Exceptions Quotes

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A treaty cannot be made which alters the Constitution of the country, or which infringes and express exceptions to the power of the Constitution. — Alexander Hamilton
Women don't paint very well. It's a fact. There are, of course, exceptions. Agnes Martin or, from the past, Paula Modersohn-Becker. — Georg Baselitz
To forgive the incessant provocations of daily life - to keep on forgiving the bossy mother-in-law, the bullying husband, the nagging wife, the selfish daughter,… — C.S. Lewis
Morality is: the mediocre are worth more than the exceptions ... I abhore Christianity with a deadly hatred. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Every declaration of love contains an unstated list of exceptions and demands. — Mason Cooley
Nature provides exceptions to every rule. — Margaret Fuller
Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it… — William E. Gladstone
As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are… — Al Gore
Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian,… — Colin Firth
Jesus said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.' There are no exceptions.… — Gordon B. Hinckley
I'm here as a product of process of evolution, which doesn't make very many exceptions. And which rates life relatively cheaply. — Christopher Hitchens
I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the rules. — Penn Jillette
Everyone knows what a curve is, until he has studied enough mathematics to become confused through the countless number of possible exceptions. — Felix Klein
If Moses had gone to Harvard Law School and spent three years working on the Hill, he would have written the Ten Commandments with three… — Charles Morgan
With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of. — Viggo Mortensen
The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be… — Edward R. Murrow
I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR,… — Barack Obama
The one recurring theme in my writing, and in my life in general, is confusion. The fact that anytime you think you really know something,… — Conor Oberst
In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions. — Salman Rushdie

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