#occasion

I think our police are excellent, probably because I have not done anything that has occasioned being beaten up by these good men. ↗

— Clement Freud

#beaten #because #being #done #excellent

As an adolescent I was convinced that France would have to go through gigantic trials, that the interest of life consisted in one day rendering her some signal service and that I would have the occasion to do so. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#consisted #convinced #day #france #gigantic

We have met on a solemn occasion, and in this crowded assembly there is one thing that appears important, that is, for every one of us to be still, that if any thing should he said, every one may the better hear. ↗

— Elias Hicks

#appears #assembly #better #crowded #every

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile. ↗

— Dean Kamen

#fail #hard #hard work #make #most

Ray would be in trouble, he would get drunk, he would try and kill J.R on three different occasions, he would make mistakes with financial affairs, and have various human problems, but he didn't have any mean bones in his body! That was a little bit of what the show was about. ↗

— Steve Kanaly

#affairs #any #bit #body #bones

We sing these songs for the everyday occasions of life, and they are very close to the hearts of our people. ↗

— Kiri Te Kanawa

#everyday #hearts #life #occasions #our

Some one has said that most of us don't think, we just occasionally rearrange our prejudices. ↗

— Frank Knox

#most #occasionally #our #prejudices #rearrange

I currently use Ubuntu Linux, on a standalone laptop - it has no Internet connection. I occasionally carry flash memory drives between this machine and the Macs that I use for network surfing and graphics; but I trust my family jewels only to Linux. ↗

— Donald Knuth

#carry #connection #currently #drives #family

I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I realize that this is somewhat unrealistic. ↗

— Chris Ware

#friends #i #i do #imagine #mom

You know, I always when people ask me, like, what is my most favorite song, I quote Duke Ellington, when they would ask him, what's his favorite composition? And I say, I haven't written it yet. Because, you know, there are different songs for different occasions. ↗

— Stevie Wonder

#ask #because #composition #different #duke