People say America is exceptional. I agree, but it's not the complexion of our skin or the twists in our DNA that make us unique. America is exceptional because we were founded upon the notion that everyone should be free to pursue life, liberty, and happiness.

No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.

But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

The last great delusion is soon to open before us. Antichrist is to perform his marvelous works in our sight So closely will the counterfeit resemble the true that it will be impossible to distinguish between them except by the Holy Scriptures.

There is no conflict between the ideal of religion and the ideal of science, but science is opposed to theological dogmas because science is founded on fact. To me, the universe is simply a great machine which never came into being and never will end. The human being is no exception to the natural order. Man, like the universe, is a machine.

Women, by their nature, are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.

I loved school, was an exceptional student, and found a passion for math and science that led me to Vanderbilt University, where I discovered the world of electrical engineering. I did well in college, loved the work I was doing, and soon found myself climbing the corporate ladder after graduation. I was one of the lucky ones.

Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.

Never give in - never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense.

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.

I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there.

They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?

Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone - except God.

Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God.

God does nothing except in response to believing prayer.

A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows.

Nobody knows what the future is except for wizards.

I am not interested in the past, except as the road to the future.