Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire. Votes: 3
Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du DeffandRules and school are tools for fools! I don't give two mules for rules. Votes: 3
Trenton Lee StewartYou don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. Votes: 1
Richard BransonThe secret we should never let the gamemasters know is that they don't need any rules. Votes: 1
Gary GygaxBe polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. Votes: 1
Otto von BismarckI believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them? Votes: 1
Leo DurocherYou have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else. Votes: 1
Albert EinsteinI follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care. Votes: 1
Lou HoltzPeople are far more important than rigid rules and demanding expectations. Votes: 0
Charles R. SwindollHow like a mounting devil in the heart rules the unreined ambition. Votes: 0
Nathaniel Parker WillisThe young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. Votes: 0
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.Some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change. Votes: 0
Therese Anne FowlerBeing vital means knowing the rules and being brave enough to break them. Votes: 0
Logan Marshall-GreenStudy the rules so that you won't beat yourself by not knowing something. Votes: 0
Babe Didrikson ZahariasI think in doing stand-up there are no rules and there's no architecture. Votes: 0
Michael Ian BlackNobody, and I mean nobody, ever started a revolution playing by the rules Votes: 0
Tiffanie DeBartoloGold is a living god and rules in scorn, All earthly things but virtue. Votes: 0
Percy Bysshe ShelleyBut the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them. Votes: 0
Jean-Pierre RaffarinA movie is a movie and a book is a book, and they have different rules. Votes: 0
J. Michael StraczynskiBy the time you learn the rules of life, you're too old to play the game. Votes: 0
Grenville KleiserScience is a set of rules that keep the scientists from lying to each other.
Kenneth Stafford NorrisAll rules for study are summed up in this one: learn only in order to create.
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph SchellingIn living, as in art, rules are drawn from practice; not the other way around.
William Henry JacksonTalent and genius operate outside the rules, and theory conflicts with practice.
Carl von ClausewitzLaw rules throughout existence, a Law which is not intelligent, but Intelligence.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe rules when the giants play are the same as when the pygmies enter the market.
William O. DouglasI've never felt like this before, with anyone. It's against the rules of surviving.
Jessica SorensenThese two rules make the best system: first, have something to say; second, say it.
Nathanael EmmonsYou cannot separate any part from the whole: interdependence rules the cosmic order.
Taisen DeshimaruWe can find loopholes in a lot of things if we want to bend the rules of the church.
Vaughn J FeatherstoneRights and rules, which are bonds of iron to a little man, are packthread to a giant.
Anthony TrollopeYou can't turn the sheriff into a toad, Hannah. It's against the rules. --Abbey Drake
Christine FeehanIt is wrong that corporations and the super wealthy play by a different set of rules.
Hillary ClintonThe divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.
Marcus Tullius CiceroOf course it doesn't make sense." Lady Wendall said. "The rules of society rarely do.
Patricia C. WredeThe objective is to win: fairly, squarely, decently, win by the rules, but still win.
Vince LombardiChildren should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.
Anna QuindlenOne of the rules of plays, I feel, is to never use an extra word if you don't have to.
Edward EinhornWe think according to nature. We speak according to rules. We act according to custom.
Francis BaconWhy did I want to break all the rules? Because the rules didn't make sense, that's why
Madonna CicconeTo be sure of winning, invent your own game, and never tell any other player the rules.
Ashleigh BrilliantLove is the ultimate state of human being where compassion prevails and kindness rules.
Harbhajan Singh YogiIf there are rules, we're the ones making them. We can change them whenever we want to.
Isaac MarionWar ... a reversal of the rules where a man is permitted to kill all the humans he can.
John SteinbeckYou can't have creativity unless you leave behind the bounded, the fixed, all the rules
Joseph CampbellI love playing with the conventions of fantasy, and breaking rules, and crossing lines.
Lev GrossmanPeople have to live by rules in the world. Why do we pretend in school that they don't?
Marva CollinsThe size of your organization is directly related to your ability to enforce the rules.
Robert KiyosakiEach path to knowledge involves different rules and these rules are not interchangeable.
Barack ObamaAs a designer, I love to explore user edge cases and figure out what appear to be rules.
