Quotes about Exception

Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity. Votes: 4

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere. Votes: 4

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception. Votes: 4

Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music. Votes: 4

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. Votes: 4

Without Exception, Begin Every Day of your Life with Gratitude. Votes: 3

Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude Votes: 2

Unforeseen surprises are the rule in science, not the exception. Remember: Stuff happens. Votes: 2

Individual goals never meant that much to me. The Heisman is no exception. Votes: 2

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule. Votes: 2

The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself. Votes: 2

You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception. Votes: 2

There is no exception to the rule that every rule has an exception. Votes: 2

I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception. Votes: 2

How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception. Votes: 2

The puma is, with the exception of some monkeys, the most playful animal in existence. Votes: 2

There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule. Votes: 2

The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols. Votes: 2

Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies. Votes: 2

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception. Votes: 2

I've been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and mine is no exception. Votes: 2

Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs. Votes: 2

When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception. Votes: 2

The movie adaptations of stage musicals that I've seen, without exception, in my opinion don't work. A lot of people would disagree with me. Votes: 2

From the naturalistic point of view, all men are equal. There are only two exceptions to this rule of naturalistic equality: geniuses and idiots. Votes: 2

The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice. Votes: 2

Sooner or later a rider will emerge who will win more Tours. In every sport we have seen how the records eventually get broken and cycling is no exception. Votes: 2

As the age of television progresses the Reagans will be the rule, not the exception. To be perfect for television is all a President has to be these days. Votes: 2

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in every profession. The military should be no exception. Votes: 2

I have made all my films for my children with the exception of my first film because my oldest daughter wasn't born when I was making the film about the Brooklyn Bridge. Votes: 2

With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms. Votes: 2

These have always been my legs. I train harder than other guys, eat better, sleep better and wake up thinking about athletics. I think that's probably why I'm a bit of an exception. Votes: 2

Most fish require a short cooking time, but cephalopods are the exception to this fishy rule. As with some cuts of larger land beasts, the longer they're cooked, the more tender they get. Votes: 2

With the exception of the New York Times, Fox news, and Lou Dobbs of CNN, and talk radio, the rest of the mainstream media has basically been silenced like a bunch of dumb monkeys. Votes: 2

It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him. Votes: 2

Melancholy has ceased to be an individual phenomenon, an exception. It has become the class privilege of the wage earner, a mass state of mind that finds its cause wherever life is governed by production quotas. Votes: 2

Anyone, without exception, can know God if they really want to simply by praying, by honestly telling Him that they want to know Him. He always responds to honest seekers. Jesus promised, 'All who seek, find.' Votes: 2

If you want to cultivate a habit, do it without any reservation, till it is firmly established. Until it is so confirmed, until it becomes a part of your character, let there be no exception, no relaxation of effort. Votes: 2

My last public performance for money was in 1967. For free, it was 1972, with the exception of two little one-shot, one-song things. But that's just for friends, out of friendship for the people involved, and also because it was fun. Votes: 2

Being no bigot myself to any mode of worship, I am disposed to endulge the professors of Christianity in the church, that road to heaven which to them shall seem the most direct plainest easiest and least liable to exception. Votes: 2

Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous fate of decaying metal. Yet almost without exception, the wretched idiot inhabitants of our benighted planet would gulp down this radioactive excrement if it were offered. Votes: 2

Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head. Votes: 2

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, and the little red tab means Levi's, the swoosh is Nike. The product is its icon, inseparably and without exception. To buy a pair of Nike shoes is to buy the Nike swoosh. Votes: 2

There is no conflict between the ideal of religion and the ideal of science, but science is opposed to theological dogmas because science is founded on fact. To me, the universe is simply a great machine which never came into being and never will end. The human being is no exception to the natural order. Man, like the universe, is a machine. Votes: 2

If you've never been on anything before, they're not going to take a risk and give you a huge job 90 percent of the time. There are exceptions to that. I certainly wasn't an exception to that. I had to pay my dues big time, but I wish somebody would have explained, 'Look, your job is not to get work. Your job is to get better.' Votes: 2

Do you like people? Most people claim that they like people with, of course, a "few exceptions." When the exceptions are added together it becomes clear that they include a vast majority of the people. It becomes equally clear that most people like just a few people, their kind of people, and either do not actively care for or actively dislike most of the "other" people. Votes: 2

No rule is so general, which admits not some exception. Votes: 1

Perserverence w/o exception Votes: 0

You’re my exception, Votes: 0

The exception tests the rule. Votes: 0

Without exception, empathy is always appropriate. Votes: 0

The exception does not prove the rule. Votes: 0

There is always exception to every rule. Votes: 0

The press is, almost without exception, corrupt. Votes: 0

God hates divorce-always, forever, regardless, without exception. Votes: 0

Everyone, without exception, is searching for happiness. Votes: 0

Great leaders always have self-discipline -without exception. Votes: 0

With the exception of dessert, food is food. Votes: 0

Sovereign is he who decides on the exception. Votes: 0

Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception. Votes: 0

Dedication to quality, community, and originality without exception. Votes: 0

Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Votes: 0

Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception. Votes: 0

Torture must only be hypothetical exception, not US policy. Votes: 0

No knowledge is useless, with the exception of heraldry. Votes: 0

Those as don't eat, without exception, fail to survive. Votes: 0

Nothing lasts forever, so what makes love the exception. Votes: 0

Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception. Votes: 0

Most actresses are always running late - I'm no exception. Votes: 0

There's no exception to the rule, yes, everybody's somebody's fool. Votes: 0

India always changes people, and I have been no exception Votes: 0

Everyone thinks their own situation most tragic. I am no exception. Votes: 0

I never spoke about politics, with the exception of Election Night. Votes: 0

The happy are an exception who enjoy innocently their simple happiness. Votes: 0

Kindness should become the natural way of life,not the exception. Votes: 0

In the ocean, [bioluminescence] is the rule rather than the exception. Votes: 0

All generalizations, with the possible exception of this one, are false. Votes: 0

