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If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are married and have more occasion to know one another: I hope, upon familiarity will grow more contempt.

William Shakespeare

Courage mounteth with occasion.

William Shakespeare

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

Theodore Roosevelt

Each day offers us the gift of being a special occasion if we can simply learn that as well as giving, it is blessed to receive with grace and a grateful heart.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.

Albert Camus

The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history.

Joseph Conrad

I only wish Chet Atkins could be here for this joyous occasion.

Brenda Lee

We didn't block well, especially in the first half. We didn't tackle well on occasion and the punt return.

Toby Hammond

It does happen on occasion.

Julie Holcombe

(El Nio) can be very persistent on occasion, and it does seem like we are in a mode where we are seeing them more frequently.

Barry Keim

Leisure time should be an occasion for deep purpose to throb and for ideas to ferment. Where a man allows leisure to slip without some creative use, he has forfeited a bit of happiness.

C. Neil Strait

A speech from Ernest Bevin on a major occasion had all the horrific fascination of a public execution. If the mind was left immune, eyes and ears and emotions were riveted.

Michael Foot

I met him to try and bring about an end to sanctions, suffering and war, and on the second occasion, I met him to try and persuade him to allow Hans Blix and U.N. inspectors back into country.

George Galloway

It's a huge showcase, but it's also a huge occasion for ordering.

Tom James

I think Victor was a little bit nervous with everything going on, but he rose to the occasion. He was just really, really solid. He did a great job on May.

Larry Hogan

The media rose to the occasion, shone their light on the desolation and the needy, and kept it focused there until the cavalry finally began to arrive.

Paul Levinson

It's been amazing to see how people rise to the occasion. We've had so many offers of assistance that it has just been incredible.

Michael Lincoln

(We can put together something) for any occasion you'd want to give a gift.

John Neff

There are more constructive ways to carry on a conversation about the future of the country and the nation's poor than using this sacred occasion.

Robert Franklin

I think the kids will be more aware of what they're doing. If they do it randomly, not just when the instances happen, on occasion test to see for sure.

Lisa Freeman

On any occasion when one can discover the cause of events, one should not resort to the gods.

Polybius

I don't remember saying that, but I've heard it on more than one occasion, so I guess I did say it.

Ted Jeffries

It's really grown into a community-based occasion.

Larry Spasic

You've really risen to the occasion. That's the only mission you had tonight and you did it.

Farley Flex

It was good to see us rise to occasion. Getting an early lead gives you a mental edge. You know one mistake is not going to beat you.

Denise Ainsworth

If the occasion calls for it. If we're into the middle of July and we're a contender, we're going to have to go with it and bite the bullet. That would be an example. Are we going to try and do that early on? No. We're going to stick to our budget.

Robert Castellini

They know the expectations are pretty high and they're doing their best to rise to the occasion.

Tyrone Armstrong

I was offered it on occasion and enjoyed it. I think it can have a much pleasanter experience than having too much to drink.

Tim Yeo

As coaches, we all knew it was in the backs of everybody's minds, and on occasion, we'd allude to it. But we didn't want to burden them with it.

Jeff Hickok

These tags have an adhesive backing and can stick together. We have had occasion when the tag for one individual will be inadvertently placed in the envelope with another individual's tag.

Scott Simpson

We still need to play fundamental football, and we must rise to the occasion if nothing else.

Calvin Johnson

We talked before the match about how Century was as deep as we were and we needed some wins at the top and they rose to the occasion.

Wade Stueve

It used to be a rare occasion to have an elderly inmate. Five years ago it was a rarity.

Roger Webb

It has always been my ambition to win this event. I have tried two or three times before but on this occasion I knew I was coming into the race injury-free.

Derartu Tulu

He has had on occasion specific investments in foreign stocks, but this is different. He doesn't sound like he's making one-off purchases.

Thomas Russo

It's a rare occasion when we see government assessing and making government small.

Kathleen Dixon

The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happy at weddings, which is a strain, so they get depressed; they have to be sad at funerals, which is easy, so they get happy.

Peggy Noonan

He really rose to the occasion. It's a big jump and it's the first time we've had a long jumper over 22 feet since Mike Price (a 1997 graduate).

