Books that talk about 'contemplation' often seem to have been written on Jupiter. This one is a sterling exception.
To every rule there is an exception—and an idiot ready to demonstrate it. Don't be the one!
I am the exception to the rule that all senators see themselves in the Oval Office.
My mom was the breadwinner in my family. I always thought, That's how it is. I never thought that was the exception.
I never spoke about politics, with the exception of Election Night.
In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent election was no exception. Now we inaugurate a new government on a day that transcends any one individual or any one party.
I have always been a very passionate person. Some people are born with this fire burning inside to "do," or create, with an insatiable hunger for knowledge and experience, and I am no exception.
Nobody with any real sense of humor *can* write a love story. . . . Shakespeare is the exception that proves the rule. (90-91)
Of course there are always exceptions, but opinions are not to be feared.
Almost without exception, blue refers to the domain of abstraction and immateriality.
A true New Yorker never backs down, and I'm no exception. Holla!
Stars are almost always people that want to make up for their own weaknesses by being loved by the public and I'm no exception to that.
Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure. Fragrance must be introduced properly. A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she's been there.
A lot of heavyweights, with the exception of a few Eastern Europe fighters, they really look like being a heavyweight is just like, who can eat the most Pizza Hut and McDonalds.
I understand that most ladies tend to prefer lap dogs. . . . Perhaps I am an exception.
In the nineteenth century, government agencies in Washington had, almost without exception, flatly refused to hire even one female.
We may divide thinkers into those who think for themselves and those who think through others. The latter are the rule and the former the exception. The first are original thinkers in a double sense, and egotists in the noblest meaning of the word.
In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it is hard to find rules without exception.
If you preach the gospel in all aspects with the exception of the issues which deal specifically with your time, you are not preaching the gospel at all.
State companies winning deals because of government-to- government interaction has become a rule rather than an exception. This will increase competition for multinational companies in acquiring oil and gas assets.