God is concerned about everything that concerns us - without exception. Votes: 0

Madness is the exception in individuals but the rule in groups. Votes: 0

Hale Irwin is the exception. He just does everything so well. Votes: 0

Why are comedic parts for women the exception, not the rule? Votes: 0

Most bad luck is the misfortune of not being an exception. Votes: 0

It's much more fun to be the exception, not the rule Votes: 0

Almost without exception, blue refers to the domain of abstraction and immateriality. Votes: 0

Virtues are in the popular estimate rather the exception than the rule. Votes: 0

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution. Votes: 0

In a quantum universe, magic is not the exception but the rule. Votes: 0

Fathers always play mahagurus to their children, and I am no exception. Votes: 0

The first exception [to the First Amendment] will not be the last. Votes: 0

A true New Yorker never backs down, and I'm no exception. Holla! Votes: 0

Most women have a distaste for guns, and I am no exception. Votes: 0

Every student, without exception, should be able to succeed well at something consequential. Votes: 0

All parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism. Votes: 0

Repressive regimes do not endure change willingly - and Venezuela is no exception. Votes: 0

All Americans should be exempt from the atrocities of Obamacare - no exception. Votes: 0

The way by which you may get money almost without exception leads downward. Votes: 0

In the history of modern capitalism, crises are the norm, not the exception. Votes: 0

Most songs are somewhere between love and death, and mine are no exception. Votes: 0

Be the exception to the rule. It's the surest way to become exceptional. Votes: 0

Blogs are the main exception I make in my aversion to complex machinery. Votes: 0

All empires come to an end, and the American one is no exception. Votes: 0

The mind's ability to rationalize it's own shortcomings is unlimited; I am no exception. Votes: 0

Every truth without exception- and whoever may utter it- is from the Holy Spirit. Votes: 0

Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception. Votes: 0

We usually have margaritas on Thursdays but since it's Tuesday I'll make an exception. Votes: 0

Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule. Votes: 0

I've always believed that humans are good at heart. But there's always the exception. Votes: 0

Manage by exception.Only require reporting when there is a deviation from the plan. Votes: 0

No other natural bodily function is painful and childbirth should not be an exception Votes: 0

You can lie in any language on earth, and body language is no exception. Votes: 0

Empowering children through the Word of God so excellence is the standard not the exception Votes: 0

With the exception of the military industrial complex, we all want a more peaceful world. Votes: 0

The emitters of the spectral series are without exception single atoms, not compounds of atoms. Votes: 0

Today the whole world depends on communism for its salvation, and China is no exception. Votes: 0

The quality of a marriage is proven by its ability to tolerate an occasional "exception. Votes: 0

People who don't normally read make an exception for my books, possibly because they're short. Votes: 0

It is hard for women not to be overly self critical, I am no exception! Votes: 0

I imagine that no art has ever been learned from books. fly-fishing is no exception. Votes: 0

I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs.... Perhaps I am an exception. Votes: 0

But your questions, which are unanswerable without exception, all spring from the same erroneous thinking. Votes: 0

It is sad to be an exception. But not to be one is even sadder. Votes: 0

If you feel like getting a divorce, you are no exception to the general rule. Votes: 0

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings. Votes: 0

The exception is I'm not going away. Don't ask me to do that ever again. Votes: 0

This cavern is below all, and the enemy of all; it is hatred, without exception. Votes: 0

The actual truth has never written about any war, and this will be no exception. Votes: 0

But your questions, which are unanswerable without exception, all spring from the same erroneous thinking. Votes: 0

Every short statement about economics is misleading (with the possible exception of my present one). Votes: 0

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality. Votes: 0

I do like Philip Pullman.And that's an exception because Philip Pullman's books allow magic. Votes: 0

Military missions cannot be a normal tool of politics, but instead must remain the great exception. Votes: 0

The real question is "Why should we make an exception for billionaire politicians?". We should not. Votes: 0

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators. Votes: 0

All good poets of the past, almost without exception, were at least bilingual if not trilingual. Votes: 0

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators. Votes: 0

I had a great career and I enjoyed all of it, with the exception of losing. Votes: 0

You can bring your enemies to their knees with the possible exception of the North Vietnamese. Votes: 0

Almost without exception, my novels are rooted in Israel because that's the place I know well. Votes: 0

Man, wonderful man, must collapse, into nature's cauldron, he is no deity, he is no exception. Votes: 0

Our marriage has always been a 50-50 proposition - with the possible exception of closet space. Votes: 0

