Exception Quotes
714 quotes by 618 authors
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With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species.
— Anthony Storr
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I think monogamy is a little unnatural, if I'm totally honest. You change. Things alter. It's the exception rather than the rule and I think…
— Robert Powell
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I had a great career and I enjoyed all of it, with the exception of losing.
— Drew Bledsoe
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Our economics are not baseball's economics. Our game is not baseball's game. Our owners are not baseball's owners, with one or two exceptions. Our union…
— Gary Bettman
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I've always believed that humans are good at heart. But there's always the exception.
— Amy Carlson
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I think there's something very lovely and hilarious about exploring the particular neuroses of the female mind. It's just not the same thing with men.…
— Lizzy Caplan
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Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule?
— Patricia Clarkson
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There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career.
— Stephen Collins
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In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.
— Daniel Ek
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Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and accords…
— Jay Griffiths
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You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just have to have…
— Justin Townes Earle
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I am not, personally, a believer or a religious man in any sense of institutional commitment or practice. But I have a great respect for…
— Stephen Jay Gould
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Financial operations do not lend themselves to innovation. What is recurrently so described and celebrated is, without exception, a small variation on an established design…
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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A rule without exceptions is an instrument capable of doing mischief to the innocent and bringing grief - as well as injustice - to those…
— Derrick Bell
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One market paradigm that I take exception to is: Buy low and sell high. I believe far more money is made by buying high and…
— Richard Driehaus
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There's no exception to the rule, yes, everybody's somebody's fool.
— Connie Francis
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Actors are not a great breed of people, I don't think. I count myself as something of an exception. I grew up in the theater,…
— Amy Irving
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In the U.S., with very few exceptions, actresses older than 35 are simply discarded.
— Amy Irving
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Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.
— Iris Johansen
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Anyone, without exception, can know God if they really want to simply by praying, by honestly telling Him that they want to know Him. He…
— Peter Kreeft
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