Quotes About Occasion

I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and, for me, memorable occasion, and of the ideals and purposes which inspired the Nobel Peace Award.

When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.

Shareholder meetings are not usually the occasion for utter candor - or for that matter, arch sarcasm - by chief executives.

A slice of cake never made anyone fat. You don't eat the whole cake. You don't eat a cake every day of your life. You take the cake when it is offered because the cake is delicious. You have a slice of cake and what it reminds you of is someplace that's safe, uncomplicated, without stress. A cake is a party, a birthday, a wedding. A cake is what is served on the happiest days of your life.

The rain has stopped, the air is mild, the sky slowly rolls up fine black images : it is more than enough to frame the perfect moment ; to reflect these images, she would cause dark little tides to be born in our hearts. I don't know how to take advantage of the occasion : I walk at random, calm and empty, under this wasted sky.

In boxing, some fighters let the occasion get to them and they let their opponent get to them. With me, it's just another day at the office.

You've got to grab every opportunity that comes up.

Opportunity knocks only once. You never know if you'll get another opportunity.

Opportunity knocks, but doesn't always answer to its name.

Think about the style of the occasion before you plan your outfit.

All in all, I wouldn't call it a bad outing. It was a short outing.

One must make the most of opportunities, or they are lost forever.

got the chance.

There is no measure in the occasion that breeds; therefore the sadness is without limit.

their stay when it was to take place with full formality.

The worst result of an habitual use of strong language is that when a special occasion really does arise, there is no way of marking it.

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You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute, And now and then stab, when occasion serves.

Sometimes procedures worked well; and sometimes (as now) there was every reason for the police to be congratulated on the way situations were handled. On this occasion one thing only (perhaps two?) had marred police professionalism.

It was morning through the high window I saw the pure, bright blue of the sky as it hovered cheerfully over the long roofs of the neighboring houses. It too seemed full of joy, as if it had special plans, and had put on its finest clothes for the occasion.

Boredom is fear's patience. Fear doesn't want to exaggerate. Only on occasion—and fear considers this very important—does it want to know how things stand with me.

To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location and the company as it is about the taste.

Well . . ." St. Vincent walked slowly with her to the crowd of dancers. "I'm a wicked man who can, on occasion, be just a bit nice. And I've been searching for a nice girl who can, on occasion, be just a bit wicked.

I'm only a novelist on occasion. Many of my books are made up of brief texts collected together, short stories, or else they are books that have an overall structure but are composed of various texts.