The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction.
I think it's important to stretch as you get older, but I try to do basically all the things I did when I played, except I can't do them as well and as much.
There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.
I'm not really afraid of the dark, except if I'm walking. The thing that scares me the most is the possibility of walking into a wall and busting my lip.
There are nuclear-weapons-free zones in several parts of the world already, except that they're not implemented fully, because the U.S. won't allow it.
God has made Canada one of those nations which cannot be conquered and cannot be destroyed, except by itself.
All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats.
Nobody knows what the future is except for wizards.
In a change of masters the poor change nothing except their master's name.
We can no better imagine what will be happening on the moon 500 years from now than Columbus could imagine contemporary Manhattan. Except to say that it will be a place familiar to billions of people.
The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread.
Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness, except greed.
They call it The New Avengers but it's really the old Avengers with new people except for me, looking rather fat and rather old.
I can honestly say this industry hasn't made me neurotic about my looks, except maybe my weight. I hope my clothes kind of reflect that. They're meant to make you feel good.
The trouble is that after nine years as a Jack of all trades and Master of the Dominican Order, I have no expertise on anything except airports and exotic foods.
Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.
I've written for every medium except poetry, at which I suck.
Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what he's told.
What can I tell you about things like Circus of Horrors except that I get killed by the bear?
It was like going to church, except Ozzy Osbourne was there.
The first nine albums there was never a Synthesiser, never any Orchestra. There was never any other player except us on the albums.
Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?
I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.
Mess is fairly good. It is like what is found in American hotels except for cake and pie.
There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth, the persistent refusal to analyze the causes of happenings.
Like a midwife, I make my living bringing new babies into the world, except that mine are new advertising campaigns.
I love meat and vegetables. If I did a diet, I would do Paleo, except they have no cheese, which is very upsetting. I'm going to start my own Chrissy diet that's like Paleo plus cheese. Plus late Saturday night drive-through.
In all the sciences except Psychology we deal with objects and their changes, and leave out of account as far as possible the mind which observes them.
I don't really know why I chose bass except that it was different than guitar.
A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.
When I was a kid, I was surrounded by girls: older sisters, older girl cousins just down the street... except for an older boy named Vito who threw rocks. Each year I would wish for a baby brother. It never happened.
No one can find inner peace except by working, not in a self- centered way, but for the whole human family.
The joke that I make is that there are instances on the TV series that happen to me, - except on Sex and the City they always make it better or worse than real life and I am actually saying that in a joking way.
I think the best thing an artist can do is not hang out with other artists. I really dislike hanging out with musicians, for the most part, except for a few select friends, because I don't like to talk about music all the time.
Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity.
