#except

There is nothing the matter with Americans except their ideals. The real American is all right; it is the ideal American who is all wrong. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#except #ideal #ideals #matter #nothing

Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#been #billion #common #except #fact

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

— Francois Gautier

#except #family #france #going #i

I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity. ↗

— Richard Roxburgh

#except #i #preferred #really #roles

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#everything #except #forgives #genius #public

There is a master way with words which is not learned but is instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind man exceptional hearing, a silent man, when given a piece of paper... ↗

— Criss Jami

#building-up #compression #creativity #deaf #development

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself. ↗

— John Fowles

#anyone #except #important #important questions #life

As bad as we are at remembering names and phone numbers and word-for-word instructions from our colleagues, we have really exceptional visual and spatial memories. ↗

— Joshua Foer

#remembering #visual #art

I have a small house so I borrow everything except art, that's what I love. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#borrow #everything #except #house #i

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

— Joseph Barbera

#draw #except #family #me