Occasion Quotes

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

Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position. - Gary Oldman

You take an educated gamble. If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you're not doing your job. - James Sinegal

You never stop, except occasionally to put a fork in your mouth. - John Walcott

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

You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living. - A. E. Van Vogt

You have to have a good relationship with the president, but you also have to be a tough SOB to get things done. And that means not only being tough with the staff, but, occasionally, tough with the president. - Leon Panetta

You have to believe if she was directed by joy, it would be a joyous occasion to bring her daughter with Jesus. Where's the evidence of elation? You have the opposite; she tells people she hurt the baby. She told the officer she did something wrong. - Howard Curtis

You have those rare occasions when an issue gets a lot of publicity and coverage and that's when most legislators would vote in accordance with the mainstream views back home. But those are rare occasions. On most issues and most bills, the level of public concern and understanding is, frankly, very low. And when that goes down, the amount of power and influence lobbyists have in that (Statehouse) goes up. That is true on most issues. - Jess Brown