretend. For instance, I don't dress up for occasions; I am what I am. Votes: 1

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. Votes: 1

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart. Votes: 1

When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly. Votes: 1

The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The prestige the prize confers today is largely due to the extraordinary diligence of the Nobel committees. Votes: 1

Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return. Such recurrences should not constitute occasions for sadness but realities for awareness, so that one may be happy in the interim. Votes: 1

On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable. Votes: 1

History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and equal protection may be violated by a state. Votes: 1

All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long. Votes: 1

Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and at last some crisis shows what we have become. Votes: 1

I have never been able to grasp the meaning of time. I don't believe it exists. I've felt this again and again, when alone and out in nature. On such occasions, time does not exist. Nor does the future exist. Votes: 1

One of the best ways to make yourself happy in the present is to recall happy times from the past. Photos are a great memory-prompt, and because we tend to take photos of happy occasions, they weight our memories to the good. Votes: 1

No, only disappointment in myself on those occasions I didn't manage to rise to the occasion as I felt I should've done. I can always see how to do it, and then the challenge is, Can I manage that each and every day? Votes: 1

On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. Votes: 1

It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of occasions of sin. And believe me, although we may more often fail and commit small lapses, our gain will be incomparably the greater. Votes: 1

Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position. Votes: 1

For some students, especially in the sciences, the knowledge gained in college may be directly relevant to graduate study. For almost all students, a liberal arts education works in subtle ways to create a web of knowledge that will illumine problems and enlighten judgment on innumerable occasions in later life. Votes: 1

When you are spiritually connected, you are not looking for occasions to be offended, and you are not judging and labeling others. You are in a state of grace in which you know you are connected to God and thus free from the effects of anyone or anything external to yourself. Votes: 1

There will be very few occasions when you are absolutely certain about anything. You will consistently be called upon to make decisions with limited information. That being the case, your goal should not be to eliminate uncertainty. Instead, you must develop the art of being clear in the face of uncertainty. Votes: 1

Christ's humanity occasions our divinity Votes: 0

Pray on all occasions." Unlocked page 38. Votes: 0

I've been homeless on a few occasions. Votes: 0

Gluttony and surfeiting are no proper occasions for thanksgiving. Votes: 0

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. Votes: 0

There are occasions on which all apologies are rudeness. Votes: 0

There are those who'll turn innocent occasions to their advantage. Votes: 0

…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries. Votes: 0

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is. Votes: 0

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is. Votes: 0

I have thought that I have seen ghosts on many occasions. Votes: 0

I had my life threatened by Bosnian Serbs on numerous occasions. Votes: 0

There are occasions and causes, why and wherefore in all things. Votes: 0

All occasions invite His mercies, and all times are His seasons. Votes: 0

The power to share has already turned once-solitary activities into social occasions. Votes: 0

Only a sadistic scoundrel-or a fool-tells the bald truth on social occasions. Votes: 0

For special occasions, I love pretty dresses - but nothing too frou-frou! Votes: 0

On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence. Votes: 0

Rising glory occasions the greatest envy, as kindling fire the greatest smoke. Votes: 0

Insensibility, of all kinds, and on all occasions, most moves my imperial displeasure Votes: 0

Garlic, like perfume, must be used with discretion and on the proper occasions. Votes: 0

An American is a complex of occasions, themselves a geometry of spatial nature. Votes: 0

Keep the town for occasions, but the habits should be formed in retirement. Votes: 0

In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake. Votes: 0

Insensibility, of all kinds, and on all occasions, most moves my imperial displeasure. Votes: 0

He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits. Votes: 0

A man who will not get scared on some occasions, lacks good sense. Votes: 0

Perhaps there really are occasions in life when it's best not to say anything. Votes: 0

There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate. Votes: 0

My capacity for having a good time exists. It surfaces, however, on odd occasions. Votes: 0

Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter. Votes: 0

There are occasions when I would rather feel like a fly than a spider. Votes: 0

Every person who has ever lived has lived an unbroken succession of unique occasions. Votes: 0

There are many occasions in literature in which telling is far more effective than showing. Votes: 0

The most congenial social occasions are those ruled by cheerful deference of each for all. Votes: 0

[Hillary Clinton] has seen on two separate occasions, laughing at the girl who was raped. Votes: 0

