Life is not, nor ever has been, a straight line forward ... Life is characterized much more by exception and disorder than… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
I think a state should not be in the capacity of killing anyone with the exception of warfare. — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
Stars are almost always people that want to make up for their own weaknesses by being loved by the public and I'm… — George Michael Copy Share Image
Morality is: the mediocre are worth more than the exceptions ... I abhore Christianity with a deadly hatred. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I won't read a book that starts with a description of the weather. I don't read books over 300 pages, though I'll… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears. — Daniel Ek Copy Share Image
There's this false notion that this is a regional phenomenon, when in fact every state in the union has hardcore rednecks. No… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
You tell yourself that noise is what defines silence. Without noise, silence would not be golden. Noise is the exception. Think of… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
When I recall today my early youth, I should take the boy that I then was, with the exception of a few… — Ernst Mach Copy Share Image
It may seem like I'm overlooking a technical detail or a spec change, but at the end of the day I'm mostly… — Marques Brownlee Copy Share Image
A militia law, requiring all men, or with very few exceptions besides cases of conscience, to be provided with arms and ammunition...… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Being no bigot myself, I am disposed to indulge the professors of Christianity in the church that road to heaven which to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Alcohol had a lot to do with it, too, and mental instability. All writers are narcissistic, manic-depressive drug addicts and alcoholics, and… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
It's a lot more comfortable, I must say. Ummm, I didn't think I'd be playing with another band, I kinda thought I… — Vivian Campbell Copy Share Image
An Ingmar Bergman film would probably owe a sizeable bulk of its import and its direction and its quality to the directorial… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
I think the celebrity author trend reflects, at least in part, the growing influence of marketing departments at publishing companies. The emphasis… — Jabari Asim Copy Share Image
I'm optimistic, though. Now, with the Arab Spring, I think that people in the region are beginning to overturn some of these… — Annia Ciezadlo Copy Share Image
Most of my friends are into strange things I don't really understand - and with a few shameful exceptions I wish them… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
One could dismiss the zombie trend as merely feeding a mass public that craves the strange and bizarre. Such an explanation would… — Daniel Drezner Copy Share Image
With a few exceptions like Kraftwerk, most great 20th century Western music is in some way American-based. And the great paradox of… — Steve Erickson Copy Share Image
Everyone knows history is written by the winners, but that cliche misses a crucial detail: Over time, the winners are always the… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
To live in any true sense of the word is to reject others; to accept them, one must be able to renounce,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Did the Pilgrims on the Mayflower sit around Plymouth Rock waiting for a return trip? They came here to settle. And that's… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
Government power is always abused by seizing and perverting the law. And with few exceptions, government always determines what is law. — John Galt Copy Share Image
You tell yourself that noise is what defines silence. Without noise, silence would not be golden. Noise is the exception. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Because I don't think it's true. I don't think corruption is endemic to the process in Annapolis at all. It's the exception,… — Brian E. Frosh Copy Share Image
I'm fully aware that things that resonate and become real hits are the exception to the rule, so much so that I've… — Ron Perlman Copy Share Image
He’s not like you, Tod. Aside from a couple of notable exceptions, you tend to think things through, but Nash is ruled… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
The 1st question the effective decision-maker asks is: 'Is this a generic situation or an exception?' — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
The quality of a marriage is proven by its ability to tolerate an occasional "exception. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
There are some exceptions: Chicago, my hometown, in particular. But overall in the country this is a much safer place than it… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Presidents and Lyndon Johnson was really no exception, very rapidly learned the difference between a contingency plan and an authorized act. — McGeorge Bundy Copy Share Image
Latin America is all moving to the left, from Venezuela to Argentina with rare exceptions, but there's a good left and a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Most scientists are without exception adorably quirky, and one of the ways of making it more accessible was to try to get… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Everything that occurs in your life is an opportunity for awakening. There are no exceptions! — Leonard Jacobson Copy Share Image
The camp is the space that is opened when the state of exception begins to become the rule. — Giorgio Agamben Copy Share Image
One cannot blame an organization that picks up an occasional black sheep, one only takes exception if it retains an accumulation of… — Dion Fortune Copy Share Image
With but few exceptions, it is always the underdog who wins through sheer willpower. — Johnny Weissmuller Copy Share Image
