My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. We were like,… — Graham Norton Copy Share Image
“The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the “emergency situation” in which we live is the rule. We must arrive at… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
There seems to be a hole in the culture where mothers went. Then, when their kids went off to school or stopped… — Marni Jackson Copy Share Image
Almost without exception, members of great groups see themselves as winning underdogs, as a feisty David hurling fresh ideas at a big,… — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
I had assumed that the Earth, the spirit of the Earth, noticed exceptions-those who wantonly damage it and those who do not.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
These have always been my legs. I train harder than other guys, eat better, sleep better and wake up thinking about athletics.… — Oscar Pistorius Copy Share Image
Every time in my life when I have chosen to delay following inspired counsel or decided that I was an exception, I… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
Young people have traditionally skewed left through generation after generation after generation. Exceptions to that, of course. I am one. I never… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
He examined the chess problem and set out the pieces. It was a tricky ending, involving a couple of knights. 'White to… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Perhaps there may come into my art also, no less than into my life, a still deeper note, one of greater unity… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The only good thing about religion is the music. Because nature is filled with balances and opposites, there are always exceptions to… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
There is no conflict between the ideal of religion and the ideal of science, but science is opposed to theological dogmas because… — Nikola Tesla Copy Share Image
I think there's a very fundamental urge to create a safe space, a home; most animals have that impulse, and humans certainly… — Lucy Hughes-Hallett Copy Share Image
For when God forbids us to kill, he not only prohibits us from open violence, which is not even allowed by the… — Lactantius Copy Share Image
America has become and was the exception to the way most of the people in the world were forced to live, because… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I think that's why we see this mixed reaction - Republican congressional leaders like Paul Ryan speaking out very firmly, but Republican… — Mara Liasson Copy Share Image
Positive, healthy, loving relationships in your twenties... I don't know if anyone would disagree with it: I think they're the exception, not… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport.… — Jubal Early Copy Share Image
Music is the only thing in this world, with the exception of sneezing and looking at the sunset, that takes you to… — Stephan Jenkins Copy Share Image
A place like this wears down everything, and tolerance is no exception. In here, coexistence passes for forgiveness. You do not learn… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
With some reservation, it can be said that certain democratic elements are present in Georgia as well; but it is very clear… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
With a few honorable exceptions the press of the United States is at the beck and call of the patent medicines. Not… — Samuel Hopkins Adams Copy Share Image
You may look through the streets of heaven, asking each how they came to b there, and you will look in vain… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
It must first be reiterated that with extraordinary few exceptions no educated person in the history of Western Civilization from the third… — Jeffrey Burton Russell Copy Share Image
Not just in China, but everywhere in the world without exception, one either leans to the side of imperialism or the side… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
. . . [Y]ou must understand that we have always considered the writing of books a hindrance to our work, and that… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
Mathematics may be the only exception in the sciences that leaves no room for skepicism. But, if mathematical results are exact as… — Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza Copy Share Image
Extroverts are more attuned to social rewards, so they are more likely to flash a smile for effect. A notable exception are… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of… — Thorstein Veblen Copy Share Image
We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every thought has the power to bring into being the visible from the invisible. It is absolutely necessary for us all to… — Ann Wigmore Copy Share Image
I wanted to be the exception to the other kids, but in the right way. We have a lot of suffering in… — Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Copy Share Image
There are exceptions to everything, but most businesses want to hire the best they can get for what they have to offer.… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I believe without exception that theory follows practice. Whenever there is a conflict between theory and practice, theory is wrong. As far… — David Baker Copy Share Image
My fellow Americans, people all over the world, we need to solve the climate crisis, it's not a political issue, it's a… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
I've tended to avoid meeting my heroes. They aren't necessarily the nicest people anyway. The exception was George Harrison, one of the… — Siobhan Fahey Copy Share Image
I have made all my films for my children with the exception of my first film because my oldest daughter wasn't born… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you're in the midst of something you don't always appreciate it while you're doing it. Gargoyles was an exception to… — Greg Weisman Copy Share Image
We normally consider stability to be the constant in life and accidents to be the exception, but it's exactly the opposite. In… — Gabriel Orozco Copy Share Image
I don't need to go onto Facebook and pretend to have friends I've never even met. To my mind, that kind of… — Stefanie Powers Copy Share Image