Quotes of: Rare-occasions Keyword

The dull mind, once arriving at an inference that flatters the desire, is rarely able to retain the impression that the notion from which the inference started was purely problematic.

Silas Marner

I shed a tear when I meet somebody who always quits. Reliable people are so rare in this world.

Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic

No war is ever glorious. Heroes are usually dead. Besides, they rarely turn into heroes because they are super-humans, but because of circumstances.

Special Forces - Soldiers

It's a rare gift, to know where you need to be, before you've been to all the places you don't need to be.

Tales from Earthsea

If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down.

Père Goriot

Curiosity is the hair of our habit tending to stand on end. It rarely happens that our attention is not stained in greater or lesser degree by this animal element.

Proust

Where magic is the essence of existence and those who wield it, rarely what they seem

Prophecy Unravelled: Part 1 of the Prophecy Series

He was one of those rare men who are capable of being fully in love only once in their lives.

The Prince of Tides

Ninety percent of my work is crap,” he continued. “Another nine percent is mediocre, and then there are those rare gems that are actually useable.

Tie Me

Cats are like mushrooms, only you'll rarely ever hear me scream, "Get off my pizza!" to a pack of mushrooms.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

We are hunters or game, but rarely both. Knowing our role, and the crucial moment when that role shifts is the key to survival in this place.

Wolves Fear to Prey

The thing is, you try your best, and what else you got? You try your best, really, that's all you can do. And for me, my best happens really so rarely.

Junot Diaz

Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's a good thing, and one of the best arguments for immigration reform, even if you'll rarely hear a politician make it.

James Surowiecki

By the time I sit down and face the blank page I am raring to go. I tell it as if I'm talking to my best friend or one of my grandchildren.

Michael Morpurgo

For resourceful tech founders, finding capital is rarely a problem; making the best use of it is another story. A few years slinging pepperoni pies and chicken wings - on tiny margins and with minimal investment - might not be the worst fiscal traini...

Ryan Holmes

Hard work opens doors and shows the world that you are serious about being one of those rare - and special - human beings who use the fullness of their talents to do their very best.

Robin S. Sharma

He wastes his time over his writing, trying to accomplish what geniuses and rare men with college educations sometimes accomplish.

Jack London

Mostly, I have to say as an actor, to find a character that's been rich enough for 10 seasons of shows... that's very rare.

Jon Cryer

Her wild heart was rare, she saw blessings were most saw burdens & if one thing was certain; her smile was like a flower in the sunshine

Nikki Rowe

Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and every act he does registers, but I also just need to verbally acknowledge him and hug him.

Patricia Heaton

Since even the most fastidious among us can rarely escape hearing salacious local gossip, it is as well to enjoy what cannot be avoided.

P.D. James