#except

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

— Roman Jakobson

#classified #except #explained #language #light

It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline. ↗

— Alfred Jodl

#army #atone #behind #character #discipline

Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better. ↗

— Iris Johansen

#better #could #critical #done #exception

My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski. ↗

— Shawn Johnson

#anything #coach #could #except #gym

Sometimes people just want you to fail. Except your really good friends. I've always known who my best friends were. ↗

— Kato Kaelin

#best #except #fail #friends #good

It occurred to me that every work of art is a synecdoche, there's no way around it. Every creative work that someone does can only represent an aspect of the whole of something. I can't think of an exception to that. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#art #aspect #creative #creative work #does

There are certain wicked people in the world that you can't deal with except by force. ↗

— John Keegan

#deal #except #force #people #wicked

My hope lies with people who never go to Washington except to see the monuments. ↗

— Joel Kotkin

#go #hope #lies #monuments #never

The album is a definite departure. I haven't written original material before, except for one song on my first album, but Elvis and I did six songs together on this one. ↗

— Diana Krall

#before #definite #departure #did #elvis

Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy. ↗

— Charles Krauthammer

#bad guy #bomb #captured #case #choice