Dave Sellon

To celebrate the occasion, we are serving free apple crisp with each meal for the month of February.

Patricia Clark

Conservatives may accuse us of lacking taste if we use this sad occasion to point out sadder facts of political life.

Joseph Cannon

The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

Theodore Hesburgh

For now, it is not foreseen that there would be need for sanctions, but if that time or if that occasion arises, then that can be considered in the light of the action the Congolese government will take.

Frederick Chiluba

I'm disappointed. But it's a rule that I must observe. I made such a basic mistake on a big occasion like this. It's all may fault.

Masahiko Harada

The kids rose to the occasion the last couple of games.

Jim Huwar

We all know what this game means. It's always a big occasion but I think this one is even more important than normal.

Xabi Alonso

Our audience expects CNN to rise to an occasion like this and we will not disappoint.

Chris Cramer

Every principal, teacher and paraprofessional has risen to the occasion.

Brenda Hill

Each time it's possible, and whenever there is an occasion, we will repeat that the government does not have confidence in Fazio.

Giulio Tremonti

Cut Bank is the most generous community I have ever lived in and I know we can rise to the occasion. The real challenge will be how to get the right family here.

Michael Collins

My government will respect the will of the people, ... I would like to congratulate all of you for participating peacefully in this historic occasion.

Mwai Kibaki

I would like to congratulate all of you for participating peacefully in this historic occasion, ... This is a big step in the democracy of our nation.

Mwai Kibaki

We should not consider the England match to be a dangerous one, but instead see it as a major occasion. We are going to play against a great team but we must keep going like we did in Dublin.

Pierre Berbizier

They expect a professional presentation, so they expect to see a ''professional.'' Dress appropriately for the occasion, but don't be one of the crowd.

Wess Roberts

It's a happy occasion and, unlike most of the television we watch, there's no violence involved.

Dawn Fraser

When there's adversity, you have to respond to it. You have a choice, you can sit around and mope and say what if, or you can rise to the occasion. We don't know whose stepping up yet, but we are excited to find out.

Tim Pierson

Despite his young age, Eric has both leadership and experience that will definitely help our club. A very solid defender, he can also provide some offense for us on occasion.

Bob Ferguson

Growth is a hard, hard thing to manage on every level. We've always risen to the occasion and we'll continue to do so.

Craig Hammer

We came along together four years ago. Now we have the chance to rise to the occasion. Hopefully we'll do it.

Justin Chiera

Tanner had to step up to fill a hole and he rose to the occasion.

Bruce Burnett

Josh's will to get better and compete against other players is amazing. He's one of those players who can always rise to the occasion against better competition.

Tim Bonsant

This is going to be a great occasion for the city, ... This is a united effort — all of us working collectively together to make this a great event for the city of Montgomery, this state and this nation.

John Knight

It is a lot of work for them but they rise to the occasion. They work so hard and really get that sense of ownership.

Lynnlea Holdman

Julien MacDonald may have been able to ignore images of bloody skinned animals gasping for breath in the past, but hopefully a dash of flour will help him rise to the occasion and forsake fur once and for all.

Yvonne Taylor

I've been in this business for 30 years and I've never had an occasion where I was in a serious situation like this where I needed to have the right guys in the right job.

Kevin Regan

But in the African and African American tradition, stories are fitted to an occasion. You have stories for holidays and for weddings and for horrible events.

Charlayne Woodard

There are some great people in education. The people I have worked with and the students I have met along the way have been amazing. On occasion, I run into kids and you get to see they have gone on with life and done well. It is nice to see that you really made a difference.

Mike Pedersen

Matches against Marseille are always important. We must live up to the occasion. I count on my players to show character.

Guy Lacombe

The Court has slapped down Congress on more than one occasion -- on VAWA, on the CDA, on guns in the schoolyard.

Beryl Howell

We played very well as a team. My kids really rose to the occasion and played well. I couldn't be prouder of them.

Kelly Hunkins

One of the clearest tests of leadership for a president is to, on occasion, go against his party. No one wants to do it.