I try to save being angry for the really important moments - for special occasions. Votes: 0

I only take a drink on two occasions - when I'm thirsty and when I'm not. Votes: 0

A productive marriage requires falling in enjoy numerous occasions, usually with the identical man or woman. Votes: 0

I am someone who will rise to an occasion like that. Other occasions can defeat me. Votes: 0

The previous generation, such as Alec Stewart and Nasser Hussain, lost to Australia on many occasions. Votes: 0

They trained mostly by time periods, checking their pace for known distance only on special occasions. Votes: 0

Necessity, especially in politics, often occasions false hopes, false reasonings, and a system of measures, correspondingly erroneous. Votes: 0

I love the mid-length skirt. That's really appropriate, you can wear that in many different day occasions. Votes: 0

Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions. Votes: 0

Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves. Votes: 0

She lifted the drooping muzzle with both hands...It was a special embrace saved for special occasions. Votes: 0

The last occasions when the timetable of our lives would be interrupted for many years to come. Votes: 0

White pants should be worn on two occasions: One, never. And two, if you're selling ice cream. Votes: 0

Temptations and occasions put nothing into a man, but only draw out what was in him before. Votes: 0

Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Votes: 0

You might be a redneck if you have a very special baseball cap, just for formal occasions. Votes: 0

On one of those rare occasions when Bach appraised his own life's work, he remarked: I worked hard. Votes: 0

Meanness is the one thing I do get upset about on those rare occasions when I see it. Votes: 0

If people knew how much ill-feeling unselfishness occasions, it would not be so often recommended from the pulpit. Votes: 0

There are occasions when the simplest and fewest words surpass in effect all the wealth of rhetorical amplification. Votes: 0

But with regard to critical occasions, it often happens that all moments seem comfortably remote until the last. Votes: 0

It is the duty of mankind on all suitable occasions to acknowledge their dependence on the Divine Being. Votes: 0

There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel. Votes: 0

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together. Votes: 0

There are some occasions when a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest. Votes: 0

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions. Votes: 0

On certain occasions art can shake very ordinary spirits, and whole worlds can be revealed by its clumsiest interpreters. Votes: 0

None so nearly disposed to scoffing at religion as those who have accustomed themselves to swear on trifling occasions. Votes: 0

Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself. Votes: 0

There may be occasions when it is best to behave irrationally, but whether there are should be decided rationally. Votes: 0

There are several occasions in the course of any woman's day when, without question, screaming is the appropriate response ... Votes: 0

Hats are really for ultimate occasions, so when I make one, I try to do something different, something noticeable. Votes: 0

Don't Wait! Start on your dreams, your impulses, your longings, your special occasions today. Because this is your moment. Votes: 0

I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions, but never before before. Votes: 0

On several occasions President Kennedy encouraged me to take a lover, an obvious sign he also had some himself. Votes: 0

On occasions when u feel most hopeless, u must take powerful effort. We must persist in face of failure. Votes: 0

I have been to Iraq on a number of occasions. I was with the first group that went in. Votes: 0

There were a couple of occasions when it was passed around - and, unlike President Clinton, I did inhale!. Votes: 0

I've never sued anybody, though there have been one or two occasions I've wanted to strangle one or two people. Votes: 0

At times his arrogance did resolve itself into simplicity, though it was difficult, especially for strangers, to distinguish these occasions. Votes: 0

I have never played anything live - except for a few special occasions - from 'Fish Out of Water.' Votes: 0

I wish we did have responsibility for the hair. I have been screwed up by the hair on many occasions. Votes: 0

But such occasions of excellence became less and less frequent. As her technique became sounder, [her] sincerity became less necessary. Votes: 0

The Western planners are definitely trying to fragment the entire Middle East. They already have done, on several historical occasions. Votes: 0

Photographers represented occasions once. You dressed for them as you might for church; they cost money, they recorded important moments. Votes: 0

If you love a person, you should show it in adundance, not reserve it for special occasions like fine china. Votes: 0

It was one of the occasions when Lymond asleep wrecked the peace of mind of more people than Lymond awake. Votes: 0

Don't question your conscience so much--it will get out of tune like a strummed piano. Keep it for great occasions. Votes: 0

I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I've gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions. Votes: 0

