Exceptions Quotes

I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast. Colin Firth
Humor Thought East East Coast Exceptions Failing Always Italian Very Irish American Irony Lack Biggest Coast Naturally Serious Jewish
The one recurring theme in my writing, and in my life in general, is confusion. The fact that anytime you think you really know something, you're going to find out you're wrong - that is the rule. The moments where you think you have something figured out, those are the exceptions. Conor Oberst
Life You Writing Confusion My Life Think Rule Those Out Find Something General Fact Exceptions Recurring Wrong Know Going Where Anytime Theme Really Figured Moments
The fact that anytime you think you really know something, you're going to find out you're wrong - that is the rule. The moments where you think you have something figured out, those are the exceptions. Conor Oberst
You Think Rule Those Out Find Something Fact Exceptions Wrong Know Going Where Anytime Really Figured Moments
With certain rapturous exceptions, literature is the moral life. Cynthia Ozick
Life Moral Exceptions Literature Certain
In general, people are comfortable sharing their music. There are two exceptions, though - Lady Gaga and Britney Spears. Daniel Ek
Music People Britney Britney Spears Though General Exceptions Sharing Comfortable Lady Lady Gaga Gaga Spears Two
With a few exceptions, birds are not to be trusted; it is not normal to have such soft, vulnerable bodies bookended with slashing beaks and razor-sharp claws. It is as unnatural as an armed marshmallow. Daniel Mallory Ortberg
Few Birds Unnatural Marshmallow Claws Exceptions Armed Vulnerable Normal Trusted Bodies Slashing Soft
The Israelis are very smart about politics and strategy, but there are a few exceptions. One is Lebanon, the other is Gaza, where they were completely inept. Daniel Pipes
Politics Smart Few Strategy Other Gaza About Exceptions Inept Israelis Lebanon Were Very Where
To not be modest about it, you'll find that with only a couple of exceptions, most of the musicians that I've worked with have done their best work by far with me. David Bowie
Work Best Me You Musicians Find Best Work About Only Exceptions Most Couple Done Modest Far Worked
With few exceptions, the publishing industry has come to a consensus: if a book has a young protagonist, and if its worldview is primarily interested in the questions that crop up when coming of age, then it's a young adult novel. Eliot Schrefer
Age Book Worldview Few Young Crop Exceptions Adult Primarily Come Protagonist Industry Coming Coming Of Age Questions Up Young Adult Interested Then Novel Publishing Consensus
Never open a book with weather. There are exceptions. If you happen to be Barry Lopez, who has more ways to describe ice and snow than an Eskimo, you can do all the weather reporting you want. Elmore Leonard
You Book Weather Ways More Exceptions Never Open Than Snow Reporting Want Happen Ice Who Barry Describe
A cardinal principle that we must not stray from - no exceptions - is that your genetic information is your business in terms of who sees it. Nobody should be gaining access to that information without your explicit permission, and nobody should be requiring you to take a genetic test unless you decide that that's what you want to do. Francis Collins
You Business Unless Must Sees Exceptions Take Nobody Genetic Terms Principle Without Access Permission Test Want Decide Information Gaining Explicit Should Requiring Your Who Stray Cardinal
If you look at European societies since the financial crisis began in 2008, with very, very few exceptions, the differences between rich and poor have increased, and sometimes hugely. Frans Timmermans
You Financial Sometimes Few Differences Rich Increased Financial Crisis Crisis Exceptions Between Since Look Began Very Hugely Poor European Societies
Our economics are not baseball's economics. Our game is not baseball's game. Our owners are not baseball's owners, with one or two exceptions. Our union is not baseball's union. What we do has to be crafted and suited to address hockey, to address the NHL, to address our 30 teams and our 700-plus players. Gary Bettman
Game Economics Suited Our Address One Or Two Exceptions Crafted Owners Hockey Union Teams Baseball Players Two
Given the divisiveness and pain that have accompanied several state religious freedom laws, I approach attempts at legislating religious exceptions to anti-discrimination laws with great sensitivity and care. Gary Johnson
