Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.
We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth.
Nobody will ever deprive the American people of the right to vote except the American people themselves and the only way they could do this is by not voting.
Why on earth do we want closer connection with England? We have little in common with English people except our language. We are fast becoming an entirely different people.
When historians of early America turned from the pursuit of past politics, they devised a category known in the academy as 'social and intellectual history.' In it, they stuffed nearly everything except politics on the assumption, which the anthropologists assured them was correct, that it would all fit together. Somehow it did not.
I said the only way I would join Pets.com was if I could get Amazon to invest, and I did. I knew that anything that could be sourced externally, Amazon could do better and cheaper than anyone else except Walmart. It was really obvious to me.
One can acquire everything in solitude except character.
When I'm on stage by myself, I don't have to think about anything. I don't have to worry about anything because I'm not responsible for anything except just opening my mouth and making sure music comes out.
Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.
Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.
During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected.
The mere dates of my existence do not interest me, except in one connection. When the Great War started I was too old to be acceptable as a volunteer; when conscription followed I was too old to be conscripted.
In order to do good, a man must be good; and he will not be good except he have instruction by counsel and by example.
In my writing class, we never, ever talk about the writing - ever. We never address a story that's been read. I also won't let anyone look at the person who's reading. No eye contact; everybody has to draw a spiral. And I would like to do a drawing class where we could talk about anything except for the drawing. No one could even mention it.
I love everything about my job, except being away from the kids.
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.
I have written on all sorts of subjects... yet I have no enemies; except indeed all the Whigs, all the Tories, and all the Christians.
The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
I have a small house so I borrow everything except art, that's what I love.
I'm afraid of needles, except acupuncture needles.
Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.
I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.
The actors are in control, getting outrageous amounts of money. The reason they're getting this kind of money is because the studios don't know what else to do. They don't have a clue about what to do except to pay an actor a lot of money.
Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but political will is a renewable resource.
I never read a self-help book except for the Bible.
Marriage is like a game of chess except the board is flowing water, the pieces are made of smoke and no move you make will have any effect on the outcome.
History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form in which they have been anticipated.
There is no sin except stupidity.
I don't think anyone except the few people who have played James Bond can tell you how strange and special it is and how much your life changes.
I believe very confidently in the truth of Scripture, where it says that there is no authority, no power given to man except as given by God.
It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.
It is a characteristic of potentates that they don't succumb to peaceful retirement. Instead, they hold power in their hoary fists as judgment and grip weaken, destroying any successors except family members.
