#except

Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert - and then make it brief. ↗

— Gene Fowler

#anything #brief #desert #drink #except

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#could #except #find #i #much

We live, I suppose, in the unconfessed hope that the rules will at some point be broken, along with the normal course of things and custom and history, and that this will happen to us, that we will experience it, that we — that is, I alone — will be the ones to see it. We always aspire, I suppose, to being the chosen ones, and it is unlikely otherwise that we would be prepared to live out the entire course of an entire life, which, however short or long, gradually gets the better of us. ↗

— Javier Marías

#exceptionalism #optimism #experience

Think it is just a matter of... well look how long it took Shawn Colvin to reach the level that she has. Believe me, that girl has done everything except stand behind the cash register at Tower and take the money. ↗

— Christine Lavin

#believe #cash #cash register #done #everything

I spent seven months in Africa and came back saying there isn't anything you can say about black people that you couldn't say about, say, pink people except that they're black. ↗

— Larry Rivers

#africa #anything #back #black #came

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads? ↗

— Albert Camus

#between #except #harmony #leads #life

My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense. ↗

— Fred Allen

#any #children #except #father #hand

These days, it's really been uninteresting except when disasters occur. ↗

— James Van Allen

#days #disasters #except #occur #really

I've never been drawn to the feminist movement. I was brought up to believe that men had little to do with the home or children - except to bring in the money. ↗

— Beryl Bainbridge

#believe #bring #brought #children #drawn

I never wore glasses except when I had to read a teleprompter at an awards show or drive, so I didn't notice much. I could exist in my head. It was kind of my escape from the world and my protection. ↗

— Nicole Kidman

#could #drive #escape #except #exist