Quotes with inevitable-except

Quotes 241 till 260 of 393.

  • Francis Bacon Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Bob Dole Our intent will not be to create gridlock. Oh, except maybe from time to time.
    Bob Dole
    American politician and attorney (1923 - )
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  • Benjamin Franklin Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Billy Graham Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone - except God.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Physically there is nothing to distinguish human society from the farm-yard except that children are more troublesome and costly than chickens and calves and that men and women are not so completely enslaved as farm stock.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Jonathan Swift Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Malcolm X Power never takes a step back except in the face of more power.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Mark Twain Principles aren't of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Mark Twain Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Germaine Greer Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
    Germaine Greer
    Australian writer and public intellectual (1939 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley Reality cannot be ignored except at a price; and the longer the ignorance is persisted in, the higher and more terrible becomes the price that must be paid.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Josiah Gilbert Holland Scholarship except by accident is never the measure of a person's power.
    Josiah Gilbert Holland
    American Author (1819 - 1881)
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  • Isaac Asimov Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.
    Isaac Asimov
    American writer (1920 - 1992)
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  • Mark Twain Scientists have odious manners, except when you prop up their theory; then you can borrow money of them.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Andrew Marvell Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.
    Andrew Marvell
    English poet, satirist and politician (1621 - 1678)
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  • Andrew Coyle Bradley Shakespeare very rarely makes the least attempt to surprise by his catastrophes. They are felt to be inevitable, though the precise way in which they will be brought about is not, of course, foreseen.
    Andrew Coyle Bradley
    American lawyer (1844 - 1902)
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  • Desmond Tutu Show me where Christ said "Love thy fellow man, except for the gay ones." Gay people, too, are made in my God's image. I would never worship a homophobic God.
    Washington Post, 12 March 2010
    Desmond Tutu
    South African cleric and human rights activist (1931 - 2021)
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  • W. C. Fields Sleep - the most beautiful experience in life - except drink.
    W. C. Fields
    American Actor (1880 - 1946)
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  • Ben Stein So, who in the media is without sin among us? I am in the media and I am a major league sinner. I don't know anyone except my wife who isn't a big time sinner.
    Ben Stein
    American professor, writer
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  • Edward de Bono Some people drift along like a cork on a river, feeling that they cannot do anything except drift, moment to moment. This is an attitude of mind. Everyone can be constructive even in tiny ways.
    Edward de Bono
    Maltese physician, psychologist, philosopher, author and inventor (1933 - )
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