Occasion Quotes
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On this night, on this occasion, on this Olympic day, I was able to come through.
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Silence becomes cowardice when occasion demands speaking out the whole truth and acting accordingly.
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Now to the term 'relativity theory.' I admit that it is unfortunate, and has given occasion to philosophical misunderstandings.
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For special occasions, I love pretty dresses - but nothing too frou-frou!
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God listens to our weeping when the occasion itself is beyond our knowledge, but still within His love and power.
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You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them.
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This is such a huge occasion for boxing, an iconic moment, with the response that we've seen, mainly good and some negative, I guarantee you with curiosity the whole world will be watching this fight.
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Don’t always consider all your options. Don’t necessarily go for the outcome that seems best every time. Make a mess on occasion. Travel light. Let things wait. Trust your instincts and don’t think too long. Relax. Toss a coin. Forgive, but don’t forget. To thine own self be true.
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On occasion I have drawn as a release from painting. The economy in using paper, pencil, charcoal and crayon can help towards a greater gamble and higher rewards. I also find that drawing can generate ideas more rapidly than painting.
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Life is an occasion...rise to it.
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Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity.
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You can eat an omelet at midnight, at lunchtime, all day long. It's perfect for every occasion.
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I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was... a human being.
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On occasion, Frau Mertens, looking clean and fresh, would walk out into the fields to see how things were going. She had a colonial largesse about her. By way of greeting, she said “Heil Hitler” to us, with a smile. We would straightened up from the muddy earth and stare at her. No one said a word. She seemed disappointed.
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I remember one particular occasion when I hadn't played a solo for, quite literally, a couple of months. And I was asked to play a solo on a rock & roll thing. I played it and felt that what I'd done was absolute crap. I was so disgusted with myself that I made my mind up that I had to get out of it. It was messing me right up.
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Your life is an occasion. Rise to it.
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If we use common words on a great occasion, they are the more striking, because they are felt at once to have a particular meaning, like old banners, or everyday clothes, hung up in a sacred place.
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A statesman makes the occasion, but the occasion makes the politician.
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The actual Irish weather report is really a recording made in 1922, which no one has had occasion to change. "Scattered showers, periods of sunshine."
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In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.
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If I waited for a proper occasion to get dressed up I'd never wear half of these clothes. Put on the clothes and you make things happen to match them. It doesn't work the other way around.
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The best hours of my life have been spent in a quiet corner or under a tree or on the beach with a book in my hands. I’ve been told on more than one occasion that I should stop reading so much and actually have a life, but do you know what I’ve figured out? People in books are much more interesting than the people who’ve told me that.
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You can make anything into a special occasion and dress up for it.
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There are on occasions, as we know, when resources are abundant, but they are expended so incompetently that the advantage is nullified.