I think with one exception I've never changed an opening sentence after a book was completed. Votes: 0

I went into the family business. To me, it was the norm and not the exception. Votes: 0

I am the exception to the rule that all senators see themselves in the Oval Office. Votes: 0

To be committed means you are willing to make a promise with no exception of return. Votes: 0

I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception. Votes: 0

All human beings, without exception, are continually creating themselves with the life-energy that is flowing within them Votes: 0

My Chinese zodiac is a dog. But I'm an exception because of how much I love cats. Votes: 0

With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free. Votes: 0

The 1st question the effective decision-maker asks is: 'Is this a generic situation or an exception?' Votes: 0

I think there is something like 90% unemployment in the Screen Actors Guild, so we are the exception. Votes: 0

Unfair and unkind behavior in exchange for your loving efforts is the rule rather than the exception Votes: 0

I think a lot of people secretly wish they were a rock star, and I'm no exception. Votes: 0

Most people who deal in words don't have much faith in them and I am no exception. Votes: 0

It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. Votes: 0

With the exception of my wife and children, there's nothing I value more than my Oklahoma heritage. Votes: 0

When told that man lives in delusion everyone thinks of himself as the exception; hence his delusion. Votes: 0

As a footballer's wife, I take great exception to the way we are portrayed in Footballers' Wives. Votes: 0

More Americans died in WWII than in any other world war, with the possible exception of WWI. Votes: 0

The more you put yourself out there, the more there is for people to take exception with. Votes: 0

Most People have a desire to look for the exception instead of the desire to become exceptional. Votes: 0

I didn't want to kill girls" even vampire girls. Though I might make an exception for that blonde. Votes: 0

Politics are a part of athletics now. Politics is a part of everything. And athletics is no exception. Votes: 0

Without exception, the dominance and coherence of culture proved to be an essential quality of the excellent companies. Votes: 0

Almost without exception, everything society has considered a social advance has been prefigured first in some utopian writing. Votes: 0

To every rule there is an exception—and an idiot ready to demonstrate it. Don't be the one! Votes: 0

Vegan or not, gluten-free or not, Erin McKenna's donuts are the best I've had in 20 years, without exception. Votes: 0

We must make organic the conventional choice and not the exception available only to the rich and educated. Votes: 0

I was his exception, and as much as I had tried to fight my feelings, he was mine. Votes: 0

The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that. Votes: 0

The aggressive spirit, the offensive, is the chief thing everywhere in war, and the air is no exception. Votes: 0

Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case. Votes: 0

I think a state should not be in the capacity of killing anyone with the exception of warfare. Votes: 0

The camp is the space that is opened when the state of exception begins to become the rule. Votes: 0

Every mother I've ever met, pretty much without exception, is doing the best job she can ever do. Votes: 0

Where love and wisdom drink out of the same cup, in this everyday world, it is the exception. Votes: 0

Every day without exception - is a gift from God, entrusted to us to use for His glory. Votes: 0

With one exception everybody who has ever been involved with me is still a great friend of mine. Votes: 0

Nature goes on her way, and all that to us seems an exception is really according to order. Votes: 0

We all have the chance to create a world where extreme poverty is the exception rather than the rule. Votes: 0

The average Tea Partier is sincerely against government spending - with the exception of the money spent on them. Votes: 0

With the possible exception of clothes, beauty salons and Frank Sinatra, there are few subjects all women agree upon. Votes: 0

Books that talk about 'contemplation' often seem to have been written on Jupiter. This one is a sterling exception. Votes: 0

In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it is hard to find rules without exception. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses Votes: 0

Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses. Votes: 0

With the exception of certain rodents, no other vertebrate except Homo sapiens habitually destroys members of his own species. Votes: 0

art itself shuns commonality: while the scientist may seek the phenomenon that repeats itself, the artist seeks the exception. Votes: 0

I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception of my friend Mary Pickford. Votes: 0

In the nineteenth century, government agencies in Washington had, almost without exception, flatly refused to hire even one female. Votes: 0

But I will argue that knowing complete product requirements up front is a quite rare exception, not the norm. Votes: 0

Virtues are, in the popular estimate, rather the exception than the rule. There is the man and his virtues. Votes: 0

I have had a career in which, almost without exception, every single person Ive worked with has helped me. Votes: 0

The American people are a very generous people and will forgive almost any weakness, with the possible, exception of stupidity. Votes: 0

After 1945 what happened was rather the opposite: with one major exception boundaries stayed broadly intact and people were moved instead. Votes: 0

Unselfish love for all people without exception is the most important point of convergence among all significant spiritualities and religions. Votes: 0

The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception. Votes: 0

You tell yourself that noise is what defines silence. Without noise, silence would not be golden. Noise is the exception. Votes: 0

The instruction at Edinburgh was altogether by lectures, and these were intolerably dull, with the exception of those on chemistry. Votes: 0

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception. Votes: 0

It's disheartening that people think that Donald Sterling is the outlier and that he's the exception and not the rule. Votes: 0

Dog parks are more cliquish than any other human gathering with the possible exception of seventh grade. Deal with it. Votes: 0

Generally, speed skaters don't run that much. I'm a little bit of an exception in that I run a lot. Votes: 0