If I have to be a monotheist, y'know pick one, I'm picking vodka, it goes well with everything, all occasions. Votes: 0

Flying would give such occasions for intrigues as people cannot meet with who have nothing but legs to carry them. Votes: 0

Awkwardness is a more real disadvantage than it is generally thought to be; it often occasions ridicule, it always lessens dignity. Votes: 0

You have been compelled to cultivate your reflective faculties for want of occasions for frittering away your life on silly trifles. Votes: 0

I'm not super social, don't really go to parties, or basketball games, or football games very often, the big social occasions. Votes: 0

Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots Votes: 0

Now that I near 80, I realize with wistful pleasure that on many occasions I was 10, 20, 40, even 50 years ahead of my time Votes: 0

Whenever I'm on a book tour, one of the questions I always get asked is what to wear to various occasions. Votes: 0

There are occasions when I've had beef, but I generally tend to avoid it, as a nod towards my parents' culture. Votes: 0

Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has on several occasions talked about transparency as an absolute principle. I don't personally believe that. Votes: 0

The world is so great and rich, and life so full of variety, that you can never lack occasions for poems. Votes: 0

[Prudence] replaces [strength] by saving the man who has the misfortune of not possessing it from most occasions when it's needed. Votes: 0

Big occasions and races which have been eagerly anticipated almost to the point of dread, are where great deeds can be accomplished. Votes: 0

There are on occasions, as we know, when resources are abundant, but they are expended so incompetently that the advantage is nullified. Votes: 0

New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth. Votes: 0

It was one of those problematic occasions with long silences, sporadic coughs, and people saying isolated things like, "Well, isn't this nice. Votes: 0

Maybe the purpose of being here, wherever we are, is to increase the durability and occasions of love among and between peoples. Votes: 0

The death of a child occasions a passion of grief and frantic tears, such as your end, brother reader, will never inspire. Votes: 0

I'm still a shy person. I've learned to put that aside on certain occasions. I have to. It's part of my job. Votes: 0

You'll find a way. You'll always find a way. And on the rare occasions when you can't, you'll have friends who will. Votes: 0

On many occasions, an informal buffet and casual seating offer a little more intimacy than a loud gathering around a big table. Votes: 0

The arts must study their occasions; they must stand modestly aside until they can slip in fitly into the interstices of life. Votes: 0

I recruited my dad to be my bass player and fired him on several occasions. He stayed on as a bus driver. Votes: 0

I appreciate all my fans, on all occasions, everyday of my life. Its your presence & your loyalty that has given me great strength Votes: 0

There were many occasions in my career where I could have given up, where I asked myself whether I would ever make it. Votes: 0

With the ambitious, the failure of one expedient is the suggestion of another; but with the irresolute, defeat usually occasions abandonment of purpose. Votes: 0

A man must find his occasions in himself, it is true. The natural day is very calm, and will hardly reprove his indolence. Votes: 0

There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth itself. Votes: 0

Injuries accompanied with insults are never forgiven: all men, on these occasions, are good haters, and lay out their revenge at compound interest. Votes: 0

Now, I had been frightened on several different occasions in my life. The most frightening of these involved an elevator and a mime. Votes: 0

Our speech has its weaknesses and its defects, like all the rest. Most of the occasions for the troubles of the world are grammatical. Votes: 0

We have reiterated on many occasions that China wishes to establish and develop long-term, good-neighbourly and friendly relations with all countries in south Asia. Votes: 0

I liked wine, both red and white, and especially Champagne; and on very special occasions I could even drink a small glass of brandy. Votes: 0

Also we Italians have something to Elvis Presley: to offer one of the rare occasions when we prefer to be Italian rather than American. Votes: 0

If alcohol is queen, then tobacco is her consort. It's a fond companion for all occasions, a loyal friend through fair weather and foul. Votes: 0

I don't wear dresses all the time - it's nice to save those moments for certain occasions and to make it feel extra special. Votes: 0

There are occasions when I have moved boulders, but I'm reluctant to, especially ones that have been rooted in a place for many years. Votes: 0

Fools are in great demand, especially on social occasions. They embarrass everyone but provide material for conversation. In their positive form, they become diplomats. Votes: 0

For the most part we allow only outlying and transient circumstances to make our occasions. They are, in fact, the cause of our distraction. Votes: 0

