#occasion

I had my life threatened by Bosnian Serbs on numerous occasions. ↗

— John Pomfret

#had #i #life #my life #numerous

Every person who speaks or writes for the public will make an occasional faux pas, and sooner or later will write or say something inappropriate. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#faux #inappropriate #later #make #occasional

I've occasionally wished I had Caller ID. Even telemarketers, I hate to hang up on them. I try to explain I'm not interested, but they have all these canned responses so I end up having to hang up on them anyway. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#canned #end #even #explain #had

In stating the principles which regulate exchangeable value and price, we should carefully distinguish between those variations which belong to the commodity itself, and those which are occasioned by a variation in the medium in which value is estimated, or price expressed. ↗

— David Ricardo

#between #carefully #commodity #distinguish #estimated

There may be writing groups where people meet but it's occasional. You really do it all at your own computer or your own typewriter by yourself. ↗

— Anne Rice

#groups #may #meet #occasional #own

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

#advantage #affect #arise #clarity #communication skills

The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it. ↗

— Richard Whately

#as far as #birth #concerned #far #give

Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing. ↗

— Russell Banks

#been #draw #i #life #my life

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#common sense #continual #love #occasional #passion

We escaped the last big bursting of a bubble - the dotcom bubble - with a relatively light U.S. recession. On that occasion, the world economy found its way back on track fairly quickly. ↗

— Evan Davis

#big #bubble #bursting #economy #escaped