I like me some of Wayne stuff. I think he's the one exception as far as the auto-tune thing goes. Votes: 0

As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception. Votes: 0

Child actors going on to become adult actors never really works, apart from a few. Jodie Foster was the exception. Votes: 0

I'm maybe not so much an exception, maybe because I've lived so long that more is coming, more is there. Votes: 0

Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better. Votes: 0

I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception. Votes: 0

A person remains immature, whatever his age, as long as he thinks of himself as an exception to the human race. Votes: 0

Nobody with any real sense of humor *can* write a love story. . . . Shakespeare is the exception that proves the rule. (90-91) Votes: 0

I am and will remain the president of all Cameroonians without exception, and the great winner in these elections is democracy Votes: 0

The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more. Votes: 0

With the exception of lawyers, there is no profession which, considers itself above the law so widely as the medical profession. Votes: 0

There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting themselves. Votes: 0

Affection makes fools. Always, without exception, love digs a channel that's sooner or later flooded by the briny water of despair. Votes: 0

Marijuana is not not harmful, but is the least harmful psychoactive substance that we have, with the possible exception of caffeine. Votes: 0

Presidents and Lyndon Johnson was really no exception, very rapidly learned the difference between a contingency plan and an authorized act. Votes: 0

The perpetrators of genocides are usually men of the herd, men who follow orders without questioning them. Rwanda was no exception. Votes: 0

With the exception of love, friendship and the beauty of art, I don't see much else that can nurture human life. Votes: 0

Hollywood has more than its share of harsh and crewel stories. In fact, it's probably more the norm than the exception. Votes: 0

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. Votes: 0

I think especially in her position, a highly successful professional woman, it would be a real exception to have an unwed child. Votes: 0

With the exception of China, and perhaps Turkey, no country in the world matters as much to the United States as Mexico. Votes: 0

With the exception of women, there is nothing on earth so agreeable or necessary to the comfort of man as the dog. Votes: 0

My mom was the breadwinner in my family. I always thought, That's how it is. I never thought that was the exception. Votes: 0

This thought strengthened in me my belief that all men, without exception, deserve to be pitied, if only because they are alive. Votes: 0

So-called psychoanalysis is the occupation of lustful rationalists who trace everything in the world to sexual causes--with the exception of their occupation. Votes: 0

I've gotten into this nasty habit of running away from love, but maybe one day I can find the exception to that. Votes: 0

As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception. Votes: 0

In the economy of nature nothing is ever lost. I cannot belive that the soul of man shall prove the one exception Votes: 0

I don't know if I know anyone, with the exception of the early inventors of rock music [who wasn't influenced by something]. Votes: 0

There's a lot of crappy music that people like, you know, all over the world, and Norway is definitely not an exception. Votes: 0

Save 3-6 months of expenses in a Rainy Day fund. Know why? Cause it is going to rain, and you aren't the exception. Votes: 0

One cannot blame an organization that picks up an occasional black sheep, one only takes exception if it retains an accumulation of them. Votes: 0

Families, generally, suck. And I say that as someone who, like my husband, had parents who proved the proverbial exception to the rule. Votes: 0

Chirren [children] is the most dangerous creatures on the earth, with the exception of young girls between the ages of fifteen and forty-two. Votes: 0

That was the day that I promised I'd never sing of love that does not exist. but darling, You are the only exception Votes: 0

As you get older, you suffer fools less easily. That's why there's all those cranky character actors. I'm an exception. I'm a sweetheart. Votes: 0

Most Sunday magazines, with the New York Times as an exception, are kind of sleepy, weekend service vehicles to move living room products. Votes: 0

There are no black and white, good or bad characters in 'Game Of Thrones,' but Joffrey was an exception. Just pure evil. Votes: 0

As we all know, poets are born brain-wired a certain way and every poet I know wrote as a child. I'm no exception. Votes: 0

The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that the "state of emergency" in which we live is not the exception but the rule. Votes: 0

I now understand that my welfare is only possible if I acknowledge my unity with all the people of the world without exception. Votes: 0

I dream about finding an exception and finding someone who would make me believe in love and realize that it can work out. Votes: 0

With the possible exception of God during the writing of the Bible, every writer in history has needed an editor. So do you. Votes: 0

With the exception of lingerie and theater I'm interested in everything to do with clothes and perfumes: everything which is an extension of woman. Votes: 0

With the possible exception of having more pleasing lines to the eye while in flight, the monoplane possesses no material advantage over the biplane. Votes: 0

Humanitarianism needs no apology. Unless we ... feel it toward all men without exception, we shall have lost the chief redeeming force in human history. Votes: 0

Jesus stands absolutely alone in history; in teaching, in example, in character, an exception, a marvel, and He is Himself the evidence of Christianity. Votes: 0

Above all, there is no exception to this rule: that the idea of political superiority always resolves itself into the idea of psychological superiority. Votes: 0

As with most things in life, Lady Maccon preferred the civilized exterior to the dark underbelly (with the exception of pork products, of course.) Votes: 0

Real change will come when powerful women are less of an exception. It is easy to dislike senior women because there are so few. Votes: 0

A lump rises in our throat at the sight of beauty from an implicit knowledge that the happiness it hints at is the exception. Votes: 0

