Quotes with occasions

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  • A. E. Housman On occasions, after drinking a pint of beer at luncheon, there would be a flow into my mind with sudden and unaccountable emotion, sometimes a line or two of verse, sometimes a whole stanza, accompanied, not preceded by a vague notion of the poem which they were destined to form a part of... I say bubble up because, so far as I could make out, the source of the suggestions thus proffered to the brain was the pit of the stomach.
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Carol Loomis On the rare occasions when my family talked about business, the subject was Kansas City's Boss Pendergast and his potential for muscling my dad's small gravel-and-sand operation.
    Carol Loomis
    American financial journalist (1929 - )
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  • Walter Savage Landor Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose.
    Walter Savage Landor
    British poet (1775 - 1864)
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  • Jim Rohn Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
    Jim Rohn
    American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker (1930 - 2009)
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  • Alexander Pope 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
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Plautus There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
    Plautus
    Roman comic poet (250 - 184)
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  • Brunello Cucinelli There is definitely a comeback of the idea of dressing well every day. Nowadays, suits can be worn for many occasions - to work or to school, to a dinner party or red carpet event.
    Brunello Cucinelli
    Italian designer and businessman
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  • William Shakespeare There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Bob Schaffer Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots.
    Bob Schaffer
    American politician (1962 - )
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  • Theodore Roosevelt We must remember not to judge any public servant by any one act, and especially should we beware of attacking the men who are merely the occasions and not the cause of disaster.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Bob Hope 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
    American comedian, actor (1903 - 2003)
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  • Bob Hope When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things - not the great occasions - that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.
    Bob Hope
    American comedian, actor (1903 - 2003)
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh 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.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe A collections of anecdotes and maxims is the greatest of treasures for the man of the world, for he knows how to intersperse conversation with the former in fit places, and to recollect the latter on proper occasions.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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