Eric HolmesThree rules of success in fashion: perseverance, dream a bit and be passionate about it.
Grace CoddingtonAdd to the world's confusion, we teach our kids rules that we don't adhere to ourselves.
Janet JacksonAnd I seek people who break rules with happiness " and not bringing pain to themselves.
John WatersI don't have storyboards, but I have some very strict rules, like not moving the camera.
Lucile HadzihalilovicIt is the effect of scarcity; one's rules of propriety make one thirst for the improper.
Mohsin HamidThere is no peace now, and there will never be peace, so long as one rules over another.
Voltairine de CleyreThe pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.
Oliver GoldsmithCreativity comes by breaking the rules, by saying that you're in love with the anarchist.
Anita RoddickI think I grew up with the idea that God was a punishing being, constructed around rules.
Jim GaffiganIf you don't like it, go somewhere else, to another universe where the rules are simpler.
Richard P. FeynmanYour rules should arise out of your passions and your experience with what works for you.
Richard SchmidOnce you have selected a sport or a creative activity, the rules are pretty much the same.
Bill ToomeyBe natural my children. For the writer that is natural has fulfilled all the rules of art.
Charles DickensI wanted to create something that broke rules and made women feel confident and empowered.
Christian LouboutinIf security guards aren't allowed to carry guns, I don't have to obey their made up rules.
Daniel Tosh[Behavioral tracking] is an area today that has very few regulations and even fewer rules.
Gary KovacsI never actually learned the rules of grammar, relying instead only on what sounded right.
Joan DidionAnyone who is more interested in human beings than in the rules is a threat to the system.
John Taylor GattoRule 1: All rules can be broken. Many (ex-legal and ethical) should be. Most people won't.
Marc AndreessenThen came the churches, then came the schools, then came the lawyers, then came the rules.
Mark KnopflerI am ready to fight according to the rules, and I ask for the opportunity to prove myself.
Yingluck ShinawatraI live by three rules: I eat when I'm hungry, sleep when I'm tired and scratch when I itch.
Alice Roosevelt LongworthWell-taught doctrines and principles have a more powerful influence on behavior than rules.
Dallin H. OaksIt can take a long time to get the rules in place that are conducive to growing, sometimes.
Jamie Dimonlove doesn't follow the rules... nothing is worth having so much as something unattainable.
Jodi PicoultI'm a very old-fashioned novelist. I write 19th-century novels, where a lot of rules apply.
John IrvingIf we internationalize everything, we end up with rules that stifle freedom and innovation.
Myron ScholesWhite girls tell me Hey Nicki your camp rules! Is that why you get more head than shampoos?
Nicki MinajThere are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader.
Stephen AmbroseFor, to make deserts, God, who rules mankind, Begins with kings, and ends the work by wind.
Victor HugoThere are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.
Baltasar GracianWe've reached the point where the demand for rules is about to replace the demand for chaos.
Debora SparThere are two rules for achieving anything. Rule No. 1: Get started. Rule No. 2: Keep going.
E. Howard HuntForm your own color concept of things in nature. I have no rules for fine color to give you.
John French SloanIt's all about choices! You choose, you make the rules, not tobacco companies, not addiction
John KehoeI approach everything as an absolute outsider. It is the only way I can break so many rules.
Klaus NomiWithout doubt half the ethical rules they din into our ears are designed to keep us at work.
Llewelyn PowysRecipes are just descriptions of one person's take on one moment in time. They're not rules.
Mario BataliOld rules and habits have to be rejected and dismissed so that something new can be created.
Michael CretuYou see everything is about belief, whatever we believe rules our existence, rules our life.
Miguel Angel RuizFollow the rules whenever possible. That makes it a lot more surprising when you break them.
Mira GrantThe present situation in physics is as if we know chess, but we don't know one or two rules.
Richard P. Feynmanrules exist for a reason. Rules exist because when people don't follow them, people get hurt.
Ally CarterFour Rules For Life Show up. Pay attention. Tell the truth. Don't be attached to the results.
Angeles ArrienShould I abide by the rules until they're changed, or help speed the change by breaking them?