Ron Brownstein

The Olympic Games are the biggest occasion of my sporting career. If there is a chance, I'll try and, if it is successful, I'll thank God.

Miki Ando

Mackenzie really rose to the occasion. She bettered her time from (Friday).

George Philpott

Another first for the Burrell wrestling. We had two champions and we knew what we were up against; we rose to the occasion again. I have no complaints.

Chris Como

The will to excel and the will to win, they endure. They are more important than any events that occasion them.

Vince Lombardi

I think it did help her. She was in a heat with the defending state champion, and that really did help. She rose to the occasion.

Mario Toussaint

It's a great honour to have the dean of Coventry Cathedral conducting the service. It will be a very moving occasion.

Joe Elliott

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

Herbert Hoover

She called me all the time. She just called to talk. She never missed calling me for any occasion. We were very close.

Joan Fava

Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity.

Nelson Algren

The figures were fine but didn't sparkle like Exxon's... The dividend is a bit disappointing, because the fourth quarter is usually an occasion to give an increase.

Brendan Wilders

You cannot hope to bribe or twist, Thank God! the British journalist But, seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no occasion to.

Humbert Wolfe

A lot of work has gone in to making Sunday a very special occasion.

Jonathan Wilkinson

On occasion anyone who does any amount of this is going to get hit, or you are going to hit somebody.

Clint Walker

People have really rallied, ... It seems like when you invest in your employees, they really appreciate it. They realize that our customers really need them to be there and they rose to the occasion. They always do.

Mark Gibson

Great men of action... never mind on occasion being ridiculous; in a sense it is part of their job, and at times they all are.

Oswald Mosley

I remember on that occasion, Roz invited a group of friends to gather around a festive table for a meal, with flowers, wine bottle and a portrait of Edith as the centerpiece.

W. Hull

It's a local derby, a great occasion and a massive turnout.

Shane Williams

I didn't know it would go as well as it has. The girls have risen to the occasion and come together as a team. They've really done a great job.

Bill D'addio

I think she decided to step up. When she rose to the occasion we didn't have anybody who could step up (and match her).

Andrew Booth

I was just desperate to win it. It was such a big occasion and right now it ranks as the best. We can win grand prix events but it is the medals you have won that define your career when it's all done.

Nathan Robertson

I really missed it, especially working with the kids. I love teaching them, helping them rise to the occasion and win big games.

Peter Garza

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

W. Somerset Maugham

The lecture was packed, ... The occasion really argued for a bigger space.

Kerry Robinson

We made a crucial change on the bench and the kids really rose to the occasion.

Bryan Smith

He's a senior -- you expect your seniors to rise to the occasion when asked to do something. That's the job of the seniors and he came through for us.

Lem Elway

That's just our hogs stepping up the occasion.

Javier Lopez

Portugal were always better than us. We're not happy. It was the most important game and we didn't rise to the occasion. Portugal were always superior.

Iker Casillas

We always rise to the occasion to play Indiana.

Jordan Wilson

There was no violence, no aggression and we find imposing a banning order would be disproportionate on this occasion.

Howard Morgan

Take the spirit of the occasion into your heart. It's a very important event in your life, that you'll be able to take as you get older, when you become a father.

Kevin Russell

We could have given them more of a run for their money, but they're a very strong team and could well go on to win the cup, ... I honestly believe we are closing the gap on the top teams in Europe at club and international levels, but on this occasion the Frankfurt players' greater experience of big matches in big competitions probably gave them the edge.

Faye White

On more than one occasion, they've wanted for Jane to adopt them. They just loved her.

Dana Cañedo

I think tonight is going to be a big confidence boost because we dominated the game. We got challenged in the end, but we rose to the occasion and finished it out.

John Woodring

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Nick Sullivan

We've been aggressive on occasion and when we do things properly we get good results.

Mookie Wilson

It's kind of frustrating when ... the door is slammed in your face. I'm hoping somebody rises to the occasion, because it's the next big craze in fishing in the United States.

Mark Metzger

She rose above the occasion.

Sally Howard

The Olympic Games is the biggest occasion of my sports career.

Miki Ando

At the time, it was a very sad occasion.

