#except

If you think about my filmography, I have never done a movie that a kid could go see, except for 'Iron Giant,' and I'm not even on the screen. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#could #done #even #except #giant

You know the marathon in my country is just exceptional. It's like soccer in England. If England win the world cup and Ethiopia win the marathon - it's the same. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#cup #england #ethiopia #exceptional #just

So much American science fiction is parochial -- not as true now as it was years ago, but the assumption is one culture in the future, more or less like ours, and with the same ideals, the same notions of how to do things, just bigger and flashier technology. Well, you know darn well it doesn't work that way... ↗

— Poul Anderson

#future #science-fiction #science

I've won a championship on every level except the NBA. It's frustrating to have not gotten that in the first two years. ↗

— Steve Blake

#every #except #first #frustrating #gotten

Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet. ↗

— Bryan Adams

#better #both #clever #craft #distraction

One of the nice things about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our imaginations. ↗

— Steve Allen

#except #exist #good #imaginations #many

I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose. ↗

— Woody Allen

#am #comes #except #i #i am

Everything comes to those who wait... except a cat. ↗

— Mario Andretti

#comes #everything #except #those #wait

God has made Canada one of those nations which cannot be conquered and cannot be destroyed, except by itself. ↗