Except Perhaps Quotes
44 quotes by 40 authors
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At least when the Emperor Justinian, a sky-god man, decided to outlaw sodomy, he had to come up with a good practical reason, which he…
— Gore Vidal
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I always feel comfortable, basically in any situation except perhaps airports.
— Andre Leon Talley
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But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potentially moral…
— John Steinbeck
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Of course there is no formula for success, except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life, and what it brings
— Arthur Rubinstein
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Days and nights passed over this despair of flesh, but one morning he awoke, looked (with calm now) at the blurred things that lay about…
— Jorge Luis Borges
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Sometimes you're traveling a highway, the only road you've ever known and wham! A semi comes from nowhere and rolls right over you. Sometimes you…
— Ellen Hopkins
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...these are the problems of the modern U.S. combat soldier, the constant worry about overstepping the mark and an American media that delights in trying…
— Marcus Luttrell
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Oh, that," said the king with a shrug. "That isn't your honor, Costis. That's the public perception of your honor. It has nothing to do…
— Megan Whalen Turner
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Gringotts was the safest place in the world for something you wanted to hide — except perhaps Hogwarts.
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Decidedly it will never have been given to me to finish anything, except perhaps breathing. One must not be greedy.
— Samuel Beckett
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He thought of trying to explain something he had recently noticed about himself: that if anyone insulted him, or one of his friends, he didn't…
— Julian Barnes
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Stretched out in front of me was my time as an adult, and then a skeleton, and then nothing except perhaps a few books on…
— Daniel Handler
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She wanted nothing that he could offer her, except perhaps his absence.
— Clive Barker
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Feelings are constantly changing. None is dependable for long. You can love someone intensely today, and tomorrow or next month not feel a thing. Except…
— Barry Long
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The human voice: mysterious, spontaneous, primal. For me, the human voice is the vessel on which all emotions travel - except perhaps jealousy. And the…
— Claron McFadden
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I have come across both inspiring teachers of history and deplorable ones over the years, so one cannot generalise, except perhaps to observe that the…
— Antony Beevor
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I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt at home there, except perhaps when my wife and I…
— Douglas Sirk
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Of course there is no formila for success except perhaps and unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.
— Arthur Rubinstein
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A childhood is what anyone wants to remember of it. It leaves behind no fossils, except perhaps in fiction.
— Superman
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Nothing is perfect except, perhaps a circle. The pursuit of perfection, leads to obsession and sometimes madness.
— Peter Blaxland
Who Wrote These Except Perhaps Quotes
40 authors contributed a total of 44 Except Perhaps Quotes, led by these top contributors: