It seems to me there are no rules, only instances; but…

“I learned your language and I learned your rules. I am more like you than me now.”

— Chris Cleave

When I started thinking seriously about learning the rules of narrative, I thought, 'You've learned the rules of dancing from the ballet; what's the…

— Twyla Tharp

Tantra is for the person who has gone beyond the rules. They've learned the rules so well that now they can go beyond them.

— Frederick Lenz

Children should have enough freedom to be themselves - once they've learned the rules.

— Anna Quindlen

I LEARNED THE RULES TO THE GAME, STAYED UP ALL NIGHT, SO I CHOOSE TO PLAY THEM THE BEST

— LEONARD PAUL ROSE

While you're playing cards with a regular guy or having a bite to eat with him, he seems a peaceable, good-humoured and not entirely…

— Anton Chekhov

Well, executive producer can mean anything in the world of Hollywood, sadly. It can be a bought title in many instances.

— Andrew Stanton

True it is, as society is instituted, marriage becomes somewhat of a lottery, for all its votaries are either the victims of Cupid or…

— Arthur Frederick Saunders

You cannot will yourself to be happy while believing that you have no right to happiness, or that you are unworthy of it. You…

— Jane Roberts

The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only…

— Aristotle

Once an activity has been socialized, it is impossible to point out, by concrete example, how men in a free market could better conduct…

— Leonard Read

IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes…

— Ambrose Bierce

Trust is about keeping commitments, but in many instances, circumstances change and organizations therefore shed commitments, things such as retiree medical benefits, pension obligations,…

— Jeffrey Pfeffer

If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with…

— Evelyn Waugh

Every one knows that the exercise of military power is forever dangerous to civil rights; and we have had recent instances of violences that…

— Samuel Adams