Great Freedom Care Pain State Approach Several Religious Religious Freedom Laws Given Exceptions Attempts Accompanied Sensitivity
Only choices made in love are compassionate. There are no exceptions. Do you have the courage to act with an empowered heart without attachment to the outcome? If not, you have no ability to give or experience compassion. That is the shocking truth. Gary Zukav
Love Truth You Heart Courage Experience Compassion Made Outcome Ability Give Only Attachment Exceptions Empowered Without Shocking Choices Act Compassionate
But at the time when he wrote, Englishmen, with the rarest exceptions, wrote only in French or Latin; and when they began to write in English, a man of genius, to interpret and improve on him, was not found for a long time. George Saintsbury
Time Man Genius Long Long Time Latin Rarest Only Write Exceptions He French Wrote Him Began Improve English Englishmen Found Interpret
In the life of a director - these days in particular - when it really does take so long to do a movie, with a few exceptions, actors may never work with a director again, even if they're great friends. Holly Hunter
Life Work Great Director Long Few Great Friends Exceptions Take Never Days Particular Does Friends May Movie Again Really Even Actor
I once wrote a song called 'No Laughing in Heaven,' which was about not wanting to go to Heaven due to the company I'd be keeping, and with a few exceptions, the Hall of Fame is pretty much the same thing. Ian Gillan
Song Few Same Thing Once Laughing Pretty About Exceptions Wrote Hall Due Go Fame Same Heaven Wanting Which Much Company Keeping Thing
In experimental philosophy, we are to look upon propositions inferred by general induction from phenomena as accurately or very nearly true, notwithstanding any contrary hypotheses that may be imagined, till such time as other phenomena occur by which they may either be made more accurate or liable to exceptions. Isaac Newton
Time Made Liable Other Philosophy General More Exceptions Hypotheses True Look Occur Till Very Contrary Accurate Accurately Any May Experimental Either Which Notwithstanding Nearly Phenomena Imagined
I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first. Jack Prelutsky
First Few Illustration Poems Given Only Write Exceptions Odd Where Reasons
Though there are some debatable exceptions, sanctions rarely play a significant role in dislodging or constraining the behavior of despicable regimes. Jacob Weisberg
Behavior Despicable Though Significant Rarely Some Exceptions Debatable Role Regimes Sanctions Play
Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions. James Fenimore Cooper
Systems General Exceptions Particular Effects Appreciated
We're offered bigger, larger budget movies to produce a lot, and we don't do them. That's not to say there aren't exceptions: there are a few exceptions, but I try and stick by the rules that produce what I think is the highest quality, most innovative work and try and let the rules go that make us feel like we're retreading. Jason Blum
Work Quality Try Few Think Innovative Say Rules Exceptions Highest Feel Budget Like Most Make Stick Go Lot Offered Bigger Movies Them Produce Us Larger
Brand marketers don't believe that ad-tech companies view brands as true partners. Ad-tech companies think brand marketers are paying attention to the wrong things. And publishers, with a few important exceptions, feel taken advantage of by everyone. John Battelle
Important Few Believe Think Everyone Marketers Exceptions Taken Wrong True Advantage Attention Feel Wrong Things Partners Brand Brands View Paying Companies Publishers Things
Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death. John Ralston Saul
Death Nothing Statement Absolute Exceptions Debatable
TV broadcasting is owned, in the sense that governments around the world have asserted power over the airwaves that permeate their territories, deciding who can use what bandwidth and why - and those with licenses then, with exceptions determined by regulators, decide what to broadcast. Jonathan Zittrain
World Power Sense Broadcast Broadcasting Those Airwaves TV Determined Exceptions Over Around Territories Governments Bandwidth Owned Decide Deciding Then Use Who Asserted Why
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