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- I hold that such a question can never arise except in a society of cannibals.
- There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force,…
- About Mike the construction worker, friend of Roark: "He worshipped expertness of any kind. He loved his work passionately and had no tolerance for anything…
- If he can give his readers no reason why they should read his book, except that the events happened to him, it is not a…
- Ideas cannot be fought except by means of better ideas. The battle consists, not of opposing, but of exposing; not of denouncing, but of disproving;…
- The man at the top of the intellectual pyramid contributes the most to all those below him, but gets nothing except his material payment, receiving…
- The good, say the mystics of spirit, is God, a being whose only definition is that he is beyond man's power to conceive — a…
- Two world wars, three monstrous dictatorships-in Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, Red China-plus every lesser variant of devastating socialist experimentation in a global spread of brutality…
- Have you felt it too? Have you seen how your best friends love everything about you- except the things that count? And your most important…
- She knew that she could not have reached this white serenity except as the sum of all the colors, of all the violence she had…
- There’s nothing as significant as a human face. Nor as eloquent. We can never really know another person, except by our first glance at him.…
- Man cannot survive except through his mind. He comes on earth unarmed. His brain is his only weapon. Animals obtain food by force. man had…
- There's nothing of any importance in life - except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from…
- You'll get everything society can give a man. You'll keep all the money. You'll take any fame or honor anyone might want to grant. You'll…
- Degrees of ability vary, but the basic principle remains the same: the degree of a man's independence, initiative and personal love for his work determines…
- There are no evil thoughts except one; the refusal to think.
- I can accept anything, except what seems to be the easiest for most people: the half-way, the almost, the just-about, the in-between.
- He wanted nothing, for the time being, except to understand .... Without advice, assistance or plan, he began reading an incongruous assortment of books; he…
- He never felt lonliness except when he was happy.
- I like to receive money for my work. But I can pass that up this time. I like to have people know my work is…
- There's nothing of any importance in life-except how well you do your work.
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- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a… — David Attenborough
- Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot… — Saint Augustine
- There is no possible source of evil except good. — Saint Augustine
- Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread. — Francis Bacon
- We cannot command Nature except by obeying her. — Francis Bacon
- Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large,… — Francis Bacon
- No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation. — Walter Bagehot
- I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting. — David Bailey
- Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence. — Pearl Bailey
- Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism. — Russell Baker
- It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic. — Russell Baker