Famous Quotes & Sayings

She was one of those people who never made waves except in a positive way. She was quiet. But when she saw something that needed to be done, she went about doing it.

We're just going to keep looking forward. We have a tough stretch in front of us. We're playing all the top teams, except for Toll Gate (Feb. 10), over the next two weeks.

Beeban Kidron

There is nothing wrong with Facebook in itself, except that it is not a very good tool to express the quality of your relationships.

Steven Tyler

Nothing is ever a barometer. Nothing is ever for sure except that this band has been around forever.

I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Nicolas Roeg

Don't you think it's something strange that you rarely look at yourself in the mirror, except to do things like stand and ponder? I mean, in Shakespeare's day, it was thought that the mirror would reveal something, that it is trying to tell you something - not just to tidy your hair, but something more.

G. Gordon Liddy

I was afraid of just about everything in this world, with the possible exception of my mother and I wasn't too sure about her.

Charles Sumner

No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind

Meriwether Lewis

We procured from an Indian a weasel perfectly white except the extremity of the tail which was black: great numbers of wild geese are passing to the south, but their flight is too high for us to procure any of them.

Moshe Safdie

Except for the projects in Israel, my being Israeli has contributed negatively to my global activity. It is hard for me, for example, to get projects in the Persian Gulf emirates.

Lynn Coady

When writing sex scenes, there is often no pleasing anyone, except perhaps the writer herself.

There is nothing wrong in using people. The success never uses people except to their advantage.

Marlee Matlin

We aren't handicapped in any way except by what other people think. Focus on people's abilities. I can't be on 'American Idol,' but there's all kinds of stuff I can do.

We gave them everything they got with the exception of the home run. But (P-HCC) is a good team. That's why they're in the top 10 in the state.

Rudy Giuliani

I've probably saved more black lives as mayor of New York City than any mayor in New York City with the possible exception of Mike Bloomberg, who was there for 12 years.

James L. Brooks

I was only in college, unfortunately, for, um, a year. I think my major was public relations, and I had no idea what it meant except it seemed maybe attainable.

Henry Ward Beecher

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.

C. L. R. James

Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a situation in which he was seeking desperately for a way out, and he could see no way out except capitulation.

Kevin Kelly

Those were personal records for everyone except Aldrich. We thought we?d be able to run under 18 minutes, so it was a pretty good effort.

Chris Squire

I have never played anything live - except for a few special occasions - from 'Fish Out of Water.'

Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?

J. C. Watts

We played and did everything right except score the last two points. We made a lot of good plays but shot ourselves in the foot in the end.

Chris Petersen

We play a lot of people. That way not everyone has to know everything we're doing, except for the quarterback. He has to know everything. Some teams have a tendency to play three, four receivers. We'll play seven or eight. Some teams play one or two running backs. We'll play five.

Tom Wopat

There's a guy at the record company who's 30, and he says, I would not listen to these songs except in this context. Somehow the recording process, the arrangements, make it more accessible.

Except from 2002 to 2010, we never went three years without buying a bank.

Azzedine Alaia

You know Sarkozy offered me the Legion d'honneur medal? I refused. People said I refused because I don't like Sarkozy, but that's ridiculous. I refused because I don't like decorations - except on women.

Azzedine Alaia

I put myself on the same level as everyone else around me - from the directrice to the workman, everyone. Except my pets - they are the Kings; you must treat them like royalty.

Stephen Gaghan

I remember, when I was writing 'Traffic,' talking to top federal drug-enforcement officials and having them say they read it and found it very good and believable, except the scene where the girl describes her resume.

Korea taught me nothing, for no one spoke of it when I was growing up, except as something about how wonderful the girls in Japan were. Vietnam taught some of us more than we perhaps ever wished to know.

What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things?

Maddie Ziegler

With 'Dance Moms' in L.A., we film on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. When we film in Pittsburgh, we film the same days, but we still dance in our studio when we're not filming, so I'm dancing every day except Sunday.

Evan Williams

I like to think of the world as a sort of a casino, except the house doesn't have the advantage. If you're smart, you have an advantage. It behooves you to place a lot of bets.

Ellsworth Huntington

After washing there was no place to pour the water except out of the window onto the heads of the people in the streets, which is the proper place to throw everything that is not wanted.