A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold.
Ogden Nash

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.
Johannes Tauler

A prophet or an achiever must never mind an occasional absurdity, it is an occupational risk.
Oswald Mosley

A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke.
Groucho Marx

After a couple years of occasional lessons with Pass I moved to Boston to attend the New England Conservatory.
Mark White

Basing my conclusions on experience I am absolutely convinced not only of survival but of demonstrated survival, demonstrated by occasional interaction with matter in such a way as to produce physical results.
Oliver J. Lodge

But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect.
James Payn

Even in the Western world, one cannot argue that the ideal has been achieved given the existence of issues like the integration, participation and representation of Muslim citizens, and occasional but lingering anti-Semitism.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Except for the occasional heart attack, I never felt better.
Dick Cheney

German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case.
Brian Lumley

However, the occasional visit of success provides just the excitement an engineer needs to face work the following day.
Koichi Tanaka

I believe we are going to move into a situation where the more effective conferences will be smaller, more specialized, more focused, with occasional large gatherings to get the attention of the larger world.
Maurice Strong

I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional inspiration.
Neil Diamond

I did the occasional odd film, like Endless Love.
Shirley Knight

I know that doesn't sound very radical and webby of me to say that but I think the New York Times is important. I also think there's an occasional piece that will pop out.
David Talbot

I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do.
George Murray

I think the thing to remember, though, the next time you hear someone who is really certain that he is on the side of the angels, is that the idea of angels was created by human beings, who are famous for being frequently untrustworthy and occasional.
Jon Carroll

I would do the occasional score. I thought it was the most thrilling thing. It was instant. You made the music and they played it right away to millions of people. I found it thrilling.
Elmer Bernstein

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.
Robertson Davies

It was a perfect night for a train. The occasional whistle told Louis of all the farewells he had ever known.
Charles Tennyson Turner