Exceptions Quotes

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Punishment is but legalized crime. In a society built on prevention, rather than retaliation, there would be very little crime. The few exceptions will be… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Man is never honestly the fatalist, nor even the stoic. He fights his fate, often desperately. He is forever entering bold exceptions to the rulings… — H. L. Mencken
On the whole, with scandalous exceptions, Democracy has given the ordinary worker more dignity than he ever had. — Sinclair Lewis
In the public interest, therefore, it is better that we lose the services of the exceptions who are good Judges after they are seventy and… — William Howard Taft
American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies,… — Michael Mandelbaum
I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No… — Samantha Morton
The Israelis are very smart about politics and strategy, but there are a few exceptions. One is Lebanon, the other is Gaza, where they were… — Daniel Pipes
There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, although forty years had passed but mostly the… — Walter Lord
Yes, there are lots of individual exceptions. But no one has ever done a study about voting intention without ascertaining that the biggest determining factor… — Ken Livingstone
With a very few exceptions, every word in the French vocabulary comes straight from the Latin. — Lytton Strachey
Every principle of liberty enunciated in any civilized country on earth, with very few exceptions, was intended entirely for men, and when women tried to… — Emmeline Pankhurst
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
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
There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career. — Stephen Collins
In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears. — Daniel Ek
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
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
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
In the U.S., with very few exceptions, actresses older than 35 are simply discarded. — Amy Irving
The United States cannot reshape other countries in its own image and that, with a few exceptions, its efforts to police the world are neither… — George F. Kennan

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