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I'm not one of those people who believes in going endlessly around finger wagging and ticking people off for occasional colourful use of language.
— Boris Johnson
That he survived, and indeed returned to government, was one of man's occasional triumphs over medicine.
— Barbara W. Tuchman
In every romance you have to budget for the occasional dust-up.
— P.G. Wodehouse
One cannot blame an organization that picks up an occasional black sheep, one only takes exception if it retains an accumulation of them.
— Dion Fortune
In life, occasional problems makes us humble.
— Debasish Mridha
As a historian, he felt it his duty to respect everything that had ever been respected, except for the occasional statesman.
— Henry Adams
Should one continue to base one's life on a system of belief that
for all its occasional wisdom and frequent beauty
is demonstrably untrue? — Charles Templeton
for all its occasional wisdom and frequent beauty
is demonstrably untrue? — Charles Templeton
A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.
— Johannes Tauler
Cleansing. An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter." "He's right, I feel great
— Brandon Mull
It's simply human nature to have an occasional, fleeting interest in someone whom you once loved.
— Emily Giffin
Like cars, every relationship requires a bit of an occasional service, and fine-tuning should be compulsory.
— Mariella Frostrup
It is more satisfying to be a bad player at golf. The worse you play, the better you remember the occasional good shot.
— Nubar Gulbenkian
The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular.
— Brian Eno
Feeling secure regarding their happiness and welfare, she did not miss them except with an occasional, intense longing.
— Kate Chopin
Once the decision has been made, close your ear even to the best counter argument: sign of a strong character. Thus an occasional will to stupidity.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect.
— James Payn
I like an occasional glass of wine, though I don't drink before a shoot or a show - blotchy skin is not a good idea, however good your make-up artist.
— Jourdan Dunn
History, like a badly constructed concert hall, has occasional dead spots where the music can't be heard.
— Archibald MacLeish
There's no question that the resolution of dissonance has always been the norm against which the occasional iconoclast has sought to make its mark
— Herbert Lindenberger
His respect for his spouse and occasional fear of her were so great that it could even be said that he loved her.
— Fyodor Dostoyevsky
head to acknowledge the occasional petting
— Garth Stein
Vegetarians are cool. All I eat are vegetarians - except for the occasional mountain lion steak.
— Ted Nugent
I know: If you're looking down at Earth, you're looking through an atmosphere that has a bit of haze in many places and not just occasional clouds.
— Buzz Aldrin
Man watches his history on the screen with apathy and an occasional passing flicker of horror or indignation.
— Conor Cruise O'Brien
A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
— Ogden Nash
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
This garden is your life. Of course, there are the occasional weeds - but more than anything, this garden is filled with so much life!
— Seth Adam Smith
Minds, like diapers, need occasional changing.
— Karen Cushman
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
Welcome to my life of constant doubt, anxiety and occasional sudden and unpredictable horror, Javre. I hope you enjoy your fucking visit.
— Joe Abercrombie
Despite differences of faith or even the occasional collisions between them, Egypt is united.
— Ahmed Zewail
To be an artist means a lifetime of being told no, with the occasional yes showing up just to give you enough hope to carry on.
— Jami Attenberg
A pacifism which can see the cruelties only of occasional military warfare and is blind to the continuous cruelties of our social system is worthless.
— Mahatma Gandhi
It is only occasional that talent becomes genius - radiating sparks, brilliance, energy, and charismatic magnetism ... such a talent was Janis Joplin.
— Clive Davis
Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.
— Adam Carolla
In marriage, the occasional catastrophic crisis is easier to manage than the daily routine.
— Edward Abbey
After a while, marriage is a sibling relationship
marked by occasional, and rather regrettable, episodes of incest. — Martin Amis
marked by occasional, and rather regrettable, episodes of incest. — Martin Amis
I'm no stranger to the occasional dodgy juice, but it doesn't taste very nice and it is bloody boring. It's not a way to live.
— Kate Winslet
After a couple years of occasional lessons with Pass I moved to Boston to attend the New England Conservatory.
— Mark White
Most writers flourish greatly on a simple, healthy routine with occasional time off for gaiety.
— Dorothea Brande
Asking for better grammar is inflammatory in the school," says an occasional T.A. "You have to give an A or you're a racist.
— Anonymous
Somehow the idyllic existence I envisioned never quite came to pass, but aside from the occasional culinary disaster, my marriage wasn't bad.
— Alexandra Bogdanovic
Love ... who needed love? As long as she had her books and her friends and an occasional hookup, she was perfectly content.
