#except

For the last 50 years, the federal government has taken out of the Gulf Coast $165 billion in taxes that came from oil and gas off of our coast that went to the federal Treasury, to rebuild all places in America except the place that it came from. ↗

— Mary Landrieu

#billion #came #coast #except #federal

My Cape women are generally true to type - big hearted, motherly women who love the sea. My other characters, with the exception of the Portuguese, who I occasionally mention as Cape dwellers, are obviously drawn from the city types one sees in everyday life. ↗

— Joseph C. Lincoln

#cape #characters #city #drawn #dwellers

In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring thoroughly home to himself the truth that the civilisation which surrounds him is a rare exception in the history of the world. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#citizen #civilisation #difficult #europe #evidence

The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary. ↗

— Henry Miller

#communication #except #few #good #great

Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except to be there when he doesn't want her. ↗

— Pope Paul VI

#failing #greatest #her #man #sin

There is no stronger craving in the world than that of the rich for titles, except that of the titled for riches. ↗

— Hesketh Pearson

#except #rich #riches #stronger #than

No battle is worth fighting except the last one. ↗

— Enoch Powell

#except #fighting #last #worth

There is a time for all things - except marriage, my dear. ↗

— Thomas Chatterton

#dear #except #marriage #things #time

We are having Internet Governance discussions and meetings and a very large number of people are discussing the future of the Internet who have no clue as to what the Internet is except that it is important and that they have to be involved. ↗

— Steve Crocker

#discussing #discussions #except #future #governance

I could have gone on to be an engineer full time, except that there was more demand for my playing. But the love of working the board never leaves you. ↗

— Steve Cropper

#could #demand #engineer #except #full