#except

There seems to be one quality of mind which seems to be of special and extreme advantage in leading him to make discoveries. It was the power of never letting exceptions go unnoticed. ↗

— Francis Darwin

#discoveries #exceptions #extreme #go #him

The naturalists of our own time hold equal faith in the wonders of the sea, but seek therein rather for the links of nature's chain than for apparent exceptions. ↗

— Edward Forbes

#chain #equal #exceptions #faith #hold

Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert - and then make it brief. ↗

— Gene Fowler

#anything #brief #desert #drink #except

I don't know Dr. Rosenberg. I have never met her, I have never spoken or corresponded with this woman. And to my knowledge, she is ignorant of my work and background except in the very broadest of terms. ↗

— Steven Hatfill

#broadest #corresponded #dr #except #her

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#could #except #find #i #much

I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies; except indeed all the Whigs, all the Tories, and all the Christians. ↗

— David Hume

#except #i #indeed #sorts #subjects

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

— Thomas Keneally

#everyone #except #knew #me #michael

In the fashion world if you're successful, everyone loves you, and you have available every service. It's hard to walk away, except it wasn't hard for me. I had my mind completely made up. ↗

— Helmut Lang

#away #completely #every #everyone #except

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. ↗

— Liza Minnelli

#child #childhood #daughter #except #garland

All of the philosophers I studied were white (with a few Eastern exceptions), and, for that matter, they were all male. Africa, the cradle of civilization, seemed to have no footing in the highest form of human thought. ↗

— Walter Mosley

#civilization #cradle #eastern #exceptions #few