EXCEPTION, n. A thing which takes the liberty to differ from other things of its class, as an honest man, a truthful woman, etc. Votes: 0

All men have happiness as their object: there is no exception. However different the means they employ, they all aim at the same end. Votes: 0

I actually think every war movie is an antiwar movie in its own way - with the exception of some of the propaganda movies. Votes: 0

As a rule, I don't like to laugh at the misfortune of others. The exception to that rule is if it's really, really funny. Votes: 0

Time moves on. You can't go back in time. Everything has a consequence, and the last episode of the last season is no exception. Votes: 0

You", he said, "are the single exception that rule". The oldest, deepest, most beautiful flaw in his Silence."Without you, I would be a monster. Votes: 0

Women's studies is a comfy, chummy morass of unchallenged groupthink . It is, with rare exception, totally unscholarly. Academic feminists have silenced men and dissenting women. Votes: 0

To be a saint is the exception; to be a just person is the rule. Err, stumble, commit sin, but be one of the just. Votes: 0

I am, I think the only surviving member of the original Battle Creek church. The church was disbanded, with the exception of thirteen members, in 1870. Votes: 0

We all romp about, grieving, wondering, but with rare exception we mostly remain suspended in the Rhetorical Colloidal Forever that agglutinates between Might and Do. Votes: 0

Coping with rejection is an important skill to learn and understand when navigating the Art World. Rejection and disinterest is the rule, not the exception. Votes: 0

I am certainly not a blogger. Quite a large proportion of them are nuts and extremists - with the honourable exception of the culture secretary. Votes: 0

Romantic art deals with the exception and with the individual. Good people, belonging as they do to the normal, and so, commonplace type, are artistically uninteresting. Votes: 0

Among adults there are few saved because of sins of the flesh. With the exception of those who die in childhood, most men will be damned. Votes: 0

I'm fully aware that things that resonate and become real hits are the exception to the rule, so much so that I've wired myself for failure. Votes: 0

I am a historian. With the exception of being a wife and mother, it is who I am. And there is nothing I take more seriously. Votes: 0

In science, modesty and genius do not coexist well together. (In Washington, modesty and cleverness don't.) Einstein is perhaps the most famous exception to the rule. Votes: 0

If I had the power, I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period, with the possible exception of The Creation. Votes: 0

Sometimes I read reviews, and without exception I will read critical essays that are sent to me. The critical essays are interesting on their own terms. Votes: 0

To say that everything without exception is going straight to hell is not an alternative vision but only an inversion of the mainstream's 'everything's fine.' Votes: 0

Alcohol had a lot to do with it, too, and mental instability. All writers are narcissistic, manic-depressive drug addicts and alcoholics, and I am no exception. Votes: 0

Nothing in our society-with the exception of violence and fear-has been more effective in keeping women in their place than the degradation of the menstrual cycle. Votes: 0

Stars are almost always people that want to make up for their own weaknesses by being loved by the public and I'm no exception to that. Votes: 0

Life is not, nor ever has been, a straight line forward ... Life is characterized much more by exception and disorder than by total or perfect order. Votes: 0

In class society everyone lives as a member of a particular class, and every kind of thinking, without exception, is stamped with the brand of class. Votes: 0

With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives proper. Votes: 0

The Buddha shared his teachings so that everyone, without exception, could reach the same supreme state of liberation that he had attained through practice and effort. Votes: 0

I could scarf down a scarf faster than I could eat any other throat warmer, with the possible exception of your clenched hands around my neck. Votes: 0

My final, considered judgment is that the hardy bulb [garlic] blesses and ennobles everything it touches - with the possible exception of ice cream and pie. Votes: 0

People really do change. Don't let anyone tell you differently. That the future does not conform to the past is not the exception, but the rule. Votes: 0

Marnie loved her better and more honestly than anyone else in the world, with the possible exception of her mother, who loved her intensely if not honestly. Votes: 0

The library is our house of intellect, our transcendental university, with one exception: no one graduates from a library. No one possibly can, and no one should. Votes: 0

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters.Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. Votes: 0

Most scientists are without exception adorably quirky, and one of the ways of making it more accessible was to try to get readers interested in the person. Votes: 0

Just about everything in this world is easier said than done, with the exception of "systematically assisting Sisyphus's stealthy, cyst-susceptible sister," which is easier done than said. Votes: 0

With the exception of gravitation and radioactivity, all of the phenomena known to physicists and chemists in 1911 have their ultimate explanation in the laws of quantum electrodynamics. Votes: 0

How Ironic, when you do business you create exceptions to create new opportunities, when you write code (do a job) you handle exception to make it clean. Votes: 0

Of all the wonders of nature, a tree in summer is perhaps the most remarkable; with the possible exception of a moose singing 'Embraceable You' in spats. Votes: 0

The so-called paradoxes of an author, to which a reader takes exception, often exist not in the author's book at all, but rather in the reader's head. Votes: 0

I won't read a book that starts with a description of the weather. I don't read books over 300 pages, though I'll make an exception for Don Delillo. Votes: 0

I've made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I've mostly been successful. Votes: 0

People who fail to accumulate money, without exception, have the habit of reaching decisions, if at all, very slowly, and of changing these decisions quickly and often. Votes: 0