The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of both parties. Votes: 0

I've always admired a woman who can dress for all occasions-someo ne who's not fashion crazy,but you always want to look like her. Votes: 0

As President Bush has said on numerous occasions, it is the government's role to create the conditions, the friendly environment, that will attract capital. Votes: 0

Natural events have completely destroyed this planet on numerous occasions in the past, and just like them we are a natural event destroying this planet. Votes: 0

For most Americans the Constitution had become a hazy document, cited like the Bible on ceremonial occasions but forgotten in the daily transactions of life. Votes: 0

I have made the most profound apology in front of the Truth Commission and on other occasions about the injustices which were wrought by apartheid. Votes: 0

None seem to bear the imputation of supposed guilt with greater intolerance than such as are, on other occasions, obviously culpable of vice or crime. Votes: 0

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose. Votes: 0

Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions. Votes: 0

There are few occasions when we should make a bad bargain by giving up the good on condition that no ill was said of us. Votes: 0

The Mohawks have on all occasions shown their zeal and loyalty to the Great King; yet they have been very badly treated by his people. Votes: 0

To pray against temptation, and yet rush into occasions, is to thrust your fingers into the fire, and then pray they might not be burnt. Votes: 0

One thing I wish I could tell my younger self: take photos of everyday life, not special occasions; later, that's what will be interesting to you. Votes: 0

I don't think there is any place in football for drinking. I have said on several occasions to players: You don't put diesel in a Ferrari. Votes: 0

Tramps Like Us is The GREATEST Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band In The LAND! I've witnessed them on several occasions and their performances are SECOND TO NONE ! Votes: 0

WRATH, n. Anger of a superior quality and degree, appropriate to exalted characters and momentous occasions; as, "the wrath of God," "the day of wrath," etc. . . . Votes: 0

Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind. Votes: 0

Avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, we should remember also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it Votes: 0

Used in a personal sense, the phrase 'achieve an end' seemed to her a small-minded snare. She preferred the word life, and, on rare occasions, happiness. Votes: 0

On certain occasions, the eyes of the mind can supply the want of the most powerful telescopes, and lead to astronomical discoveries of the highest importance. Votes: 0

Cooking meat over a fire is one of the most stirring of those ritual acts, usually performed outdoors, on special occasions, in public, and by men. Votes: 0

On some occasions the bodies of the martyrs who had been devoured by wild beasts, upon the beasts being strangled, were found alive in their stomachs. Votes: 0

Summoning artists to participate In the august occasions of the state Seems something artists ought to celebrate. Today is for my cause a day of days. Votes: 0

Don't permit fear of failure to prevent effort. We are all imperfect and will fail on occasions, but fear of failure is the greatest failure of all. Votes: 0

When the Christians, upon these occasions, received martyrdom, they were ornamented, and crowned with garlands of flowers; for which they, in heaven, received eternal crowns of glory. Votes: 0

The field of research in the doctrine of civil resistance is necessarily limited, as the occasions for civil resistance in a man's life must not be frequent. Votes: 0

It is on great occasions only, and after time has been given for cool and deliberate reflection, that the real voice of the people can be known. Votes: 0

I knew a kid who stuck a knife in the toaster on a few occasions. He learned it hurt. He grew up to be a great electrician. Votes: 0

Words are often things also, and very precious, especially on the gravest occasions. Without "words," and the truth of things that is in them, what were we? Votes: 0

It was odd how one found oneself making trivial conversation on important occasions. Perhaps it was because one could not say what was really in one's mind. Votes: 0

I have come to the conclusion that my subjective account of my motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions. I don't know why I do things. Votes: 0

Dave Rudabaugh is an ignorant scoundrel! I disapprove of his very existence. I considered ending it myself on several occasions but self-control got the better of me. Votes: 0

During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times. Votes: 0

Mostly things that have happened to me, feelings that I've had, but on a couple of occasions I've written about things that have happened to other people. Votes: 0

Mesmerizing! I've heard Jim Rohn speak on numerous occasions and I still listen intently to every word he says. His delivery is flawless; his ideas - timeless. Votes: 0

I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace. Votes: 0

As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same. Votes: 0

Fizz had a phrase for those manic occasions when you scaled every final peak, fell off the other side and passed out. Mightysatiety. The oblivion of maximum pleasure. Votes: 0