Ashleigh BrilliantWithout a concise set of rules to follow we would probably all have to resort to common sense
David ThorneBeliefs should be like the rest of life, and real life isn't rules but learning and adaption.
Frank SchaefferForget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing.
Melinda Rucker HaynesI never understood what rules I was supposed to learn, and what rules I was supposed to break
Morton FeldmanThe biggest lesson that I have learnt from everyone is that there are no rules in filmmaking.
Nandita DasAvoid failing, not only against purity, but even against the least rules of an exact modesty.
Paul of the CrossBreaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur.
Richard BransonProverbs are for the most part rules of moral, or, still more properly, of prudential conduct.
Dorothea Brande[French] authors are more afraid of offending delicacy and rules, than ambitious of sublimity.
Horace WalpoleMe, rule? Me, place the State under my law, when my feeble reason no longer rules even myself!
Jean RacineThere are no reasons for my photographs, nor any rules; all depends on the mood of the moment.
Jeanloup SieffThe capitalist class rules but does not govern: it contents itself with ruling the government.
Karl KautskyDonald Trump hasn`t decided, and most importantly, we don`t know if the old rules still apply.
Lawrence O'DonnellI believe love isn't simple, and it's one of the things that makes people break all the rules.
Martine McCutcheonBreak the rules. Be a fighter. Any dream is possible if you are brave enough to do it YOUR way.
AJ LeeTwo rules: You enter without breaking. And you remember that nobody misses what you don't take.
Andrew VachssChildren are becoming disobedient why, because of the lack of rules boundaries and limitations.
Cesar MillanOur beliefs become the rules we live by, and then here's what happens: We make ourselves right.
Cheryl RichardsonI'm for everybody. There are no set rules. But if one's not a joiner. To hell with all of them!
Diana VreelandThe rules of the universe that we think we know are buried deep in our processes of perception.
Gregory BatesonAs anger is a passion, it is to be ruled; as it is a weak passion, he is weak who rules it not.
James Vila BlakeWhat is right, in the end, is not always what it seems to be, and some rules are better broken.
Jodi PicoultIt's a strange new world out there and the rules have changed: It's every princess for herself.
Karen Marie MoningI didn't even grow up with football. I learned the rules of football on this show [The League].
Katie AseltonI don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different.
Kiran DesaiIf we desire rules to govern our spiritual development we turn back to the Sermon on the Mount.
William Jennings BryanDating is tricky these days. Everyone plays by different dating rules, so don't assume anything.
Andrew W.K.Fashion, though Folly's child, and guide of fools, Rules e'en the wisest, and in learning rules.
George CrabbeThe golden rule in the arts, as far as I am concerned, is that all rules are meant to be broken.
Michael KennaNew rules. If you are smart enough to live, you won't hit Charles's mate in front of his father.
Patricia BriggsWith love, there are no rules. The heart decides and what it decides is all that really matters.
Paulo CoelhoRules are, like an ashtray-in-progress, meant to be thrown, poked and reshaped to suit yourself.
Sara GennUsing non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing.
Abbas KiarostamiLet a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music.
ConfuciusI've set my own rules to live by. The first one is: 'Never believe ANYthing the government says.'
George CarlinMy parents have basically just taught me the rules of the stage and everything since I was eight.
Haley ReinhartI think that things are poetic when they don't have a boundary. Without rules. My life is poetic.
Mark GonzalesWe've got to fool the fools, and plan the plans. We must rule the rules, got to stand the stands.
Pete TownshendThere are people who observe the rules of honor as one observes the stars, from a great distance.
Victor HugoIf sin rules in me, God's life in me will be killed; if God rules in me, sin in me will be killed.
Oswald ChambersLeague is much, much more physical than Union, and that's before anyone starts breaking the rules.
Adrian HadleyIf you change the rules on what controls you... you will change the rules on what you can control.
Guy RitchieEven the most powerful people at a given point in terms of class, will all play by the same rules.
Lorne MichaelsGod rules even where Satan seems to hold sway, because the latter exists only on God's sufferance.
Mahatma GandhiI really do have rules for running and managing a business that have never been formalized before.
