#except

Nothing is absolute, with the debatable exceptions of this statement and death. ↗

— John Ralston Saul

#death #debatable #exceptions #nothing #statement

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#exception #first #least #neighbors #silently

Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus. ↗

— Jessica Savitch

#assignment #attitude #biased #conflict #danger

I never played the right roles, or very rarely got the right roles offered, except on stage. ↗

— Maximilian Schell

#got #i #never #offered #played

Except here it's more power, more energy, younger and also in Europe it's still not only entertainment. Theater or films are looked at as a moral institution. That's why maybe they're so poetic. Here it's clear entertainment. ↗

— Maximilian Schell

#clear #energy #entertainment #europe #except

When people have asked if I'd like to go in the Shuttle, I said you don't get to fly it, except for landing, which I'd love to do. I wouldn't go unless I could command it. ↗

— Wally Schirra

#command #could #except #fly #get

Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#fame #honor #lost #man #means

I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion. ↗

— Franz Schubert

#devotion #devout #except #feel #force

Every music - except dance music, which is for dancing, I suppose - is for the spirit of the human being, and not for the body. ↗

— Klaus Schulze

#body #dance #dance music #dancing #every

I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it. ↗

— Charles Schumer

#bench #bring #except #feel #follow