Except When Quotes

146 quotes by 132 authors

All socialists have bad backs because we slouch â€” except when we're watching the news when we sit on the edge of our seats, shout,… — Jeremy Hardy
I am not an adult, that's my explanation of myself. Except when I am working on a set, I have all the inhibitions and shyness… — Jean Arthur
In Europe life is histrionic and dramatized, and in America, except when it is trying to be European, it is direct and sincere. — William Dean Howells
Always put the rook behind the pawn.... Except when it is incorrect to do so. — Siegbert Tarrasch
Women never use their intelligence, except when they need to prop up their intuition. — Jacques Deval
I'm happy not knowing. Most of the time (except when I'm a neurotic mess about uncertainty) I feel glad that the horizon is a mystery. — Leslie Jamison
The militia is a voluntary force not associated or under the control of the States except when called out; [ when called into actual service]… — Alexander Hamilton
I work for myself, which is fun. Except when I call in sick, I know I'm lying. — Rita Rudner
God's on the outside looking in. He doesn't have any legal entree into the earth. The thing don't belong to Him. You see how sassy… — Kenneth Copeland
We never ask God to forgive anybody except when we haven't. — Elbert Hubbard
I am not a writer except when I write. — Juan Carlos Onetti
Nothing in the natural world makes sense - except when seen in the light of evolution — David Attenborough
Everything with me is normal except when I pitch (in Fenway Park). When I pitch here it's a little different. There is a little more… — Tom Glavine
I've noticed a funny thing about people who are over-weight. They spend all their time thinking about food -except when they're actually eating it — Paul McKenna
In childhood the daylight always fails too soon -- except when there are going to be fireworks; — Jan Struther
But if we never acted except when we were certain our motives were pure, we would never act at all. — C.J. Sansom
No man has a right to do as he pleases, except when he pleases to do right. — Charles Simmons
These days, it's really been uninteresting except when disasters occur. — James Van Allen
There is no such thing as defeat except when it comes from within. As long as a person doesn't admit he is defeated, he is… — Darrell Royal
We know only what we do, what we make, what we construct; and all that we make, all that we construct, are realities. I call… — Naum Gabo

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