Cardinal rules Quote by Verity Stob

The exception tests the rule.

— Richard P. Feynman

The exception grooves the rule.

— John Alejandro King

I never make exceptions. An exception disproves the rule.

— Sherlock Holmes

If you don't handle [exceptions], we shut your application down. That dramatically increases the reliability of the system.

— Anders Hejlsberg

It's much more fun to be the exception, not the rule

— T.A. Barron

Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.

— Plautus

Every rule has an exception. Especially this one.

— Anonymous

An error is simply a failure to adjust immediately from a preconception to an actuality.

— John Cage

There is always something particularly delightful about exceptions to a rule.

— Elizabeth Goudge

The only way for errors to occur in a program is by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are known. Programs…

— Hayley Mills

There's an exception to every rule

— Anonymous

The only way for errors to occur in a program is by being put there by the author. No other mechanisms are known. Programs…

— Harlan Mills