Roberta Jacobson is in charge of a department within the State Department with which, on other occasions, I have had problems with regarding the answers they gave me. Votes: 0

Men have been swindled by other men on many occasions. The autumn of 1929 was, perhaps, the first occasion when men succeeded on a large scale in swindling themselves. Votes: 0

Limousines used to be reserved for the ruling class, or, on special occasions, for the working class. Today, limousines are like taxicabs with the door handles still intact. Votes: 0

Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots. Votes: 0

I believe that politicians should speak the truth all the time. Invariably there will be occasions when you make statements that are factually incorrect due to an error. Votes: 0

On many occasions when I am dancing I've felt touched by something sacred. In those moments, I felt my spirit soar and become one with everything that exists ! Votes: 0

On several occasions, we are informed that the professional ideal 'took steps', 'organised assaults', and 'selected social problems'. But this is anthropomorphic metaphor implausibly masquerading as historical explanation. Votes: 0

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 been found out. Votes: 0

The Bishop, as I have remarked, was not very dignified on all occasions, and sometimes acted in such a manner as would not have appeared well in public. Votes: 0

Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be. Votes: 0

I don't like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of good luck cards for rare occasions! Votes: 0

I'm a proud American - becoming a citizen in 1988 was one of the most profoundly moving occasions in my life; I'm a former Texan and a recent Californian. Votes: 0

I'm aware of people's association with me and fashion and I certainly take that role on for some occasions, but it doesn't dominate my thoughts all the time. Votes: 0

It is remarkable that when great discoveries are effected, their simplicity always seems to detract from their originality: on these occasions we are reminded of the egg of Columbus! Votes: 0

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be. Votes: 0

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 on the right occasions. Votes: 0

The instinct of the thief is most strongly marked in the Skua tribe, and I am afraid that the mere love of thieving alone actuates them on many occasions. Votes: 0

I think I'm like that nerdy dad from middle school who always has a video camera, but in the same respect, I only take it out during interesting occasions. Votes: 0

From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events. Votes: 0

One prefers, of course, on all occasions to be stainless and above reproach, but, failing that, the next best thing is unquestionably to have got rid of the body. Votes: 0

So much of life is in the smallness of moments...but they are harder to mark. So we need the grander celebrations and occasions. People like to feel significant. Votes: 0

For years, I believed that God had been in motion on rare occasions and during biblical times, but I didn't understand that God never stops working on my behalf. Votes: 0

Music has given me peace. I can remember occasions when music instantly tranquillized my mind, when I was greatly agitated over something. Music has helped me to overcome anger. Votes: 0

Why do people give each other flowers? To celebrate various important occasions, they're killing living creatures? Why restrict it to plants? 'Sweetheart, let's make up. Have this deceased squirrel. Votes: 0

I have twice met Jeffrey Archer, and on both occasions was struck by the firmness of his handshake - and the way he looked me straight in the eye, too. Votes: 0

I'm allergic to family occasions. Sometimes I think we'd do better as dandelion seeds-no family, no history, just floating off into the world, each on our own piece of fluff. Votes: 0

In general, we do well to let an opponent's motives alone. We are seldom just to them. Our own motives on such occasions are often worse than those we assail. Votes: 0

History furnishes thousands of examples of men who have seized occasions to accomplish results deemed impossible by those less resolute. Prompt decision and whole-souled action sweep the world before them. Votes: 0

Chi-Os were ideal partners for all occasions. They were discrete, desirable, tactful, polite, and fun... Every mom dreamed of her son coming home with a Chi Omega, a woman's woman. Votes: 0

The riches of His free grace cause me daily to triumph over all the temptations of the wicked one, who is very vigilant, and seeks all occasions to disturb me. Votes: 0

Ordinarily it would take me about fifteen minutes to get a hallucination going," wrote Feynman, "but on a few occasions, when I smoked some marijuana beforehand, it came very quickly. Votes: 0

I may have implied on several occasions to several different people that I may have been Jesus Christ, but I haven't decided yet what I am or who I am. Votes: 0

Don't be too brave. Bravery is a fine thing on some occasions, but sometimes it can be quite a dangerous thing. The stiff upper lip is not always the best. Votes: 0