Steve Lund

It's about desire and defense. You can see it in their eyes. It's not about X's and O's or whether our kids can perform the fundamentals of the game, it's just about from the head up. We've dealt with some psychology in the huddle on more than one occasion.

Mike Chitty

It's a happy occasion. It'll help the Latino population find jobs and become self-sufficient.

Rosa Gerra

Our main business is the college and locals but we are attached to a hotel so we get some guests on occasion as well.

Jon Berninger

We normally don't reimburse them, ... On occasion, for things or an event above and beyond their capabilities, we step in from time to time.

Margaret Walker

The atmosphere does this on occasion.

Andy Nash

I'm in awe by the occasion, but I have to give thanks to God for doing the job for us.

Wayne Fairclough

We have had cases of funds being stolen from the university in the past, but it certainly is a rare occasion.

Tysen Kendig

This is a momentous occasion.

Rick Mazer

If it were possible to make an accurate calculation of the evils which police regulations occasion, and of those which they prevent, the number of the former would, in all cases, exceed that of the latter.

Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt

They did a very good job rising to the occasion and met some challenges set forth. Anytime you rush for 338 yards, you're doing something right.

Bob Connelly

This is a special occasion because we're all going to experience a new beginning.

Tony Dorsett

She should have worked for Hallmark; she could find a card for any occasion.

John Banks

As our national anthem played before the match, I looked up and saw him. I knew I was part of a great occasion.

Brian Lara

She just rises to the occasion. She just goes all out ... you can't really explain it.

Pat Nepple

This is huge for the Cuban people, who on occasion had their doubts that we would be able to match up against the major leaguers. Our country has to be very happy.

Yoandry Garlobo

Sleep is often the only occasion in which man cannot silence his conscience; we forget what we knew in our dream.

Erich Fromm

It didn't take much of an occasion to get another pin in my box at school. He made hundreds of them.

Jean Price

We ask new employees to share with us their most memorable restaurant experience and why. They never say it was because of the food. It's the way a special occasion was handled, or how a mistake was handled.

Pat Mcdonnell

She seems to rise to the occasion. This is playoff time. This is crunch time. She does what it takes to win.

Luann Grybowski

This is a historic occasion and I'm giving my contribution.

Alfonso Gagliano

Wine here in your country is a discovery, a new interest, like entertainment. It's an occasion.

Angelo Gaja

I deeply mourn the occasion (the riots).

Somnath Chatterjee

With everything he has been through this year, for Sean to rise to the occasion like that, it says a lot about his character.

Dave Roberts

Whenever you have a situation like this going on, management has to rise to the occasion. You have to have some consequences for this kind of behavior.

Hubert Williams

It's our job, and we have to continue to rise to the occasion. We've been through adverse situations, and if we have to do that all year, that's what we're going to do.

Kevin Cosgrove

The bottom line is that it's good to have fans. Sure, there are some days when they're a double-edged sword. They do on occasion post inaccurate information, and we worry that they're misleading consumers.

Chris Ender

That is true wisdom, to know how to alter one's mind when occasion demands it.

Terence

We do have vandalism on occasion, but it's not a common occurrence. But when it happens, it's really tough. We're dealing with objects that are very difficult to get out.

Kent Carlson

This is truly an historic occasion.

Brent Glass

One of the great things about the Southeastern Conference is our fans and our support -- the importance of college football. On occasion that exuberance goes over the top. What we'd ultimately like to do is channel it on the field.

Mike Slive

Let us celebrate the occasion with wine and sweet words.

Titus Maccius Plautus

John Smith rose to the occasion.

David Zellmann

I have been in contact with HUD on more than one occasion. I'm going to meet with them in the next few months, and I hope to gain a little more clarity as to what HUD expects of us.

Robert Barnett

It's a way to provide information to the public that has been requested on occasion.

Peter Parys

The CIA thoroughly pursued this issue and did so on more than one occasion.

Jennifer Millerwise

This is Casey's first Zone meet, and if she can rise to the occasion there is nothing stopping her.

Eric Elliott

This is really a historic and important occasion for us.

Zach Hall