Exception Quotes - Page 2

Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception.

Every short statement about economics is misleading (with the possible exception of my present one).

When the exceptional historian comes along, you have a poet.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

One of the fundamental demonstrations of our natural instinct to Bond with each other is a will to give. Rather than domination, our most basic urge is to reach out to another human being, even at a cost to ourselves. Giving to others-the urge to empathize, to be compassionate, and to help others altruistically-is not the exception to the rule, but our natural state of being. Our impulse to connect with each other has developed an automatic desire to do for others, even at personal cost. Altruism comes naturally to us. It is selfishness that is culturally conditioned and a sign of pathology.

There are no exceptions to the rule that everybody likes to be an exception to the rule.

God is concerned about everything that concerns us - without exception.

The other exception to the rule regards dealings with masochists. A masochist derives pleasure from being hurt; so denying the masochist his pleasure through-pain hurts him just as much as actual physical pain hurts the non masochist. The story of the truly cruel sadist illustrates this point: The masochist says to the sadist, "beat me." To which the merciless sadist replies, "NO!" If a person wants to be hurt and enjoys suffering, then there is no reason not to indulge him in his wont.

No matter how exceptional your product, you won't benefit financially if you can't sell it.

Sovereign is he who decides on the exception.

India always changes people, and I have been no exception

Believe firmly that in chess there are no rules without exceptions.

I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws.

Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies.

Those as don't eat, without exception, fail to survive.

Writers are always critical of themselves and I'm no exception. I always feel that maybe I could have done better.

Almost without exception, blue refers to the domain of abstraction and immateriality.

The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.

You can only govern men by serving them.

The exception tests the rule.

Unexpected results are the rule rather than the exception.

Remember that history always repeats itself. Every great bubble in history has broken. There are no exceptions.

Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions.

Everyone, without exception, is searching for happiness.

There is no way of making a business successful that can vie with the policy of promoting those who render exceptional service.