#exception

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

There are always exceptions to every generalization. [A Christian Epilogue] ↗

— John B. Cobb Jr.

#generalizations #r-alan-woods #r-alan-woods

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

People who don't normally read make an exception for my books, possibly because they're short. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#books #exception #make #normally #people

To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail. ↗

— Giorgio Armani

#detail #exceptional #focused #mindset #must

Yes, but the great thing about all the people - and I don't think there is any exception - who I've worked with is they've all been very, very talented musicians. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#any #been #exception #great #great thing

I believe without exception that theory follows practice. Whenever there is a conflict between theory and practice, theory is wrong. As far as I'm concerned, we make theories for what people have done. ↗

— David Baker

#believe #between #concerned #conflict #done

In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference. ↗

— Augusto Roa Bastos

#always #beings #collectively #compensates #decadence

Science does not permit exceptions. ↗

— Claude Bernard

#exceptions #permit #science

My experience has shown me that the people who are exceptionally good in business aren't so because of what they know but because of their insatiable need to know more. ↗

— Michael Gerber

#business #exceptionally #experience #good #insatiable