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On quite a few occasions Liesel forgot about her mother and any other problem of which she currently held ownership.
— Markus Zusak
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.
— John Wooden
On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence.
— Bebe Neuwirth
I remember the many occasions on which help has come from people whom I though had nothing to add to my life.
— Paulo Coelho
White pants should be worn on two occasions:
One, never.
And two, if you're selling ice cream. — Greg Proops
One, never.
And two, if you're selling ice cream. — Greg Proops
Garlic, like perfume, must be used with discretion and on the proper occasions.
— Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Est etiam, ubi profecto damnum praestet facere, quam lucrum - there are occasions when it is certainly better to lose than to gain
— Plautus
Christ's humanity occasions our divinity
— Scott Cairns
Most often people seek in life occasions for persisting in their opinions rather than for educating themselves.
— Andre Gide
Necessity, especially in politics, often occasions false hopes, false reasonings, and a system of measures, correspondingly erroneous.
— Alexander Hamilton
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.
— Brian Clough
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.
— Norm MacDonald
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.
— Baron De Montesquieu
Don't Wait! Start on your dreams, your impulses, your longings, your special occasions today. Because this is your moment.
— Mary Anne Radmacher
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.
— Lily Collins
that weddings are far more than marriage ceremonies; we know that they are occasions for family stock-taking and catharsis; that
— Alexander McCall Smith
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.
— Walter Raleigh
The Western planners are definitely trying to fragment the entire Middle East. They already have done, on several historical occasions.
— Andre Vltchek
politics?" "A necessary evil that on rare occasions works without corruption, abuse, and waste.
— J.D. Robb
New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth.
— James Russell Lowell
There are occasions when the general belief of the people, even though it be groundless, works its effect as sure as truth itself.
— Friedrich Schiller
When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness.
— Bob Hope
On several occasions President Kennedy encouraged me to take a lover, an obvious sign he also had some himself.
— Pierre Salinger
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.
— George Washington
Only on a few occasions had I ever been comfortable showing my body off, and now here I was, taking a job where Asian boobs and ass ran free.
— Teresa Lo
We sing these songs for the everyday occasions of life, and they are very close to the hearts of our people.
— Kiri Te Kanawa
I have never played anything live - except for a few special occasions - from 'Fish Out of Water.'
— Chris Squire
Maximizing your favorable occasions is opening your favorable doors to growth and comfort.
— Anyaele Sam Chiyson
God meant for the Bible to be bread for our daily use, not just cake for special occasions.
— Suzanne Woods Fisher
Temptations and occasions put nothing into a man, but only draw out what was in him before.
— John Owen
Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.
— Lord Chesterfield
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.
— Eusebius
If I have to be a monotheist, y'know pick one, I'm picking vodka, it goes well with everything, all occasions.
— Doug Stanhope
The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of both parties.
— Alexander Pope
Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.
— Samuel Butler
On occasions when u feel most hopeless, u must take powerful effort. We must persist in face of failure.
— Dalai Lama
There are some occasions when a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest.
— Lord Chesterfield
There had been occasions when David could have seized position and power by means that would have compromised his commitment to the Lord.
— Sinclair B. Ferguson
Out of deference to tradition I did wear a hat to church, weddings, ceremonial occasions, and when my head was cold.
— L.E. Modesitt Jr.
On the occasions when Aunt is calling Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps ...
— P.G. Wodehouse
Because nonbeing longs for being, on occasion it creates a stronger sense of being than being itself.
— Kenya Hara
People come in and out of our lives continually. Some are blessings, some are lessons, and on rare occasions, they're both.
— Anonymous
of steel. Fight on all occasions. Fight
— Alexandre Dumas
There are many occasions in literature in which telling is far more effective than showing.
— Francine Prose
I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I've gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions.
— Aidan Quinn
I'm so glad I didn't die on the various occasions I have earnestly wished I might, for I would have missed a lot of lovely weather.
— Elizabeth Von Arnim
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has on several occasions talked about transparency as an absolute principle. I don't personally believe that.
— Bill Keller
It is not often the worst trait that occasions the loudest outcry. Men complain of their suffering and not of the crime.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Perhaps there really are occasions in life when it's best not to say anything.
— Miljenko Jergovic
I appreciate all my fans, on all occasions, everyday of my life. Its your presence & your loyalty that has given me great strength
— Michael Jackson
I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions, but never before before.
— Truman Capote
Great occasions for serving God come seldom, but little ones surround us daily.
— Saint Francis De Sales
On many occasions, an informal buffet and casual seating offer a little more intimacy than a loud gathering around a big table.
— Yotam Ottolenghi
There are several occasions in the course of any woman's day when, without question, screaming is the appropriate response ...
— Sarah Ban Breathnach
There were many occasions in my career where I could have given up, where I asked myself whether I would ever make it.
— Amelie Mauresmo
There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.
— Herbert Hoover
For the most part we allow only outlying and transient circumstances to make our occasions. They are, in fact, the cause of our distraction.
— Henry David Thoreau
The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.
— John Buchan
She appears sunny, a quality that Mirabelle can call upon only for special occasions.
— Steve Martin
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.
— J.J. Johnson
Yet this disburdening gives us fewer occasions for the experience of direct responsibility.
— Matthew B. Crawford
I have promised on many occasions that I will build a consistent, predictable and sustainable cross-strait relationship.
— Tsai Ing-wen
It's the occasion that makes the revolution.
— Machado De Assis
Poetry has saved me on occasions when people couldn't.
— Sanober Khan
Sometimes words were cheap. They could be powerful, but in those rare occasions like now, words meant nothing.
— Jennifer L. Armentrout
On the occasions where we do have to participate, to do more than nothing, it is desirable to have a glass of wine to soften all the everything.
— Amy Krouse Rosenthal
I wish we did have responsibility for the hair. I have been screwed up by the hair on many occasions.
— Julie Harris
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.
— Benoit Mandelbrot
There are occasions when I've had beef, but I generally tend to avoid it, as a nod towards my parents' culture.
— Sanjeev Bhaskar
He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits.
— George D. Prentice
Moral maxims are surprisingly useful on occasions when we can invent little else to justify our actions.
— Alexander Pushkin
A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in timeof need, behind your back, and after your death.
— Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Each day is an occasion to reinvent ourselves
— Ralph Lauren
The previous generation, such as Alec Stewart and Nasser Hussain, lost to Australia on many occasions.
— Andrew Strauss
... on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.
— Louisa May Alcott
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.
— Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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.
— Michael Pollan
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.
— Thomas A Kempis
It is good to have companions when occasion arises, and it is good to be contented with whatever comes.
— Gautama Buddha
Love was made on these occasions in the form of bracelets;
— Charles Dickens
It was one of the occasions when Lymond asleep wrecked the peace of mind of more people than Lymond awake.
— Dorothy Dunnett
There is nothing wrong with special occasion foods, as long as every day is not a special occasion.
— Michael Pollan
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.
— Travis J. Dahnke
There may be occasions when it is best to behave irrationally, but whether there are should be decided rationally.
— I. J. Good
The death of a child occasions a passion of grief and frantic tears, such as your end, brother reader, will never inspire.
— William Makepeace Thackeray
Every person who has ever lived has lived an unbroken succession of unique occasions.
— Thornton Wilder
Sometimes, occasions occur in life which demand you to be a little foolish in order to skillfully extricate yourself.
— Francois De La Rochefoucauld