8 quotes found
“Nature provides exceptions to every rule.”
“A rule without exceptions is an instrument capable of doing mischief to the innocent and bringing grief -- as well as injustice -- to those who should gain exemptions from the rule's functioning.”
“What do you think? Overkill?""I don't believe there is any such thing.But in this case, 'yes, overkill.”
“There can be no justice so long as law is absolute. Even life itself is an excercise in exceptions.When has justice ever been as simple as a rule-book? - Riker”
“While we think of the boundary between what is legal and what is not as a clear dividing line, it is far from being so. Rather, the boundary becomes further and further indented and folded over tim...”
“Miracles are exceptions principles are the rules.”
“No exceptions to exceptions!”
“I cannot be bound to the confines of your rules. I am the exception to them.”
