Except Quotes

Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Except for me, no one in my family could draw.

I had a patient once who dreamed she kept her husband in the deep freeze except for mating. Lots of men feel that way.

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal.

And then it was working with Bob Hoskins, who I had never worked with before - except radio. It was like being given a wonderful meal - full of the things you love most.

They call it The New Avengers but it's really the old Avengers with new people except for me, looking rather fat and rather old.

Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a situation in which he was seeking desperately for a way out, and he could see no way out except capitulation.

There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.

Thomas was my true name but everyone knew me as Mick, except my mother, who knew me as definitely Michael.

Of thousands of others, nearer the centre of the explosion, there was no trace. They vanished. The theory in Hiroshima is that the atomic heat was so great that they burned instantly to ashes - except that there were no ashes.

I did mostly good things, except light things on fire.

They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?

American audiences are just the same as any other audiences. Except a bit more boring.

I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it.

When I'm up on stage, I don't think about anything except the song I'm singing. Anyway, the majority of my audience is female, and I can't think that many of them want to see me a French maid outfit somehow!

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

Every event that a man would master must be mounted on the run, and no man ever caught the reins of a thought except as it galloped past him.

I was born in Paris, and I haven't moved, except until now - I live in the suburbs and I hate it.

Everybody on our cast is very musically talented, except for me.

Every President I think I've ever known, except Truman, has thought they didn't quite get done what they wanted done. And toward the end of their Administrations, they were disappointed and wished they had done some things differently.

Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language.

It was no great tragedy being Judy Garland's daughter. I had tremendously interesting childhood years - except they had little to do with being a child.

Half of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might eat them.

The truth is, I'd never seen a Cary Grant film. Since then I have watched his stuff and it's astounding, but I don't see any similarity between us. Except for the fact that I'm told he used to wear ladies' underwear, which is something I also do.

No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

Our intent will not be to create gridlock. Oh, except maybe from time to time.

Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.

You never find an Englishman among the under-dogs except in England, of course.