Except Quotes

4383 Except quotes by 2703 unique authors

He knows that after him everything will continue on much as before, except that there will be a minuscule absence, a barely detective gap in… — John Banville
As I came home through the woods with my string of fish, trailing my pole, it being now quite dark, I caught a glimpse of… — Henry David Thoreau
Nothing is real except the present, and already, I feel the weight of centuries smothering me. Some girl a hundred years ago once lived as… — Sylvia Plath
There is no room for being creative in today’s business... Except for finding creative ways to be inefficient. — Martin Wolf
We shall never be clothed with the righteousness of Christ except we first know assuredly that we have no righteousness of our own. — John Calvin
And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose). — Larry Wall
I am generally way out of touch with trends, except now and then I am surprised to find myself leading one, like sympathetic vampires. — Fred Saberhagen
The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and space, pattern and… — Andreas Feininger
I did everything I could except win. I feel fine. I just played bad at a big time. — Lindsay Davenport
There is no shortcut to truth, no way to gain knowledge of the universe except through the gateway of the scientific method. — Karl Pearson
The main problem is that most commentators are accustomed to thinking of spiritual schools as 'systems', which are more or less alike, and which depend… — Idries Shah
We're all equals as men, except I'm slightly more equal because I'm still alive and you're dead. — Sarge
The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies 'something not desirable.' — George Orwell
Even at the worst of times, when nothing goes right, when the prose is clumsy and the ideas feel stale, at least we're doing something… — Melissa Scott
My parents didn't treat me as if there was anything in the world I couldn't do, except be unkind. — Kristin Hersh
Gym Class is a band I am more directly involved with than any other band except for Fall Out Boy. — Patrick Stump
Phonogram was explicitly about our world. It’s a fantasy which is happening around us all, unnoticed except for those who’ve fallen into its world. In… — Kieron Gillen
My advice to graduates is to do anything except what you are trained for. Take that training to a place where it is out of… — Nicholas Negroponte
God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion. — Pliny the Elder
The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the majority. — James F. Cooper
This will not be a campaign of half measures, and we will accept no outcome except victory. — George W. Bush
Dr. Leonard Shlain, chairman of laparoscopic surgery at California Pacific Medical Center, said they took some four and five year-olds and gave them video games… — Roger Ebert
There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch. — Ron Atkinson
I respect the IBF obligation to fight Povetkin, but I would like the exception to fight David Haye. That is the only title the Klitschkos… — Wladimir Klitschko
The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

Who Wrote These Except Quotes

2,703 authors contributed a total of 4,383 Except Quotes, led by these top contributors: