Famous Quotes & Sayings

Raymond Carver

When you're writing fiction or poetry... it really comes down to this: indifference to everything except what you're doing... A young writer could do worse than follow the advice given in those lines.

Rebecca Solnit

To say that everything without exception is going straight to hell is not an alternative vision but only an inversion of the mainstream's 'everything's fine.'

Mark Zuckerberg

Our role is to be a platform for making all of these apps more social, and it's kind of an extension of what we see happening on the web, with the exception of mobile, which I think will be even more important than the web in a few years - maybe even sooner.

Patrick Modiano

A novelist can never be his own reader, except when he is ridding his manuscript of syntax errors, repetitions, or the occasional superfluous paragraph.

Let's not let cartoonists get involved in a war of any kind, except for a war against stupidity.

Paul Auster

The human body is strange and flawed and unpredictable. The human body has many secrets, and it does not divulge them to anyone, except those who have learned to wait.

Malala Yousafzai

On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.

Maria Monk

We had now and then a recreation day, when we were relieved from our customary labor, and from all prayers except those for morning and evening.

We have more scientific know-how today than we did before. We know the vulnerability; we know the hot spots. But prevention is far more the exception than the norm.

With the exception of women's slalom, I think we have a medal shot in every event.

With the exception of Sydney, which is still very weak, there is no feeling that a substantial pull-back is in the offing for the housing industry over the next 12 months.

With the exception of one or two people, all (32) are new people to participate (in government). There is a new excitement and a new momentum for Washington Parish.

With the exception of one of our recent losses, we've been playing some solid volleyball. Hopefully, we'll keep this going.

With the exception of North, there wasn't any place where we didn't have to do a lot of scouting.

With the exception of a little plateau here or there, they have pretty much gone up steadily

We've done everything at this program except win a national championship. This would be a pretty good year to do it.

Randall Jarrell

In the United States, there one feels free... Except from the Americans - but every pearl has its oyster.

Pearl Cleage

That's why I love being a writer. My imagination can take me places I may never see except in my mind's eye.

Pete Rose

I know everything about Ty Cobb except the size of his hat.

We do the same thing that they do, except when we do it, we're bad, we're monsters, we're bullies. When they do it, they're good businessmen. I always found that fascinating.

Well, it's pretty normal. It's like it was, except the feeling's not there.

We played these tunes so many times there's little need to practice, except for the musician's own practice of their instruments.

Edgar Allan Poe

I was never really insane, except on occasions where my heart was touched.

Merrill Lynch was down about $20 at one point. I'm sitting here with my hard hat on, watching things fall...This is not a market where you can do anything except pick up a few stocks that you think are going to do all right long-term.

Chris Barnes

Will Ferrell is about as funny as leprosy, except without the possibility of seeing someone with missing limbs.

Morgan Tsvangirai

We have nothing to show for our independence, except overwhelming poverty.

Those intentions are widespread geographically, with the exception of Minnesota and North Dakota, where intentions are unchanged and up 240,000 acres, respectively.

You have tens of thousands of screeners, with haphazard training and professionalism that varies widely, ... All of this raises the questions of, are we really safer now? And are we getting anything out of this agency, except hassles?

Amy Locane

When I was about 3 months pregnant, I was running, looked down, and there was blood everywhere. I totally freaked out, but the doctor said everything was okay, except that I had to stop running.

When it's just us, I can be myself and know you'll love and understand me no matter what. You don't want anything from me except my happiness.

We played hard and I don't think any guy has a reason to hold his head low except for me, because I want to kill myself.

Roman Sebrle

I think I always prefer the long jump, high jump, and javelin. I don't like the 400 metres and the pole vault except when I'm really in shape.

Larry Brown

We didn't make any passes except to them.