— Lauren Conrad
Love was above everything else, and there was no hatred in love, only the occasional mistake.
— Paulo Coelho
I had an occasional flash of understanding, but then got selfishly wrapped up again in my own problems and pleasures.
— Anne Frank
Love is always true and eternal.
Love can't be untrue or occasional. — Debasish Mridha
Love can't be untrue or occasional. — Debasish Mridha
I have a slightly crap blog where I opine on anything that occurs to me and run the occasional silly competition.
— Mark Lawrence
No-one can function properly without occasional peace and quiet.
— Christopher Paolini
For lack of an occasional expression of love, a relationship strong at the seams can wear thin in the middle.
— Robert Breault
The occasional alarming flash of Aral's doubts, like vivid filaments of lava seen through a surface one had thought safe stone.
— Lois McMaster Bujold
In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it's just a case of moving on and learning from it.
— James Nesbitt
Politics should be limited in scope to ware, protection of property, and the occasional precautionary beheading of a member of the ruling class.
— P. J. O'Rourke
Where else can bubble-gum hearts, the dream travellers, the serial killers, and the occasional guest-star from beyond the grave occupy the same space?
— Clive Barker
I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.
— Shirley Knight
He listened to the occasional creak of Flora's squeaky board, and noticed it sounded lonely. Or maybe that was just him.
— Catherine Ryan Hyde
Good food, fresh water, an occasional sweet and someone to care for. That's what everyone should have.
— Maria V. Snyder
For a long time we sit there not saying anything, enjoying the quiet of the bay and the occasional steamy knee bump.
— Lisa Daily
We sat in silence, staring out into the street, listening to the creak of the porch swing, the crickets, and the occasional gunshot.
— Will McIntosh
An adult life...is a slowly emerging design, with shifting components, occasional dramatic disruptions, and fresh creative arrangements.
— Jill Ker Conway
We are all guilty of sin, error, and moments of sheer stupidity; none of us should be casting stones. The occasional arced pebble might be overlooked.
— Richelle E. Goodrich
Was it? I said cautiously, it having been my occasional habit to watch television in the drawing room without the encumbrance of trousers.
— Paul Murray
Like the roller coaster of life ... novels aren't fun without ups and downs and even an occasional loop.
— Carmen DeSousa
Miracle Message #16: "Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. #MiraclesNow
— Gabrielle Bernstein
It was a relationship with occasional moments of beauty, but one that had never found it's balance.
— Guillaume Musso
Fancies were all very well for a change, but must be only occasional guests in a world devoted to reality.
— Walter De La Mare
In my 20s, I mostly ate burritos and nachos, with the occasional burger.
— Neil Patrick Harris
He knows that there are occasional pauses in the struggle.
— Paulo Coelho
Who needed the relief of occasional bad language more than a mother of small children? Maybe
— Diana Gabaldon
I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat.
— Linus Torvalds
The fastidious taste will find offence in the occasional vulgarisms, or what we now call slang, which not a few of our writers seem to have affected.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The repetition of small efforts will accomplish more than the occasional use of great talents.
— Charles Spurgeon
Townsfolk can get downright touchy over the occasional earth-elemental in the scullery. Can't imagine why ...
— Mercedes Lackey
The ground's soft with pine needles and the occasional crunch of a cone. The air smells like it's just been born.
— Libba Bray
Never let the occasional delays in your life dampen your dreams
— Bernard Kelvin Clive
Every child should have an occasional pat on the back as long as it is applied low enough and hard enough.
— Fulton J. Sheen
I was with you right up until you said, 'Bring the pain.' I've only ever brought cookies, or the occasional casserole.
— Nicole Peeler
She's married. I'm more a friend and occasional lover.
— Stieg Larsson
A occasional whiff of his personality drifted back to me.
— Raymond Chandler
They give unconditional love and undying loyalty in return for regular meals and an occasional pat on the head.
— Jon Winokur
A good story should provoke discussion, debate, argument ... and the occasional bar fight.
— J. Michael Straczynski
Do you think the occasional witch burning helps to weld society together?
— Charlie Jane Anders
A three-year diet of rubber chicken and occasional crow.
— Charles Krauthammer
History, in spite of the occasional protest of historians, will always be used in a general way as a collection of political and moral precedents.
— C.V. Wedgwood
an occasional birthday dinner, and of course Marathon
— Michael Palmer
The price for men in motion is the occasional collision ...
— Carroll Smith