#except

The decline of manners, the cynical pursuit without shame or restraint of personal advantage and of money characterizes our times, not without exceptions, of course, but more than we ought to be comfortable with. ↗

— J. Irwin Miller

#characterizes #comfortable #course #cynical #decline

I don't even know what an 'It' girl is. As far as I'm concerned, an 'It' girl is somebody who doesn't do anything except go to parties and get her photograph taken. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#as far as #concerned #even #except #far

The Sun in London ran a front page declaring my bum a national treasure. I really did laugh at that. Its not like it can actually do anything, except wiggle. ↗

— Kylie Minogue

#anything #bum #declaring #did #except

Everything is pathology, except for indifference. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

#except #indifference #pathology

I never thought I want to do anything, really, except not go to work properly and turn up at the same place every day and eat sandwiches in the same canteen, if I can possibly help it, as I don't think I'd be very good at it. ↗

— Dylan Moran

#day #eat #every #every day #except

If Moses had gone to Harvard Law School and spent three years working on the Hill, he would have written the Ten Commandments with three exceptions and a saving clause. ↗

— Charles Morgan

#commandments #exceptions #gone #had #harvard

Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball. ↗

— James Patrick Murray

#anywhere #ball #baseball #curve #except

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved. ↗

— Edward R. Murrow

#country #exceptions #few #loved #men

How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception. ↗

— Alfred de Musset

#exception #glorious #how #painful

Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie. ↗

— Knute Nelson

#cake #except #fairly #found #good