Exception Quotes

The evolutionists seem to know everything about the missing link except the fact that it is missing.

I appreciate subtlety. I have never enjoyed a kiss in front of the camera. There’s nothing to it except not getting your lipstick smeared.

All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on the Mayflower.

We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.

A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory.

Dancing is a very living art. It is essentially of the moment, although a very old art. A dancer’s art is lived while he is dancing. Nothing is left of his art except the pictures and the memories–when his dancing days are over.

All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.

I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception.

No. No. I don’t listen to anyone except my … inner child anyway. If someone had said to me, Amy, lose a stone which they wouldn’t – I don’t think I would have listened anyway.