Exception Quotes

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Not that chance dominated events in the early Solar System, for scientific determinism was also functioning. But chance is an essential factor in all evolutionary… — Eric Chaisson
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is… — Arthur C. Clarke
Dedication to quality, community, and originality without exception. — Zach Klein
Virtues are, in the popular estimate, rather the exception than the rule. There is the man and his virtues. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The fault I find with most American newspapers is not the absence of dissent. it is the absence of news. With a dozen or so… — I F Stone
With few exceptions, democracy has not brought good government to new developing countriesâ€¦What Asians value may not necessarily be what Americans or Europeans value. Westerners… — Lee Kuan Yew
Repressive regimes do not endure change willingly - and Venezuela is no exception. — Leopoldo Lopez
There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules. — Paul Eldridge
Humanitarianism needs no apology. Unless we ... feel it toward all men without exception, we shall have lost the chief redeeming force in human history. — Ralph Barton Perry
Prize the natural spaces and shorelines most of all, because once they're gone, with rare exceptions they're gone forever. In our bones we need the… — Richard Louv
In printmaking, I essentially use the same process as in painting with one important exception ... to try, with sensitivity to the medium to emphasize… — Robert Motherwell
A rock is harder than a feather, you can talk and jabber and make exceptions, but in the end, if you have to choose which… — Andrew Klavan
When a psychiatrist writes a bestseller, he is then urged to write a book of advice. But I think our culture's awash in advice. The… — Peter D. Kramer
My situation is a solemn one: life is offered to me on the condition of eating beefsteaks. But death is better than cannibalism. My will… — George Bernard Shaw
My mobile rang around lunchtime one day, and it was George Michael. He wanted to come in on Friday. We were like, 'okay, if that's… — Graham Norton
Why should we be willing to go by faith? We do all things in this world by faith in the word of others. By faith… — John Henry Newman
You may look through the streets of heaven, asking each how they came to b there, and you will look in vain everywhere for a… — Phillips Brooks
... there is an irrational, cultish tendency in many intellectual movements, and Objectivism, alas, is no exception. Ayn Rand's personal obsession with loyalty did little… — Nathaniel Branden
Our popular economics writers, however, are not in the business of giving their readers a ringside seat on the research action; with no exception I… — Paul Krugman
I'll tell you what I'd do if it were up to me: I would establish a strictly controlled distribution network through which I would make… — George Soros

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