Martha StewartThe Lady: a fluty voice, sensible shoes, a melancholy sense of living by rules few still remember.
Mason CooleyWe only have one rule and that is there are no rules, so stand up and sing as much as you want to.
Natalie MainesAs you will come to see, much is governed by the Golden Rule: he who has the gold makes the rules.
T. Colin CampbellLegalistic remorse says, "I broke God's rules," while real repentance says, "I broke God's heart."
Timothy KellerGough, of course, would have loved to speak today but the rules of the game have disqualified him.
Tony Whitlam"He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing," is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
Adolf GallandI think you don't break new ground in anything in life if you are willing to just follow the rules.
Brad FurmanIn America the press rules the countrty; it rules its politics, its religion, its social practices.
E. W. ScrippsIn so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it is hard to find rules without exception.
George EliotOne of the first rules of science is if somebody delivers a secret weapon to you, you better use it
Herbert SimonNo, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.
Ian HislopYou've got to say yes to this miracle of life as it is, not on condition that it follow your rules.
Joseph CampbellPodiobooks rules. It's still the best way I know to find an audience for longer works in any genre.
Nathan LowellCommitment to a set of rules frees your play to attain a profundity and vigor otherwise impossible.
Stephen NachmanovitchWell, considering my entire life, now seems rules by odd coincidences, I figure it's right on track.
Alice ClaytonTalking about peoples lived experiences is a powerful way to mobilize them. We can create new rules.
Celinda LakeNo matter how well you know the rules of netiquette, you will eventually offend someone who doesn't.
Don RittnerWhenever I write for hotel reservations, I always enclose a set of rules I have made for the hotels.
Ethel WatersWe may say of agreeableness, as distinct from beauty, that it is a symmetry whose rules are unknown.
Francois de La RochefoucauldThere is no letter of the law to follow in Zen. There is a lot of etiquette, but there are no rules.
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount CherwellToday Satan rules the world. The masses no longer believe in God. And, yes, Satan is in the Vatican.
Gabriele AmorthWe need fair rules of the road, so big corporations can't use their power to gain unfair advantages.
Hillary ClintonThe first thing one learns about typography & type design is that these rules are made to be broken.
Jeffery KeedyThere is a God inside my PC. An Old-Testament God with lots of arbitrary rules and utterly no mercy.
Joseph CampbellThere's a whole new set of rules, in this new world. If you don't abide by them, then you'll perish.
Kevin DurandYou try to stay within the rules for the sake of the game, but you can always turn up the intensity.
Lawrence TaylorWhat if you just did it your own way? No rules, no right or wrong, just what you think is beautiful?
Sandra MagsamenThe commonsense rules of the "real world" are a fragile collection of socially reinforced illusions.
Tim FerrissBaseball and the players association have rules. If you stay within the rules - which say that you can play while you're appealing - I don't see what anyone would be in arms about. Votes: 1 Pete Rose
I love anyone who breaks the rules, and musicians always break the rules - in an aggressive way. Votes: 4 Donatella Versace
The secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place. Votes: 5 Rick Wakeman
If any sort of error is inexcusable, it's an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number published must be checked. Votes: 3 Bill Walsh
Each mind has its own method. A true man never acquires after college rules. Votes: 3 Ralph Waldo Emerson
I didn't write my book, 'I Don't Care About Your Band,' in order to give women a brand-new set of dating rules they need to feel terrible about not abiding. I wrote my book to make the women who read it feel good about themselves, and a little more entitled to be treated well by the guys they go out with. Votes: 3 Julie Klausner
But the rule seems to be that the bigger and more life-changing the decision, the less it will seem like a decision at all. Votes: 1 Hugh Mackay
I love to see my family together. That's what life is about. It's about family. Votes: 2 Ja Rule
If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that. Votes: 4 Yann Martel
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. Votes: 2 Richard Branson
There is no rule that says a footballer needs to be 'this high' and 'this wide.' Votes: 2 Andres Iniesta
God does not rule in nations, but He is mindful of them. He can and does place people in positions of influence who want what is best for the people and who trust in the Lord. Votes: 1 Henry B. Eyring
Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of the individual and the critical awareness of the ground rules of society. The amateur can afford to loose. Votes: 2 Marshall McLuhan
Number one house rule of pool: don't lose in your own house. Votes: 4 Mark Zupan
The mercury rule writers also ignored mercury's special qualities. Votes: 1 Tom Allen
What we have ignored is what citizens can do and the importance of real involvement of the people involved - versus just having somebody in Washington make a rule. Votes: 3 Elinor Ostrom
The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations. Votes: 6 Jamie Dimon
The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself. Votes: 2 Nellie Melba
Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules. Votes: 1 Aimee Mullins
I think math is a hugely creative field, because there are some very well-defined operations that you have to work within. You are, in a sense, straightjacketed by the rules of the mathematics. But within that constrained environment, it's up to you what you do with the symbols. Votes: 1 Brian Greene
Although spoken English doesn't obey the rules of written language, a person who doesn't know the rules thoroughly is at a great disadvantage. Votes: 3 Marilyn vos Savant
Rules help govern and steer a relationship along, so they're good things. But they become bad things when they become the narrow gate though which the relationship must always pass. When this happens, the rules become the basis for the relationship and, in a sense, become a substitute for the relationship. Votes: 1 Miroslav Volf
The world cries out for global rules that respect the achievements of science. Votes: 1 Jose Mujica
The rule with marriage is the less you talk about it the better, as far as I can tell. Votes: 1 Jennifer Garner
Nosology (from the Greek 'nosos,' meaning 'disease,' and 'logos,' referring to 'study') is not a sport for the timid, and certainly not for those so scrupulous about rules and order that they demand consistency in all things. Votes: 4 Sherwin B. Nuland
To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations. Votes: 3 George Ade
I never speak for my husband, and I never speak for my children. It's a rule. Believe me, it is. Votes: 1 Annette Bening
I have rules for life, but not for love. If I think too hard about a relationship, I'll talk myself out of it Votes: 3 Taylor Swift
Look at me, chica." When she does, I repeat, "Eres hermosa." "What does it mean?" "You're beautiful. Votes: 2 Simone Elkeles
There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once. Votes: 4 Ken Venturi
The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. Votes: 3 Thomas Huxley
In the auto industry, there's one thing you can always count on: if a new environmental or safety rule is proposed, executives will prophesy disaster. Votes: 1 James Surowiecki
Our school education ignores, in a thousand ways, the rules of healthy development. Votes: 3 Elizabeth Blackwell
If you set a good example you need not worry about setting rules. Votes: 3 Lee Iacocca
Toddlers need to get off the soccer field and onto the playground. Children need to get out of the gym and into neighborhood stickball games. We need to give kids room to create their own rules, set their own terms, and move their bodies in their own ways. Votes: 1 Darell Hammond
I've argued that many of what philosophers call moral sentiments can be seen in other species. In chimpanzees and other animals, you see examples of sympathy, empathy, reciprocity, a willingness to follow social rules. Dogs are a good example of a species that have and obey social rules; that's why we like them so much, even though they're large carnivores. Votes: 3 Frans de Waal
No one can act alone in the name of all and no one can accept the anarchy of a society without rules. Votes: 6 Jacques Chirac
I don't live by a lot of society's rules; I can't pattern myself after the herd. Votes: 4 Kim Basinger
I love good food but I follow strict rules the days I perform. Votes: 8 Jose Carreras
Stupid religion makes stupid beliefs, stupid leaders make stupid rules, stupid environment makes stupid health, stupid companions makes stupid behaviour, stupid movies makes stupid acts, stupid food makes stupid skin, stupid bed makes stupid sleep, stupid ideas makes stupid decisions, stupid clothes makes stupid appearance. Lets get rid of stupidity from our stupid short lives. Votes: 3 Michael Bassey
Sometimes in the fashion industry we come across some unfair rules, but no one is obliged to follow them. Votes: 3 Sonia Rykiel
In society, we have these unspoken rules of conduct, these 'shoulds.' Even though we pride ourselves on being a democracy, there are all these ways we say you 'should' behave. But what if you're living your life by the 'shoulds' and you're not really living your life? Votes: 4 Chris Noth