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Exception Quotes - Page 3

Treasure your exceptions.

William Bateson, Beatrice Durham Bateson (1928). “William Bateson, F. R. S., Naturalist: His Essays & Addresses, Together with a Short Account of His Life”, p.324, CUP Archive

In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.

"'Everybody needs to get thicker skins'". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. July 10, 2008.

No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.

Robert Burton (1800). “The anatomy of melancholy: what it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostics, ... In three partitions. ... By Democritus junior. With a satyricall preface ... The ninth edition, corrected; to which is now first prefixed, an account of the author. ...”

The idea of American exceptionalism doesn't extend to Americans being exceptional.

"Aaron Sorkin Conjures a Meeting of Obama and Bartlet" by Maureen Dowd, www.nytimes.com. September 20, 2008.

I hate to generalize because there are always so many exceptions to any rule.

"Interview with Gish Jen: Tiger Writer". Interview With Jennifer Haupt, www.psychologytoday.com. December 1, 2013.

Let's face it - with a few exceptions, nobody likes anybody.

David Lubar (2005). “Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie”, Dutton Childrens Books

Science does not permit exceptions.

1855^6 Lessons of Experimental Pathology.

As a rule, I don't like to laugh at the misfortune of others. The exception to that rule is if it's really, really funny.

Scott Adams (2007). “Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More”, p.186, Penguin