#occasion

Basing my conclusions on experience I am absolutely convinced not only of survival but of demonstrated survival, demonstrated by occasional interaction with matter in such a way as to produce physical results. ↗

— Oliver Joseph Lodge

#am #basing #conclusions #convinced #demonstrated

Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot. ↗

— Konrad Lorenz

#bite #dogs #ever #hardly #laughing

An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

#come #devil #door #get #just

While it was occasionally done here or there, nobody else had a figurehead like Walt doing it. Jack Warner wasn't on TV. Walt was the boss, but he had a real public profile and he used it to his advantage. And he became a household face. ↗

— Leonard Maltin

#became #boss #doing #done #else

Now that I near 80, I realize with wistful pleasure that on many occasions I was 10, 20, 40, even 50 years ahead of my time. ↗

— Benoit Mandelbrot

#even #i #many #my time #near

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#common #extraordinary #great #make #men

Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#educated #great #just #make #occasion

The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#life #many #occasioned #once #things

I know I have sex appeal, but I've never felt like an actual sex symbol. Fans sometimes think I am. The majority of them are sweet about it, but occasionally somebody weird becomes totally fixated upon me. ↗

— Teena Marie

#actual #am #appeal #becomes #fans

In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#hollywood #long #makes #occasionally #peaches