Everyone thinks their own situation most tragic. I am no…

“If the demons lie within they travel with you. Everyone thinks their own situation most tragic. I am no exception.”

— Jeanette Winterson

Had the situation not been so tragic, we might have laughed.

— Elie Wiesel

The Church has surrendered her once lofty concept of God and has substituted for it one so low, so ignoble, as to be utterly…

— Anonymous

It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion…

— Alfred Jodl

I have no admiration for culture. I have no reserve knowledge, no provisional knowledge. And everything that I learn, I learn for a particular…

— Gilles Deleuze

Child actors going on to become adult actors never really works, apart from a few. Jodie Foster was the exception.

— Mark Lester

I don't know if I know anyone, with the exception of the early inventors of rock music [who wasn't influenced by something].

— Bruce Springsteen

My Chinese zodiac is a dog. But I'm an exception because of how much I love cats.

— Jason Wu

But Margaret went less abroad, among machinery and men; saw less of power in its public effect, and, as it happened, she was thrown…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

No physiologist who calmly considers the question in connection with the general truths of his science, can long resist the conviction that different parts…

— Herbert Spencer

Alright, all right," I said. "What if I tell you a story, instead?" Highlanders loved stories, and Jamie was no exception. "Oh, aye, "…

— Diana Gabaldon

I really can't live without my In-N-Out burgers. Honestly, I can't. Even when I'm doing the whole no-carb thing occasionally, I make an exception…

— Nate Berkus

Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and…

— Jay Griffiths

I've always believed that humans are good at heart. But there's always the exception.

— Amy Carlson

“Coincidence is the exception, not the rule.”

— Soheir Khashoggi