Exception Quotes · Page 18

Yeah, well, food's one of the five exceptions to Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfigurations," said Ron, to general astonishment.

— Anonymous

Vegan or not, gluten-free or not, Erin McKenna's donuts are the best I've had in 20 years, without exception.

— Mark Bittman

Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.

— Stephen King

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

— Jason Wu

True faith will always show itself by its fruits . . . I suspect that, with rare exceptions, men die just as they have lived.

— J. C. Ryle

No other natural bodily function is painful and childbirth should not be an exception

— Grantly Dick-Read

Families, generally, suck. And I say that as someone who, like my husband, had parents who proved the proverbial exception to the…

— Julie Burchill

There are 3 rules to follow if you want to change; (1) Start immediately, (2) Do it flamboyantly, (3) No exceptions.

— William James

In 'The General Strike,' we celebrate those who bring a new vision for the world to the table. People who stand for…

— Justin Sane

The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the Government to remove the Indians…

— Martin Van Buren

It is true practically if not altogether without exception that the changes studied by any science tend to equilibrate or neutralize the…

— Frank Knight

Anybody who's ever mattered, anybody who's ever been happy, anybody who's ever given any gift into the world has been a divinely…

— Richard Bach

On the contrary, therefore, Christ declares that the doctrine of the Gospel, though it is preached to all without exception, cannot be…

— John Calvin

The Lord commands us to do good unto all men without exception, though the majority are very undeserving when judged according to…

— John Calvin

Most Sundays, with the exception of football Sundays, I work, because I don't take days off as long as I'm working on…

— Robert Caro

People aren't afraid of failure, they just don't know how to succeed. We are each responsible for our own success (or failure).…

— Jeffrey Gitomer

What you might call the "symbol pushers" - that is to say, all of the people who deal with figures, with paper,…

— Erich Fromm

Prize the natural spaces and shorelines most of all, because once they're gone, with rare exceptions they're gone forever. In our bones…

— Richard Louv

All buildings, large or small, public or private, have a public face, a facade; they therefore, without exception, have a positive or…

— Leon Krier

With few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to new developing countries…What Asians value may not necessarily be what Americans or…

— Lee Kuan Yew

I'm trying to make it a little bit more personal this time. All my shows are hodge-podges, and this one is no…

— Jason Graae

Users scan a page looking for trigger words. If they find a trigger word, they click on it but if they don’t…

— Jared Spool

It is not that I am not a fan of American exceptionalism. That is like saying I am not a fan of…

— Noam Chomsky

Their constant yelping about a free press means, with a few honorable exceptions, freedom to peddle scandal, crime, sex, sensationalism, hate, innuendo…

— Raymond Chandler

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses

— Cesare Lombroso

“I have never been reduced to begging somebody to leave me alone, but in your case I’ll make an exception.”

— Tom Upton

Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception.

— Ian Mortimer

A lump rises in our throat at the sight of beauty from an implicit knowledge that the happiness it hints at is…

— Alain de Botton

I am and will remain the president of all Cameroonians without exception, and the great winner in these elections is democracy

— Paul Biya

With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species.

— Anthony Storr

This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive.

— Alberto Moravia

I do like Philip Pullman.And that's an exception because Philip Pullman's books allow magic.

— Richard Dawkins

The real question is "Why should we make an exception for billionaire politicians?". We should not.

— Tulip Siddiq

An effective leader allows exceptions to the rule for exceptional results or when circumstance demands.

— John Wooden

We usually have margaritas on Thursdays but since it's Tuesday I'll make an exception.

— Chelsea Handler

The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that.

— Boris Spassky

Politics are a part of athletics now. Politics is a part of everything. And athletics is no exception.

— Melissa Harris-Perry

Almost without exception, blue refers to the domain of abstraction and immateriality.

— Wassily Kandinsky

We all have the chance to create a world where extreme poverty is the exception rather than the rule.

— Bill Gates

With the exception of lingerie and theater I'm interested in everything to do with clothes and perfumes: everything which is an extension…

— Sonia Rykiel