Quotes About Occasion

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity.

That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges.

Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity.

Every man gets an opportunity once in a lifetime.

Woe never wants, where every cause is caught, and rash Occasion makes unquiet life.

the second place, it has, on another occasion, been shown that the federal legislature will not only be restrained by its dependence on its people, as other legislative bodies are, but that it will be, moreover, watched and controlled by the several collateral legislatures, which other legislative bodies are not.

I can hardly think of an occasion when I've got into a stand-up fight with any political opponent. I've got my views, people know what they are, they can agree or they can choose to disagree. I'm not going to waste time just rubbishing everybody else.

There comes a time in the history of nations when fear and forgetfulness cause a nation to hesitate, to waver, and perhaps even to succumb. When that time comes, those who love liberty must rise to the occasion. Will you lovers of liberty rise to the occasion?

I'm from Kenner, Louisiana, where music is played for every occasion in life. There's music for being born, there's music for dying... It's just natural. Families get really good because they play a lot together.

In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture of myself as writing crime novels. I like fairly strong narratives, but it's a way of getting a plot moving.

I believe in dressing for the occasion. There's a time for sweater, sneakers and Levis and a time for the full-dress jazz.

Festivals are an important occasion for us, because we all make it a point to meet up and greet each other. I personally make all Ganesha's favorite sweets like Kozhukattai and Pal Payasam at home.

I will ride my luck on occasion, but I like to pick the occasion.

There's a time and place for spontaneity

Like so many parties, this one was work for a lot of the guests.

Remembrance, like Rembrandt, is dark but festive. Remembered ones dress up for the occasion and sit still. Memory is a photo-studio de luxe on an infinite Fifth Power Avenue.

These are begot in the ventricle of memory, nourished in the womb of pia mater, and delivered upon the mellowing of occasion.

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.

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. " ? David Mazzucchelli, Asterios Polyp

It would have been a good occasion to smoke a pipe had I owned one and had I been forty years older.

Good morning, Mr. Herbert!" I would say. "The point is debatable," he might respond. Or, on another day: "Good morning, Mr. Herbert!" "I will half allow it." Or: "Good morning, Mr. Herbert!" "I fail to see your argument." Or: "Good morning, Mr. Herbert!" "I find myself unequal to the occasion." Or, my favorite ever: "Good morning, Mr. Herbert!" "Oh, you're a satirist now, are you?

A black suit can be classic and timeless and certainly for most occasions. But remember, it's not so much the color of suit as it is about the fit, cut, style, and, of course, attitude you have when wearing it.

In Italy, everybody buys silver for every special occasion. Baptisms, weddings, you get silver.

People don't use Evite or Facebook events for their weddings. But they do use Paperless Post. It's the sign of a paradigm because it is the most momentous occasion in most people's lives. It represents the most formal type of offline communication.