Except Quotes
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There is no sin except stupidity.
Oscar Wilde -
There' s nothing good in war. Except its ending.
Abraham Lincoln
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I am in an adolescence in reverse, as mysterious as the first, except that this time I feel it as a decay of the odds that I might live for a while, that I can sleep it off.
Harold Brodkey -
Fame means absolutely nothing except a good table at a restaurant.
Eileen Atkins -
It took me to about maybe 16, 17 or 18 or something to realise I was absolutely useless at everything else except for playing guitar and writing words.
Noel Gallagher Oasis -
We are all prisoners of our past. It is hard to think of things except in the way we have always thought of them. But that solves no problems and seldom changes anything.
Charles Handy -
There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
Napoleon Hill -
I'm an atheist, and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.
Katharine Hepburn
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Nothing is ever quiet, except for fools.
Alan Paton -
Being a Dad is the greatest, except for assembling things.
Conan O'Brien -
He's doing nothing different except not going to work. His life is still the same.
Carl Reiner -
I'm a normal teen-ager except for my size.
Dana Hill -
I write pretty fast, probably faster than most people. But I might think about something for six hours, then write it in 20 minutes. So did I write for six hours and 20 minutes, or just 20 minutes? I used to write absolutely every day, except for days when I had to travel or something.
Chuck Klosterman -
I stay away from the internet as much as I can. Except for pornography.
Vince Gilligan
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I wonder if there was anything I would have done differently. I hope I would have done everything differently, except I know everything would have turned out the same. That's the meaning of fate.
Lisa See -
It's possible to be completely enlightened... except with your family.
Chogyam Trungpa -
Truly nothing is to be expected except for the unexpected.
Alice James -
The human spirit fails, except when the Holy Spirit fills.
Corrie Ten Boom -
They’re not even lovers,’ said Dolby. ‘They told the news. They’re just very best friends who have found that the person they each want to be is a combination of the two of them.’ I was lagging several beats behind them. ‘“Compatible.” Why do you think they’re compatible?’ ‘Are you kidding? Aren’t you compatible with yourself?’ I gave a short laugh. ‘Depends on who you ask.’ ‘Well, you can’t imagine. The Joy of Congruence is completely beyond you.’ ‘I hope you won’t be offended if I take that as a compliment.’ As soon as I said it, the word lit up in my head. Except it was spelled complement.
Pat Cadigan -
Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There is obviously no rule about this, except that anything that you suspect of being a cliche undoubtedly is one and had better be removed.
Wolcott Gibbs
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All the major networks declared Barack Obama the winner at 11 last night, except for MSNBC, which declared Obama the winner six months ago.
Conan O'Brien -
My mechanics are so screwed up, there's nothing you can really tell me except stay back. Reggie was on me to stay aggressive, stay positive. This is a humbling game and like he said, if it was easy, he'd still be playing. That's good to hear from a Hall of Fame hitter.
Gary Sheffield -
The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service
Idries Shah -
Except for talk radio, liberals pretty much control the culture.
Bernard Goldberg