Occasions Quotes - Page 23

• The tragic reality is that there have been occasions when [Mormon] Church leaders, teachers, and writers have not told the truth they knew about difficulties of the Mormon past, but have offered to the Saints instead a mixture of platitudes, half-truths, omissions, and plausible denials.

  D. Michael Quinn

  Teacher, Reality, Past

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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.

  Erin Kelly

  Clothes, Half, Way

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• In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake.

  Aristotle

  May, Revolution, Rebellious

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• I'm OK. Much better than on other occasions. It's true that I've made lots of mistakes but I've never tried to bother anyone. I want to stay alive, preferably in peace, without seeing every one of my mistakes in the papers, and on many occasions, even stories that are lies.

  George Best

  Mistake, Lying, Deceit

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• Indiana was really, I suppose, a Democratic State. It has always been put down in the book as a state that might be carried by a close and careful and perfect organization and a great deal of [from audience: "soap," in reference to purchased votes, the word being followed by laughter]. I see reporters here, and therefore I will simply say that everybody showed a great deal of interest in the occasion, and distributed tracts and political documents all through the country.

  Chester A. Arthur

  Country, Laughter, Book

  Chester A. Arthur's remarks concerned the presidential election of 1880, as quoted in "The New York Times", February 12, 1881.

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• When music is presented which, however appropriate for other occasions, does not fit the Sabbath, much is lost. . . . The Spirit does not ratify speech nor confirm music which lacks spiritual substance.

  Boyd K. Packer

  Music, Spiritual, Doe

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• That dichotomy between the public consumption of the work and my intent and practice in making it is an uneasy one for me, on occasion.

  Jock Sturges

  Artist, Practice, Consumption

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• Prayer is not an act of worship merely, the bending of the knee on set occasions, and offering petitions in need. It is an attitude of soul, opening the life on the Godward side, and keeping free communication with the world of spirit.

  Hugh Black

  Prayer, Attitude, Communication

  Hugh Black (1999). “The Art of Being a Good Friend: How to Bring Out the Best in Your Friends and in Yourself”, p.142, Sophia Institute Press

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• 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.

  Cornelia Otis Skinner

  Spring, Apes, Curious

  Cornelia Otis Skinner (1959). “The Ape in Me”

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• Ron Hubbard was trying to get people out of their body with his HCA courses, but frankly, he was failing badly. When I was a staff member, occasions came up that I was asked to help some member of the graduating class to get a reality on out-of-body experiences...Hubbard would never acknowledge this ability of mine, and after leaving him I did a lot of experimenting.

  Paul Twitchell

  Reality, Class, People

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• On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian.

  Zebulon Pike

  Flags, Flag Day, Medal

  Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Elliott Coues (1987). “The expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike”, Dover Pubns

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• We must begin by admitting that people and situations do not cause us to speak as we do. Our hearts control our words. People and situations simply provide the occasion for the heart to express itself.

  Paul David Tripp

  Heart, People, Admitting

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• If women were in charge, abortion would be a sacrament, an occasion of deep and serious and sacred meaning.

  Carter Heyward

  Abortion, Serious, Would Be

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• Never shall I recollect the occasion he gave me of displeasure, without feeling it renewed.

  Fanny Burney

  Feelings, Displeasure

  Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.210, Delphi Classics

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• Nor is it wiser to weep a true occasion lost, but trim our sails, and let old bygones be.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Acceptance, Bygones, Lost

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)”, p.656, Delphi Classics

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• My capacity for having a good time exists. It surfaces, however, on odd occasions.

  Renata Adler

  Good Times, Odd, Capacity

  Renata Adler (2013). “Speedboat”, p.15, New York Review of Books

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• Your own gown is most delicately suitable, both to the occasion and to yourself,' to be translated: Your gown is insipid and entirely forgettable. If you wear it on every other occasion this entire season, no one will notice or care.

  Anne Perry

  Gowns, Care, Forgettable

  Anne Perry (2010). “Belgrave Square: A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel”, p.83, Ballantine Books

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• I should prefer to die laughing, and, on more than one occasion, thought I might.

  Joseph Epstein

  Laughing, Might, Should

  Joseph Epstein (1979). “Familiar territory: observations on American life”, Oxford University Press

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• Tom Brady rises up to the occasion and plays well. That is just who he is.

  Deion Sanders

  Play, Wells, Brady

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• 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.

  Joseph Brant

  Loyalty, Kings, People

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• The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion.

  Mas Oyama

  Art, Path, Courtesy

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• It often happens that, if a lie be believed only for an hour, it has done its work, and there is no further occasion for it.

  Jonathan Swift

  Work, Lying, Done

  Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe (1859). “The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author”, p.458

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• The power to share has already turned once-solitary activities into social occasions.

  Melinda Blau

  Social, Share, Solitary

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• I eat mostly vegetarian. I love meat, but I think it should be enjoyed on occasion - like cheesecake or blackouts.

  Nadia Giosia

  Thinking, Meat, Vegetarian

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• On occasion I have observed parents shopping to clothe a son about to enter missionary service. The new suits are fitted, the new shoes are laced, and shirts, socks, and ties are bought in quantity. I met one father who said to me, 'Brother Monson, I want you to meet my son.' Pride popped his buttons; the cost of the clothing emptied his wallet; love filled his heart. Tears filled my eyes when I noticed that his [the father's] suit was old, his shoes well worn; but he felt no deprivation. The glow on his face was a memory to cherish.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Brother, Memories, Father

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