Quotes of: Rare-occasions Keyword

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven and earth could come by chance, when all the skill of art is not able to make an oyster!

Anatole France

When works of art are presented like rare butterflies on the walls, they're decontextualized. We admire their beauty, and I have nothing against that, per se. But there is more to art than that.

Hans Haacke

Dai Vernon, the greatest sleight of hand figure in the history of the art, rarely performed. But he invented magic and had an enormous influence on the whole range of sleight of hand. And so often, the magic he was doing was to fool other magicians.

Ricky Jay

Whenever she felt like crying, she would instead become angry—at someone else or at herself—which meant that it was rare for her to shed tears.

1Q84

Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers. -Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift

Alanna: The First Adventure

Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

We rarely talk about television, only about what’s on television

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

...after rare beef and wine, when the lobes turn red, was the time to ask favours or tell bad news.

The Art of Eating: 50th Anniversary Edition

This book belongs to the most rare of men. Perhaps not one of them is yet alive. First the day after tomorrow must come for me. Some men are born posthumously.

The Anti-Christ

Cerulean left. I wondered if she was from Flower Planet. Blue flowers were rare - one might take a name from that.

The Host

The rare opportunity to exist, no matter how brief, is worth the pain left in the wake of its disappearance.

#Human: Learning To Live In Modern Times

A clear picture of that which God wants for us is rarely clearly articulated". ~R. Alan Woods [2012]

The Journey Is The Destination: A Photo Journal

The public's imagination is rarely captured by bland temperance.

The Kennedy Half-Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy

She had rarely been near Henry since then, and the sight of him now was like a concentrated dose.

Rumors

Rarus enim ferme sensus communis in illa Fortuna." ["Generally common sense is rare in that (higher) rank."]

Satires, Book I

Falling asleep with hopes and wishes that I rarely get to hold in my hand for long…go me. All I’ve got are memories and secrets.

Slayers

When the creative impulse sweeps over you, grab it. You grab it and honor it and use it, because momentum is a rare gift.

North of Beautiful

Love is fickle and fleeting," Tsukiko continues. "It is rarely a solid foundation for decisions to be made upon, in any game.

The Night Circus

the general or prevailing opinion in any subject is rarely or never the whole truth; it is only by the collision of adverse opinions that the remainder of the truth has any chance of being supplied

On Liberty

Do you have the talent?' is rarely the question. 'Do you have the guts to finish?' is the real question.

LIFE

Use our memories as an asset not as a liability. Don't let it be our inner curse but share them as a rare gift.

Landscapes of a Heart, Whispers of a Soul