The first fundamental law of the universe is the law of three forces, of three principles, or , as it is often… — G. I. Gurdjieff Copy Share Image
I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
With few exceptions, music has been for some centuries the art which has devoted itself not to the reproduction of natural phenomena,… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
Almost without exception, the talented women I have known have believed they had less ability than they actually had. And almost without… — Gregory Petsko Copy Share Image
We may fondly imagine that we are impartial seekers after truth, but with a few exceptions, to which I know that I… — August Krogh Copy Share Image
“I am convinced that fine art is the subtlest, the most seductive, the most effective instrument of moral propaganda in the world,… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The greatest economic minds of the 19th century, all of them without exception, considered economic growth as a temporary necessity. When all… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
We run all kinds of ads, as long as they are clearly marked as advertising when there's ever a question. I think… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
The so-called paradoxes of an author, to which a reader takes exception, often exist not in the author's book at all, but… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
In Africa through the 1990s, with notable exceptions in Senegal and Uganda, nearly all the ruling powers denied they had a problem… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
When Jesus warns us not to store up treasures on earth, it's not just because wealth might be lost; it's because wealth… — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Once I thought ideas were exceptions not the rule. That is not so. Ideas are so plentiful that they ride on air.… — Rod McKuen Copy Share Image
Anything that is missing in the implementation of the Minsk Agreement is - without any exception - up to the Kiev central… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
With one exception everybody who has ever been involved with me is still a great friend of mine. — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
At first I intended to become a student of the Senate rules and I did learn much about them, but I soon… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
The major advantage of domestic travel is that, with a few exceptions such as Miami, most domestic locations are conveniently situated right… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I get really frustrated during a crisis when I go through all the cable channels and find - very often with the… — Howard Stringer Copy Share Image
I don't have a set schedule to work on poetry at any given time, at the same time every day, but I… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
While one could hardly say that philosophers have given much attention to the place that the concept of evil has among our… — Raimond Gaita Copy Share Image
There is always something particularly delightful about exceptions to a rule. — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“Virtues are in the popular estimate rather the exception than the rule.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The one recurring theme in my writing, and in my life in general, is confusion. The fact that anytime you think you… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
Common sense is not a simple thing. Instead, it is an immense society of hard-earned practical ideas - of multitudes of life-learned… — Marvin Minsky Copy Share Image
