You have to talk about why things happened the way they did. You can't actually explain my political life except by a… — David Lange Copy Share Image
The difficulty with poetry is that it doesn't have the life that Shakespeare or Jane Austen have beyond the page. You can't… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
I've never been invited to do an exhibition or do a talk in England, except once, about 10 years ago. I've given… — Brian Wildsmith Copy Share Image
Police in China can do whatever they want; after 81 days in arbitrary detention you clearly realise that they don't have to… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.' In order for a… — Countee Cullen Copy Share Image
I would like to get married, actually. I've done everything else in my life now except that, but where do I find… — Aviv Nevo Copy Share Image
I was born in New York City. But my family moved when I was still an infant. Except for a year and… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
Every newspaper editor says the heart of the paper is the reporter - which is true - except for the pay! — Jack Germond Copy Share Image
'Back to Blood' really took it out of me. While I was writing it, I just never went out anywhere, except to… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
My family didn't come from fame. No one was musical in my family except for me. — Tiffany Darwish Copy Share Image
I like to say that the greatest handicap of deafness does not lie in the ear, it lies in the mind. I… — Marlee Matlin Copy Share Image
In the first years after 1989, films were partly financed from the state's budget as well as by public television. Still, except… — Andrzej Wajda Copy Share Image
I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career, except for when I've worked with the Coen brothers. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
When I was 18, I went to the Soviet Union. I kept hearing that America was planning to bomb them - lots… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Except for clinics, I hardly pick up a basketball during the off-season. — John Havlicek Copy Share Image
My work is not generally in the commercial sector. However, I'm not worried by the commercial sector. I refuse to work in… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
I don't go to the doctor except when I'm very ill, and when I go to India, I drink a drop of… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
They call it The New Avengers but it's really the old Avengers with new people except for me, looking rather fat and… — Patrick Macnee Copy Share Image
My specialty as a collector is books that almost have value. When I love a book, I don't buy the first edition,… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
Except from 2002 to 2010, we never went three years without buying a bank. — Gerald J. Ford Copy Share Image
I have very weirdly realistic dreams where it could be real life, except it's not. — Nat Wolff Copy Share Image
I don't ever take credit for discovering anybody, except for McLovin on 'Superbad'. — Allison Jones Copy Share Image
