The exception grooves the rule.

I hate to generalize because there are always so many exceptions to any rule.

— Gish Jen

I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws.

— Oscar Wilde

In Africa through the 1990s, with notable exceptions in Senegal and Uganda, nearly all the ruling powers denied they had a problem with AIDS.

— Barton Gellman

“No involvement means no commitment—no exception.”

— Laurie Buchanan, PhD

People always make mistakes when they fancy themselves exceptions.

— Geraldine Jewsbury

With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.

— Viggo Mortensen

Campaign finance and ethics reform only works if it curtails all special interest groups equally and does not carve out any exceptions to benefit…

— Thomas Kean, Jr

I couldn't date someone who didn't like dogs. There are exceptions to the rule, but I find that if someone doesn't like animals, I…

— Anonymous

Anytime you've got artists singing songs, doing grooves that they don't want to do, it's terrible.

— Wilson Pickett

We're worn into grooves by Time-by our habits. In the end, these grooves are going to show whether we've been second rate or champions,…

— Frank Bunker Gilbreth, Sr

The trouble with specialists is that they tend to think in grooves.

— Elaine Morgan

wanted to highlight that to a certain extent and go deeper into that direction. I also try to write each song in a different…

— Jason C. Miller

Grooves are important to John Talabot - they're pivotal. That's the case with most dance-music producers, but there's something especially sleek about the Spanish…

— Anthony Fantano

“She wore comforting grooves in her head”

— Rainbow Rowell

What we hear now is great-sounding records with great-sounding grooves and loops. And the sound of these records is irresistible, but the craft of…

— Barry Manilow