#except

All styles are good except the tiresome kind. ↗

— Voltaire

#good #kind #styles #tiresome

You have to live what you write, or you have to know it. There are exceptions, like story songs, where you just have to have your facts straight. But I think you don't have to live a hard life to be a good or interesting songwriter. ↗

— Justin Townes Earle

#facts #good #hard #hard life #i

Sometimes I don't even pull my shoes off for six weeks at a time, except, you know, just to take a shower. I just take breaks between 24 hours a day, just a break now and then, it don't take me long to rest; maybe 20 to30 minutes sometime, or maybe an hour. ↗

— Howard Finster

#between #break #breaks #day #even

Treat everyone with respect and kindness. Period. No exceptions. ↗

— Kiana Tom

#exceptions #kindness #period #respect #treat

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something. ↗

— Henry Ford

#accomplished #except #happiness #joy #realization

It's weird, I never wish anything bad upon anybody, except two or three old girlfriends. ↗

— Carrot Top

#anybody #anything #bad #except #girlfriends

I honor religion except when it gets into shedding blood. ↗

— Rip Torn

#except #gets #honor #i #into

What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things? ↗

— George Villiers

#devil #does #except #fine #plot

I like to call the ethos I grew up with 'Oklahoma values.' But you'd be just as accurate if you said 'American values.' Except for our lack of a seacoast, Oklahoma has a little bit of just about everything that's American. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#accurate #american #american values #bit #call

You never find an Englishman among the under-dogs except in England, of course. ↗

— Evelyn Waugh

#course #england #englishman #except #find