Researchers who examined the voting records of wine judges found that 90 percent of the time they give inconsistent ratings to a particular wine when they judge it on multiple occasions. Votes: 0

Kindness is not something that we put on for certain occasions, like a piece of jewelry; rather, it is an attribute of God's that He desires to reproduce in us. Votes: 0

I have a feeling I'm falling on rare occasions but most of the time I have my feet on the ground I can't help it if the ground itself is falling. Votes: 0

Sometimes labeling is only useful, like with OCD. Once you're labeled you can be treated. On other occasions labeling leads to tyranny, like with childhood bipolar disorder in the U.S. Votes: 0

Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many occasions when we were dodging getting beaten up ourselves. Votes: 0

Even in the best and most peacefully civilized countries many occasions arise when a woman versed inthe knowledge and use of firarms may find that imformation and skill of great importance. Votes: 0

When music is presented which, however appropriate for other occasions, does not fit the Sabbath, much is lost. . . . The Spirit does not ratify speech nor confirm music which lacks spiritual substance. Votes: 0

Says the girl dressed up in formal Goth mourning," Shane said. "Seriously, who buys a black lace veil? You keep that on hand for special occasions, like prom and kid's birthdays? Votes: 0

O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations, Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain, I pray ye flog them upon all occasions, It mends their morals, never mind the pain. Votes: 0

I have said it on several occasions, several times from this podium, that providing a quality education for our children is high on my priority list. I will not stop now. Votes: 0

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 deep inside, though I often fail. Votes: 0

I want Americans to enjoy food. I want them to celebrate food. I want them to, on occasions, to have big cakes and great things. And I want them to indulge. Votes: 0

There have been many occasions when I found it helpful to talk out loud to my own thoughts, ordering the unwholesome ones to go off somewhere and jump into the river. Votes: 0

Great occasions rouse even the lowest of human beings to some kind of greatness, but he alone is the really great man whose character is great always, the same wherever he be. Votes: 0

What kind of life are you leading where you consider ketchup fancy? "Well, we ain't rich folk, but on special occasions, I'll break out the ketchup. Grandma's birthday, make her feel special" Votes: 0

I had been eagerly waiting just such a disaster. Storms, wolves, snakebite, floods-these are the occasions to find out how your father sees you, how strong and necessary he thinks you are. Votes: 0

As a traditional Jew, I have benefited personally from the hospitality of Chabad Hasidim on many occasions, and I marvel at how many Jews Chabad has brought back to their primordial home. Votes: 0

Anybody can be very destructive in that position without at all meaning to be, and I know that I have been inadvertently destructive in the past for certain people on certain occasions. Votes: 0

Character wants room; must not be crowded on by persons, nor be judged from glimpses got in the press of affairs, or on few occasions. It needs perspective, as a great building. Votes: 0

Why, I can smile and murder whiles I smile, And cry 'content' to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face for all occasions Votes: 0

There are occasions that I love to be fashionable and enjoy, you know? But the work day of a mother doesn't include a hair making team or any consideration of your shoe. Votes: 0

I figured out that there are occasions where you have to get pumped up and take charge, situations where you have to have fun and situations where you need to settle down. Votes: 0

One of the very important things that have to be learned around the time dying becomes a real prospect is to recognize those occasions when we have been useful in the world. Votes: 0

This was one of those special occasions when I could actually feel the inner appreciation of the beauty of the moment passing like an electric current through the brush in my hand. Votes: 0

On at least four separate occasions and recorded in the four Gospels the Lord Jesus called His disciples to deny their soul life, deliver it to death, and then to follow Him. Votes: 0

God has done more than I could ask or even imagine on more occasions than I could ever recount. His ways are higher than my ways. My ideas simply cannot compete with his. Votes: 0

We must remember not to judge any public servant by any one act, and especially should we beware of attacking the men who are merely the occasions and not the cause of disaster. Votes: 0

Not to sound too deep or weird, but I assume that the occasions once you pretty take pleasure in surfing are the occasions you are extremely kind of getting a single with nature. Votes: 0

Again and again, I find something eerie in many Irish occasions - the unrelenting whiteness, the emotional tribal attachments, the violent prejudices lurking beneath apparently pleasant social surfaces, the cosy smugness of belonging. Votes: 0

