Occasions Quotes - page 3

A sensible human once said, "If people knew how much ill-feeling unselfishness occasions, it would not be so often recommended from the pulpit"; and again, "She's the sort of woman who lives for others-you can always tell the others by their hunted expression." (C. S. Lewis)
Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilisation in high boots. View quote
Albert Einstein
A man must always live by his work, and his wages must at least be sufficient to maintain him. They must even upon most occasions be somewhat more; otherwise it would be impossible for him to bring up a family, and the race of such workmen could not last beyond the first generation. View quote
Adam Smith
When we recall Christmas past, we usually find that the simplest things - not the great occasions - give off the greatest glow of happiness. View quote
Bob Hope
The power to share has already turned once-solitary activities into social occasions. View quote
Melinda Blau
Over the holidays is when I have the most occasions to cook and bake. View quote
Nina Dobrev
[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. View quote
Rick Riordan
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. View quote
Sophie Kinsella
We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money. View quote
Fredrik Bajer
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. View quote
Gretchen Rubin
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. (Jon Ronson)
I love hats; I love putting hats on. They are artwork. You can always go out and find a dress to wear for some occasion, but there are not that many occasions you can wear a hat. View quote
Zara Phillips
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? View quote
Christian Bale
Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God's heart. You must speak to Jesus not only with your lips, but with your heart. In fact on certain occasions you should only speak to Him with your heart. View quote
Padre Pio
The principle of laissez-faire may be safely trusted to in some things but in many more it is wholly inapplicable; and to appeal to it on all occasions savors more of the policy of a parrot than of a statesman or a philosopher. View quote
John Ramsay McCulloch
It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that we have sprung from the ape, there are occasions when my own spring appears not to have been very far. View quote
Cornelia Otis Skinner
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. View quote
Anita Hill
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. View quote
Brooke Westcott
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. View quote
Donald Evans
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. View quote
J. J. Johnson
Like the character I played in 'Jekyll', we all have different masks we put on for different occasions. As much as we all want to lead decent lives, we're also attracted by the idea that something dark may lurk within us. (James Nesbitt)
I've been homeless on a few occasions. View quote
Jay Electronica
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. View quote
Joseph Brant
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. View quote
Kenneth G. Wilson
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. View quote
Li Peng