Exception Quotes

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I live for playing live. All my records are live, since After the Gold Rush, with the exception of Trans and the vocals on Landing… — Neil Young
Every time in my life when I have chosen to delay following inspired counsel or decided that I was an exception, I came to know… — Henry B. Eyring
Part of an icon's power comes from its indivisibility. The swoosh cannot be further deconstructed into its component parts. Just as golden arches mean McDonald's,… — Douglas Rushkoff
Those moralists, on the other hand, who, following in the footsteps of Socrates, offer the individual a morality of self-control and temperance as a means… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The exception is more interesting than the rule. The rule proves nothing; the exception proves everything. In the exception the power of real life breaks… — Carl Schmitt
To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
â€¨Loneliness is the human condition. Cultivate it. The way it tunnels into you allows your soul room to grow. Never expect to outgrow loneliness. Never… — Janet Fitch
If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It… — Thomas Jefferson
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule. — Stephen King
I do not think that tragedy is our natural fate and I do not live in chronic dread of disaster. It is no happiness, but… — Ayn Rand
With some notable exceptions, businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves. — Milton Friedman
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. — Douglas Adams
To the extent that this world surrenders its richness and diversity, it surrenders its poetry; to the extent that it relinquishes its capacity to surprise,… — Tom Robbins
Then there came a faraway, booming voice like a low, clear bell. It came from the center of the bowl and down the great sides… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Aslan's instructions always work; there are no exceptions. — C.S. Lewis
Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case. — William Saroyan
All the stories and descriptions of that time without exception peak only of the patriotism, self-sacrifice, despair, grief, and heroism of the Russians. But in… — Leo Tolstoy
All men seek happiness. This is without exception. Whatever different means they employ, they all tend to this end. The cause of some going to… — Blaise Pascal
If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would… — Daniel Webster
There are always surprises. Life may be inveterately grim and the surprises disproportionately unpleasant, but it would be hardly worth living if there were no… — T.C. Boyle

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