All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part. Votes: 0

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 on Water. Votes: 0

To change one's life: a. Start immediately b. B. Do it flamboyantly c. No exceptions Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted. Votes: 0

When I talk with people, I don't even see what they are wearing . . . No, I recognize it if it's something particularly nice and interesting. I see the exception. Votes: 0

If you ask anyone in animation, how long they've been into animation, they'll pretty much always tell you that it's since they can remember, and I'm no exception. Votes: 0

North Korea is not an exception. Even there, where you think it would be completely sober, they have the myth of their revolution being connected to the volcano. Votes: 0

With the single exception of Park Lane, every north-south route in London slows traffic to the pace of a wounded gnat with pleurisy struggling with a squaddie's backpack. Votes: 0

The truth is that the United States doesn't need, and shouldn't have, a debt ceiling. Every other democratic country, with the exception of Denmark, does fine without one. Votes: 0

One should fight like the devil the temptation to think well of editors. They are all, without exception - at least some of the time, incompetent or crazy. Votes: 0

...That genius is a rare exception (:) It's not true. Talent and genius have been wasted on enormous scale throughout our history; this is all I know for sure. Votes: 0

There is something that falls short of perfection in every book, without exception, something influenced by the age, even something ridiculous; just like everyone, without exception, has weaknesses. Votes: 0

Without exception, every person who has a great life used love to achieve it. The power to have all the positive and good things in life is love. Votes: 0

Everything without exception which is of value in me comes from somewhere other than myself, not as a gift but as a loan which must be ceaselessly renewed. Votes: 0

Cable boxes are, almost without exception, awful. They're under-powered computers running very badly designed software. Their channel guides are slow, poorly laid out, and usually riddled with ads. Votes: 0

If you preach the gospel in all aspects with the exception of the issues which deal specifically with your time, you are not preaching the gospel at all. Votes: 0

Many people take exception to me and say that I'm doing black magic and things they can't do at church. But I'm doing magic that started their church. Votes: 0

The process of specialization tends, almost inevitably, to narrow the sources from which the rules of any science are drawn; and English law is no exception from this rule. Votes: 0

I just always want to be different - THE EXCEPTION - and this weekend knocked me right back to reality.And the reality is - I AM TRULY BLESSED Votes: 0

I've met a lot of men who were motivated to commit violence just like me. And without exception, without question, every one of them was deeply involved in pornography. Votes: 0

You'll always have to deal with bastards, being lied to, deceived, slandered and ridiculed, but that's to be expected and you must thank heaven when you meet the exception. Votes: 0

Day in and day out, your tax accountant can make or lose you more money than any single person in your life, with the possible exception of your kids Votes: 0

There is no group or type of people anywhere in the world that is excluded from salvation, because God desires that the gospel be proclaimed to all without exception. Votes: 0

Because I don`t think it`s true. I don`t think corruption is endemic to the process in Annapolis at all. It`s the exception, not the rule. Votes: 0

I like extremely effeminate dogs like terriers or schnauzers. I make an exception for giant schnauzers and big poodles. Basically, I like dogs which can be dyed day-glo colours. Votes: 0

I look at other artists who have had fabulous first albums, and you don't know what they're doing today. Who's to say I'll be an exception to that rule? Votes: 0

Naisip kong hindi maaaring magkaroon ng perpektong buhay ang isang tao. Hindi natin makukuha ang lahat ng gusto natin. Hindi umaayon ang lahat sa kagustuhan natin. Walang exception doon. Votes: 0

Normally it is not polite to go into somebody’s room without knocking, but you can make an exception if the person is dead, or pretending to be dead. Votes: 0

That was an exception within the [Barack] Obama administration's economic policy, a crisis that he inherited from the previous administration, and felt it was essential to carry through on. Votes: 0

Despite what The Wall Street Journal says, our awards are the best-kept secret in America, with the possible exception of what George W. Bush did in the '70s. Votes: 0

In the human mind, one-sidedness has always been the rule, and many-sidedness the exception. Hence, even in revolutions of opinion, one part of the truth usually sets while another rises. Votes: 0

With the exception only of the period of the gold standard, practically all governments of history have used their exclusive power to issue money to defraud and plunder the people. Votes: 0

There are very few men of genius in advertising agencies. But we need all we can find. Almost without exception they are disagreeable. Don't destroy them. They lay golden eggs. Votes: 0

The Court made an exception, however, in the case of candidates contributing to their own campaigns because of the rather reasonable presumption that a candidate is incapable of corrupting himself. Votes: 0

Unlike the Reagan and Bush Administrations, with but one exception, the Clinton administration failed to reach out to Republicans in creating a new team, and eventually paid a political price. Votes: 0

State companies winning deals because of government-to- government interaction has become a rule rather than an exception. This will increase competition for multinational companies in acquiring oil and gas assets. Votes: 0

The reader need not be told that John Bull never leaves home without encumbering himself with the greatest possible load of luggage. Our companions were no exception to the rule. Votes: 0

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 selves, their version of him. Votes: 0

One market paradigm that I take exception to is: Buy low and sell high. I believe far more money is made by buying high and selling at even higher prices. Votes: 0

Due to the political nature of film, partisan film making, especially where the subject is close to the film makers hart, tend to be the norm, rather than the exception. Votes: 0

