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I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.

It's not always easy to stand aside and be unable to do anything except record the sufferings around one.

There came into the world an unlimited abundance of everything people need. But people need everything except unlimited abundance.

Fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.

I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.

Everybody has a heart. Except some people.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

I'm inconsistent, even to myself.

I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience.

'Be comfortable with who you are', reads the headline on the Hush Puppies poster. Are they mad? If people were comfortable with who they were, they'd never buy any products except the ones they needed, and then where would the advertising industry be?

I really don't even think of myself as being Jewish except when I'm in Germany.

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference.

I looked below and saw my people there, and all were well and happy except one, and he was lying like the dead - and that one was myself.

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

I don't think I know a Scientologist except when I see one or two of their actors on the Hollywood screen.

I think every period - except for the 14th century, or something - has some merits.

I don't see 'lines of force' as being destructive, except to the extent that they are exclusively traceable through observance of the path of distorted material left in their wake.

I'm not a fan of idleness, except in small doses.

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

Nothing exists except through language.

The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me.

Right now, I'm very healthy. I have no vices left. Except sugary breakfast cereal. And absinthe, of course.

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

I like the fact that Jack is always wearing a tie except when he's on a mission. I do like it when I get out there and dress up, or dress down, a little bit.

You know, if I were an - if I were a Taliban, I'd say, 'What did al-Qaida ever do for me except get me kicked out of Afghanistan?'

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet my family.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

I can't explain 9/11, except the evil of man.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

There is nothing permanent except change.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.

All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

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

I don't like recording studios - except my own, which is just a little room above the garage.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

I'm very antischedule. Except for board meetings, I don't really schedule things or keep a calendar. I think appointments are caustic to creativity.

There are certain wicked people in the world that you can't deal with except by force.

I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

French design hardly exists, except as artificial modernism.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

Environmentalists hate sprawl - except when it comes to the size of their expansive pet legislation on Capitol Hill.

All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats.

Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything except his own nature.

There's nothing universal about Indian families except that the family itself is deeply important across the country. It's sort of the fabric and anchor of our country.

An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

I'm afraid of needles, except acupuncture needles.

Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.

Like a midwife, I make my living bringing new babies into the world, except that mine are new advertising campaigns.

Why should I go into details, we have nothing that is not perishable except what our hearts and our intellects endows us with.

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.

Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.

War is never economically beneficial except for those in position to profit from war expenditures.

I have, indeed, no abhorrence of danger, except in its absolute effect - in terror.

To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.

A prophet is not without honor except in his own country among his own people.

I'm doing what I want to do.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us.

They usually have two tellers in my local bank, except when it's very busy, when they have one.

Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard.

I won't take my religion from any man who never works except with his mouth.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.

I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.

I always feel comfortable, basically in any situation except perhaps airports.

I'm not sure whay I've been drawn to this subject, except that murder is a subject that has always drawn people for as long as people have been telling stories.