In art, in taste, in life, in speech, you decide from feeling, and not from reason ... If we were obliged to enter into a theoretical deliberation on every occasion before we act, life would be at a stand, and Art would be impracticable. William Hazlitt
Tis certainly a kind of indignity to philosophy, whose sovereign authority ought every where to be acknowledg'd, to oblige her on every occasion to make apologies for her conclusions, and justify herself to every particular art and science, which may be offended at her. David Hume
Frenchmen have an unlimited capacity for gallantry and indulge it on every occasion. Molière
The most guileful amongst the reporters ... are those who appear friendly and smile and seem to be supportive. They are the ones who will seek to gut you on every occasion. Ed Koch
All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the Universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown, and roulette wheels spin on every occasion. Stephen Hawking