Except Quotes

4383 Except quotes by 2703 unique authors

Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they'll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer. — Katharine Whitehorn
There is no laughter except that it is eventually followed up with weeping. — Ibn Sirin
They taught me that no man could be their leader except he ate the ranks' food, wore their clothes, lived level with them, and yet… — T.E. Lawrence
What are plants doing? What are plants all about? They serve human beings by being decorative, but what is it from its own point of… — Alan Watts
It would never occur to most of us that 'plants' say anything at all, except in terms of what we read into them, or try… — John Hay
Michael Cole, what did you get for Christmas? Except drunk. — Jerry Lawler
I've never stolen anything in my life, except maybe a couple hearts here and there. — CM Punk
Democracy can survive anything except Democrats — Robert A. Heinlein
Nothing is the matter with Mr. Gore except that he can't be elected. — Dan Patrick
You can't kill America. We're more than a nation. We're a notion. We're an idea. The American Dream. You never heard of the Afghanistani Dream… — Will Durst
She has all the qualities of leadership, except followers. — Dennis Hastert
Well, It's a Communist country, and the Communists do not reward personal initiative...except by execution. — Tom Clancy
Communism has defeated itself everywhere except... in American colleges. — Paul Harvey
Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter is little known out of Germany. The only thing connected with him, we think, that has reached this… — Thomas Carlyle
I don't know of a single foreign product that enters this country untaxed, except the answer to prayer. — Mark Twain
Barry Goldwater once said ruefully, and I know how he feels. "It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be President . .… — Bob Dole
And there's no damage to the car. Except to the car itself. — Murray Walker
I made 10 times as many images as the other students," he says of the early years. "I destroyed all those negatives except a few.… — Emmet Gowin
The fifties - they seem to have taken place on a sunny afternoon that asked nothing of you except a drifting belief in the moment… — Elizabeth Hardwick
The popular and scientific views of "race" no longer coincide. The word "race," as applied scientifically to human groupings, has lost any sharpness of meaning.… — Julian Huxley
There is nothing sacred or untouchable except the freedom to think. Without criticism, that is to say, without rigor and experimentation, there is no science,… — Octavio Paz
[M]an is fulfilling the purpose of existence who no longer needs to have any purpose except to live. That is to say, who is content. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Reverence is a perception of the soul. Reverence is a natural aspect of authentic empowerment because the soul reveres all of Life. When the personality… — Gary Zukav
Guy Peellaert was to Europe what Andy Warhol was to America - except Guy had more talent! — Jim Steranko
... it is a fact universally acknowledged that a husband is the most ridiculous thing on earth, except for a bachelor. — Peter De Vries

Who Wrote These Except Quotes

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