Game over," you say, and I don't know which I take more exception to-- the fact that you say its over, or the fact that you say it's a game. Votes: 0

What he [Bernie Sanders] does next will really determine whether he is blazing a trail that others can follow into office, or whether he is an exception to the rule. Votes: 0

Growing up, it was mainly just players I followed more than teams, with the exception of the Mariners. I never really had time to follow a team throughout a season. Votes: 0

I was wrong about [Jack] Keane. He is the exception that proves the rule. I was certainly right about the fact that he is a member of the warrior class. Votes: 0

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 soon regain all the rest Votes: 0

Their every instinct - and I have to say this is without exception - is to iron out the bumps, and It's always the bumps that are the most interesting stuff. Votes: 0

Only our minds are able to discover the generalized principles operating without exception in each and every special-experience case which if detected and mastered will give knowledgeable advantage in all instances. Votes: 0

The place of my novels is Israel, almost without exception. All of them take place in Israel - in Jerusalem, in the desert, in the kibbutz, in small towns, in villages. Votes: 0

Remember: there is no place, no community, no external circumstance that is not serviceable for the battle you have chosen. The exception is only such work as directly serves your vices. Votes: 0

We need nearly every department, with the exception of police, fire and rescue, to look at what they can cut. Maybe there are some projects we need to put on hold. Votes: 0

First, we believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America's schools, period ... with the rare exception of law enforcement officers or trained se curity personnel. Votes: 0

But I find that for myself, without exception, the more I deal with the work as something that is my own, as something that is personal, the more successful it is. Votes: 0

The case of the Seminoles constitutes at present the only exception to the successful efforts of the Government to remove the Indians to the homes assigned them west of the Mississippi. Votes: 0

With the exception of weapons of mass destruction, there is no other type of attack that is more effective than suicide terrorism. The perception is that it's impossible to guard against. Votes: 0

I really can't live without my In-N-Out burgers. Honestly, I can't. Even when I'm doing the whole no-carb thing occasionally, I make an exception for these. They're too delicious to count. Votes: 0

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished. Votes: 0

Loyalty cannot be too liberally insisted upon. Altruism in nature remains an exception. It poses a puzzle, being in prima facie conflict with the survival of the fittest and most selfish. Votes: 0

As humans, we get filled with jealousy, at times, and rage, and I am no exception. I can get incredibly angry, to the point that I get ashamed of my actions. Votes: 0

Man will rise, if God by exception lends him a hand; he will rise by abandoning and renouncing his own means, and letting himselfbe raised and uplifted by purely celestial means. Votes: 0

Tragedies are always discussed as if they took place in a void, but actually each tragedy is conditioned by its setting, local and global. The events of 11 September 2001 are not exception. Votes: 0

It's fine to criticize somebody else's crimes and misdeeds, but you don't talk about your own. The only exception is a country that is defeated. And even that is rather nuanced. Votes: 0

One of the things that upset me was some of the criticism leveled at Simon and Garfunkel. I always took exception to it, but actually I agree with a lot of it. Votes: 0

Even the Founding Fathers of the U.S., nowadays considered the model of a democracy, were strictly opposed to it. Without a single exception, they thought of democracy as nothing but mob-rule. Votes: 0

Though I probably shouldn't admit this, the activities and pursuits in which I've achieved any measure of success are, without exception, activities and pursuits that came easily to me from the beginning. Votes: 0

Most Sundays, with the exception of football Sundays, I work, because I don't take days off as long as I'm working on something that's supposed to be all in the same mood. Votes: 0

Every one of my books is written from the viewpoint of cops, with the exception of my book Killer on the Road, which is written from the viewpoint of a serial killer. Votes: 0

Women are outperforming men in almost every sphere of life in our society and the women of East Indian ancestry are no exception to this rule. They have broken the cultural mould. Votes: 0

The denial of contemporary genius is the rule rather than the exception. No one counts the eagles in the nest, till there is a rush of wings; and lo! they are flown. Votes: 0

A lot of heavyweights, with the exception of a few Eastern Europe fighters, they really look like being a heavyweight is just like, who can eat the most Pizza Hut and McDonalds. Votes: 0

The thing about information is that information is more valuable when people know it. There's an exception for business information and super timely information, but in all other cases, ideas that spread win. Votes: 0

It is true practically if not altogether without exception that the changes studied by any science tend to equilibrate or neutralize the forces which bring them about, and finally to come to rest. Votes: 0

The President has not created any Ford constituency, unique from that of any Republican President. The one exception to this is that he does show unique strength with young voters for a Republican. Votes: 0

Every single pleasure I can imagine or have experienced is more delightful, more of a pleasure, if you take it in small sips, if you take your time. Reading is not an exception. Votes: 0

I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone. Votes: 0

If you think of the history, in the days of Brahms and Beethoven and all these guys, almost every concert was a new music concert. To play something old was really an exception. Votes: 0

I believe without exception that theory follows practice. Whenever there is a conflict between theory and practice, theory is wrong. As far as I'm concerned, we make theories for what people have done. Votes: 0

We normally consider stability to be the constant in life and accidents to be the exception, but it's exactly the opposite. In reality, the accident is the rule and stability is the exception. Votes: 0

But Truth is that besides which there is nothing: nothing to modify it, nothing to question it, nothing to form an exception: the all-inclusive, the complete - By Truth, I mean the Universal. Votes: 0

