In all works of liberality something more is to be considered besides the occasion of the givers; and that is the occasion of the receivers.
The occasion is piled high with difficulty. We must rise to the occasion.
I will ride my luck on occasion, but I like to pick the occasion.
This is the one-off occasion and you can't get any bigger occasion than that
Make every occasion a great occasion, for you can never tell who may be taking your measure for a higher place.
Out of frustration, you do drugs when you can't write. On occasion that might work, but usually what happens is that once you've had on drink, you just want another drink.
But if we’re going to kill them all, we might as well make an occasion of it.” Toshak shrugged. “Do as you wish,” he said. “Occasion or not, as long as they’re all dead, I’m happy.
Whenever the occasion arose, he rose to the occasion.
On occasion I omit commas. On occasion, I use them. (The more you know about English, the less you're likely to think there are unbreakable "rules" for a lot of these things.)
All questions rely on the present for their solution. Time measures nothing but itself. The word that is written may be postponed,but not that on the lip. If this is what the occasion says, let the occasion say it.
There is nothing wrong with special occasion foods, as long as every day is not a special occasion.
Don't save something for a special occasion. Every day of your life is a special occasion.
Ronald Reagan has a story for every occasion. Bill Clinton has an excuse for every occasion.
As to precedents, to be sure they will increase in course of time; but the more precedents there are, the less occasion is there for law; that is to say, the less occasion is there for investigating principles.
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
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.