Top 1200 Rare Occasions Quotes & Sayings - Page 15

Television: A medium. So called because it's neither rare nor well done.

I'll take any excuse to have a get-together. For me, it's all about the everyday occasions, whether it's popping champagne to toast good weather, inviting the girls for brunch to rehash a night out, or just making snacks and watching a movie.

We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money.

Dave and Tate were dressed with equal heinousness. More black leather, chains, and whips. Either Don’s staff truly had costumes for all possible occasions on hand, or someone at wardrobe had a lot of explaining to do.

Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when the gods say no. I have no idea how they bring pressure to bear on such occasions; I only know that it is irresistible.

Like the character I played in 'Jekyll', we all have different masks we put on for different occasions. As much as we all want to lead decent lives, we're also attracted by the idea that something dark may lurk within us.

Again and again, I find something eerie in many Irish occasions - the unrelenting whiteness, the emotional tribal attachments, the violent prejudices lurking beneath apparently pleasant social surfaces, the cosy smugness of belonging.

How can educated and sophisticated viewers react so differently to a work of art? Is it just Kulture Klash? No, since most of the time there's no Klash at all. On the occasions when we disagree, it may be because we're looking for different things in dance.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

As an actress, to get to work on a project where the main focus is the female voice is rare!

I have this thing called hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies. It's incredibly rare.

Like the character I played in Jekyll, we all have different masks we put on for different occasions. As much as we all want to lead decent lives, we're also attracted by the idea that something dark may lurk within us.

It's so rare to get all of your muscles firing at once. That's what I look for in any role.

One of the things I pride myself on is that I don't cuss. It's extremely rare, but when I do it kind of adds to the character.

No not at all... it is rare for shows to make it as long as Once and Again... It was a pretty good run.

Andrew Breitbart, self-described media mogul, had several screws loose or missing and was the grinning bomb-thrower of the radical right. He was the attack dog kept on a tight leash and brought out on special occasions to hiss and to menace.

'Jolly LLB' is one of my favorite movies. Courtroom films are rare to come by in Telugu.

True idealists are rare; they are the dedicated workers, who would, if need be, die at the stake.

One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.

All anger is not sinful, because some degree of it, and on some occasions, is inevitable. But it becomes sinful and contradicts the rule of Scripture when it is conceived upon slight and inadequate provocation, and when it continues long.

The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.

How rare to stare into the face of death... Something I never intend to do again.

There are two reasons why I propose to make myself thoroughly and unashamedly happy by talking about myself. The first is that on several occasions, both in England and America, I have been told that I am a legendary character.

I don't think that I have been treated kindly or fairly by a certain portion of the gay community. Most of the rest don't know what to make of me. On the occasions that I have had the opportunity to present myself to the community, I have gotten a positive response.

Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or we grow weak, and at last some crisis shows us what we have become.

I told her that there was something about Christmas carols that always brought tears to my eyes. I added that I also cry at weddings. To me weddings are very solemn occasions. I should have cried at a couple of my own.

It's so rare that you actually get to find a really well-written female lead.

I have said, on a number of occasions, that we could have a lower minimum wage or no minimum wage.

My wife and I have always thought it odd that, on social occasions, couples play the 'hot tub fantasy' game where you're allowed to pick a celebrity you'd like to share a hot tub with.

It's very rare that I get really upset about something my assistants have done.

Meanness inherits a set of silverware and keeps it in the bank. Economy uses it only on important occasions, for fear of loss. Thrift sets the table with it every night for pure pleasure, but counts the butter spreaders before they are put away.

I think that's what, to me, also talks about the silences in my work - as a woman, a woman writer, when you say, "no" or you have to say, "no" so often to the writing occasion, those occasions don't really come back.

Ochocinco had a rare instinct for making himself an almost daily story.

A protest meeting on the issue of environmental abuse is not a convocation of accusers, it is a convocation of the guilty. The realization ought to clear the smog of self-righteousness that has always conventionally hovered over these occasions, and let us see the work that is to be done.

What kind of life are you leading where you consider ketchup fancy? "Well, we ain't rich folk, but on special occasions, I'll break out the ketchup. Grandma's birthday, make her feel special"

Being a mum of two, having an hour to get ready is a rare thing.

It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am

It's rare that you get to have a lovely time of it and you're not just portraying endless trauma on film.

It's rare that I come across actors who are willing to work as hard on the material as I am.

Brilliant thinking is rare, but courage is in even shorter supply than genius.

I think I'm one of the rare people out there who still cares about the game of basketball.

Often I sit in the lawn and have my morning cuppa amidst the twittering of rare birds.

It's very rare to be able to do a show where the most important thing is being funny.

And I came close to losing a part of my foot on two occasions. I hope I'm consistently lucky and that the next time I develop a blister or step on something sharp, that I don't go as far as I did on those two times.

If you can’t lead and you can’t deliver, then your own personal political philosophy is pretty much irrelevant, there have been far too many occasions over the last four years where the House has been ineffective.

I grew up in India during the 1960s and '70s in a meat-eating Hindu family. Only my mother and my grandparents were vegetarians. The rest of us enjoyed eating - on special occasions - chicken or fish or mutton.

Don't get me wrong: there have been many occasions where I wished I could be thinner or have a different nose or hairline to fit in, but I realized that fitting in is not always as important as it seems; I realized that I love standing out in positive ways!

Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.

It's rare that anybody gets in the Hall of Fame, and to be nominated is good enough for me.

I have been on stage on a few occasions where I felt I couldn't escape the interior of my - my interior thoughts. But Peter Wolf once said, what's the strangest thing you can do on stage? Think about what you're doing.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

Somehow, the rare trips to Tel Aviv give me the feeling that I have a career.

The first time was in Brazil, and the second time was when I was playing for Shakhtar against Inter in Milan. Fans were banned from the stadium on both occasions, and it is different. You have to keep your concentration on the pitch and try to win the game.

Having played for Team Canada on several occasions, I know it's always fun to get together with your fellow countrymen and guys you don't always get to play with on a regular basis.

Teaching is the rare profession where the customer isn't always right and needs to be told so appropriately.

Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.

Because of my compact and muscular body composition, my short hair, and my "Johawk," I have been mistaken for a boy on many occasions. Each time it happens, it feels like I have been punched in the gut. It is extremely discouraging.

I don’t leave her speechless very often. I have to enjoy those rare moments.

On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

Older people may have always existed throughout history, but they were rare.