Don't make promises unless you will keep them. Not plan to keep them. Will keep them. Reliability is one of the keys to any good relationship, and good customer service is no exception. Votes: 0

Almost without exception, the talented women I have known have believed they had less ability than they actually had. And almost without exception, the talented men I have known believed they had more. Votes: 0

Everyone declares that love is irrational, and yet everytime this statement is proven correct, they profess amazement. They seem to assume that love will make an exception in their case. It never does. Votes: 0

Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That's the exception to the rule. Votes: 0

Music is the only thing in this world, with the exception of sneezing and looking at the sunset, that takes you to a place that's above the mundane. Everything else is just bullshit. Votes: 0

Oh see, first off you gotta realize - everything for me is a reconstruction or deconstruction. I would actually say deconstruction. Mission: Impossible would be the exception. That would be a reconstruction- deconstruction. Votes: 0

Local television shows do not, in general, supply make-up artists. The exception to this is Los Angeles, an unusually generous city in this regard, since they also provide this service for radio appearances. Votes: 0

The one thing the media abhors almost without exception is anyone who takes a firm stand on any issue out of religious principle, unless their stand happens to coincide with their expressed views. Votes: 0

You want to live, right? (Syn) Absolutely. (Kiara) Then we're where you are, bathroom breaks being the only exception "“ unless you're in public, and then we get to risk additional arrest records. (Syn) Votes: 0

This a sacred rule we find Among the nicest of mankind, (Which never might exception brook From Hobbes even down to Bolingbroke,) To doubt of facts, however true, Unless they know the causes too. Votes: 0

The fact is that all the important political philosophers and scientists from the great Aristotle on, with the exception of those of the French Enlightenment and Mill, have sided with the powers that be. Votes: 0

Many Indians and Israelis seem set to elect, with untroubled consciences, those who speak the language of torturers and terrorists. More disturbingly, these corrupted democracies may increasingly prove the norm rather than the exception. Votes: 0

There is no doubt that, with the exception of a very small number of people close to a vicious regime, the people of Iraq have been liberated and they understand that they've been liberated. Votes: 0

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served. Votes: 0

There is something powerfully beguiling about the excited eyes of a young woman. They can pull all manner of nonsense out of a foolish young man, and I was no exception to this rule. Votes: 0

There's a basic law, Klein's second, or third, or fourth law of politics in the TV age, which is warm always beats cold, with the exception of Richard Nixon. The nicer guy usually wins. Votes: 0

The best way to make money is not to have money as your primary goal. I've seen great people come into the business world primarily motivated to make money. Almost without exception they failed. Votes: 0

Dream Act' kids are like all other American kids, with the exception that they have to work harder to excel in school, they live in fear of deportation, and they worry about their future. Votes: 0

I have always been a very passionate person. Some people are born with this fire burning inside to "do," or create, with an insatiable hunger for knowledge and experience, and I am no exception. Votes: 0

Alright, all right," I said. "What if I tell you a story, instead?" Highlanders loved stories, and Jamie was no exception. "Oh, aye, " he said, sounding much happier. "What sort of story is it? Votes: 0

I'm against the partial-birth abortion, but you've got to have an exception for the life of the mother and the health of the mother under the strictest test of bodily injury to the mother. Votes: 0

Not just in China, but everywhere in the world without exception, one either leans to the side of imperialism or the side of socialism. Neutrality is mere camouflage; a third road does not exist. Votes: 0

You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you? Votes: 0

If you're wearing a jacket, as I always am, the sweater vest always needs to be buttoned, with the exception of the bottom button. But if you're going sans jacket, you can leave it open. Votes: 0

In my age group I don't know a single woman who is as successful as I am. I am the total exception. You can be very proud of it. But you are also very isolated. Votes: 0

It's a lot more comfortable, I must say. Ummm, I didn't think I'd be playing with another band, I kinda thought I was through with that, but I make an exception because they're nice people. Votes: 0

Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the underbelly of a household is never pretty, ours no exception. Votes: 0

Being no bigot myself, I am disposed to indulge the professors of Christianity in the church that road to heaven which to them shall seem the most direct, plainest, easiest and least liable to exception. Votes: 0

Until I was five, my immediate family lived near my grandfather's farm where my mother had grown up and, with the exception of a few modern conveniences, had not changed a lot over the years. Votes: 0

Although my mother didn't necessarily approve of teenage girls wearing heels, she made an exception for me when I was 14 because she didn't want me to be self-conscious about my height - or to slouch. Votes: 0

Hitting a golf ball correctly is the most sophisticated and complicated maneuver in all of sports, with the possible exception of eating a hot dog at a ball game without getting mustard on your shirt. Votes: 0

I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns. Votes: 0

I continually find it necessary to guard against that natural love of wealth and grandeur which prompts us always, when we come to apply our general doctrine to our own case, to claim an exception. Votes: 0

I honestly don't think Peter is that interesting without Harriet - the only exception being 'The Nine Tailors', which is such a good book it doesn't really matter whether he's got a consort or not. Votes: 0

It is not enough that you can form nay, and follow, the most excellent rules for conducting yourself in the world. You must also know when to deviate from them, and where lies the exception. Votes: 0