If you light upon an impertinent talker, that sticks to you like a bur, to the disappointment of your important occasions, deal freely with him, break off the discourse, and pursue your business. Votes: 0

If you're willing to answer yes to a God outside of nature, then there's nothing inconsistent with God on rare occasions choosing to invade the natural world in a way that appears miraculous. Votes: 0

A little sturdiness when superiors are much in the wrong sometimes occasions consideration. And there is truth in the old saying that if you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you. Votes: 0

The nearer persons come to each other, the greater is the room and the more are the occasions for courtesy; but just in proportion to their approach the gentleness of most men diminishes. Votes: 0

I'm a firm believer that lighting affects mood, and twinkly lights on strings bring something magical to occasions ranging from concerts to weddings, though I'm fond of using them as year-round home decor. Votes: 0

Gregorian chant, Romanesque architecture, the Iliad , the invention of geometry were not, for the people through whom they were brought into being and made available to us, occasions for the manifestation of personality. Votes: 0

[My mom's] funny that way, celebrating special occasions with blue food. I think it's her way of saying anything is possible. Percy can pass seventh grade. Waffles can be blue. Little miracles like that. Votes: 0

The rascal multitude are the proper targets of the mass media and a public education system geared to obedience and training in needed skills, including the skill of repeating patriotic slogans on timely occasions. Votes: 0

That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done. Votes: 0

The largely hidden key to the symbolic world is time; indeed it is at the origin of human symbolic activity. Time thus occasions the first alienation, the route away from aboriginal richness and wholeness. Votes: 0

CSETI (The Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence) has in the past 18 months succeeded in intentionally establishing contact with extraterrestrial spacecraft, on two occasions at very close range, and with multiple witnesses present. Votes: 0

The key to all sciences is unquestionably the question mark. To the word How? we owe most of our greatest discoveries. Wisdom in life may perhaps consist in asking ourselves on all occasions: Why? Votes: 0

For true worship, only God and the human soul are necessary. It does not depend upon times, or seasons, or occasions. Anywhere and at any time God and person in the bush may meet. Votes: 0

It doesn't really mean a great deal of difference to a life. You live as you wish to do and if a job is oppressing, you leave it. I've done it on several occasions. Votes: 0

Me? I like wearing a condom. It means I'm having sex. I already spend most of my time NOT wearing one. It's like a tuxedo - I enjoy putting one on for special occasions. Votes: 0

I was born to argue... I don't know why. I mean, from arguing with my teachers and, on occasions, my parents. I think I've mastered the art of argument at a fairly young age. Votes: 0

God is what man finds that is divine in himself. It is the best way man can behave in the ordinary occasions of life, and the farthest point to which man can stretch himself. Votes: 0

For all history up to the end of the Cold War, summit meetings were historic and dramatic occasions, when leaders who controlled the destiny of much of the world met to change the world. Votes: 0

The disagreeable reality for those who believe in human rights is that there are some occasions-and Iraq may be one of them-when war is the only real remedy for regimes that live by terror, Votes: 0

I believe that we have to lift the voice without fear and simply go forward, because in a lot of other occasions, we got tired, we have lowered the arms and simply let everything happen. Votes: 0

But as we do not light up our houses with our brightest lamps for all comers, so neither did she emit from her eyes their brightest sparks till special occasions for such shining had arisen. Votes: 0

In the 1980s, there were occasions when it made sense to say, 'it is too difficult to maximize the likelihood function, and besides if we do, it will blow our model out of the water. Votes: 0

I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions Votes: 0

It is with jealousy as with the gout. When such distempers are in the blood, there is never any security against their breaking out, and that often on the slightest occasions, and when least suspected. Votes: 0

The question of education has nothing to do with the question of the vote. On numerous occasions it has been proved in history that people can enjoy the vote even if they have no education. Votes: 0

A man demonstrates his rationality, not by a commitment to fixed ideas, stereotyped procedures, or immutable concepts, but by the manner in which, and the occasions on which, he changes those ideas, procedures, and concepts. Votes: 0

What occasions the greater part of the world's quarrels? Simply this: Two minds meet and do not understand each other in time enough to prevent any shock of surprise at the conduct of either party. Votes: 0

There is definitely a comeback of the idea of dressing well every day. Nowadays, suits can be worn for many occasions - to work or to school, to a dinner party or red carpet event. Votes: 0