Exceptionable Quotes

#1. The most exquisite words and finest strokes of an author are those which very often appear the most doubtful and exceptionable to a man who wants a relish for polite learning; and they are those which a sour undistinguishing critic generally attacks with the greatest violence.

Joseph Addison

#2. Almost every one flatters himself that he and his are exceptionable.

Alphonse Karr

#3. The journalist should be on his guard against publishing what is false in taste or exceptionable in morals.

William C. Bryant

#4. A great mind is not sharpened by consorting with lesser minds.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#5. I thought my fire was out,
and stirred the ashes ... .
I burnt my fingers.

Antonio Machado

#6. Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.

Vince Lombardi

#7. When the hornet hangs in the hollyhock,
And the brown bee drones in the rose,
And the west is a red-streaked four-o'clock,
And summer is near its close,
It's, Oh!, For the gate, and the locust lane;
And dusk, and dew, and home again!

Madison Cawein

#8. Invest less at the end of the month. Brokers tend to push stocks at the end of the month in an effort to match or surpass their previous month's sales.

Nancy Dunnan

#9. I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break.

Jeanette Winterson

#10. I was intrigued by the idea of someone being stuck anywhere.

Jennifer L. Armentrout

#11. Real charity is giving from the heart without taking credit.

Michael Jackson