#except

The Soviet Union was an exception, but even there chess players were not rich. Only Fischer changed that. ↗

— Boris Spassky

#chess #even #exception #fischer #only

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

— Charles Sumner

#fame #founded #happiness #labors #mankind

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them. ↗

— Thomas Hardy

#bayonets #except #sit #them #you

I'll play first, third, left. I'll play anywhere - except Philadelphia. ↗

— Richie Allen

#except #first #i #left #philadelphia

I am, I think the only surviving member of the original Battle Creek church. The church was disbanded, with the exception of thirteen members, in 1870. ↗

— John Harvey Kellogg

#battle #church #creek #disbanded #exception

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion. ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#confusion #except #had #i #my own

A woman in love will do almost anything for a man, except give up the desire to improve him. ↗

— Nathaniel Branden

#anything #desire #except #give #him

As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#children #different #each #effect #even

I learned to draw everything except glamorous women. No matter how much I tried to make them look sexy, they always ended up looking silly... or like somebody's mother. ↗

— Norman Rockwell

#draw #ended #everything #except #glamorous

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet my family. ↗

— Francois Gautier

#except #family #france #going #i