Exception Quotes

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

The press is, almost without exception, corrupt.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

If you're going to generalize about women, you'll find yourself up to here in exceptions.

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.

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

Every declaration of love contains an unstated list of exceptions and demands.

There is no other industry that is more self-congratulatory and self-delusional than journalism. Well, maybe with the exception of Hollywood.

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.

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.

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

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

You're my exception.

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

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

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

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.

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

perserverence w/o exception

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.

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

People getting rich in a free society in general - with some scammy exceptions, which are rare - makes everyone else richer, too.

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.

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

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.

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.

All men seek happiness. There are no exceptions.... This is the motive of every act of every man, including those who go and hang themselves.

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

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