One wonders what would happen in a society in which there…

“One wonders what would happen in a society where there were no rules to break. Doubtlessly everyone would quickly die of boredom.”

— Susan Howatch

The environment in which I studied was so safe, I thought I would die from the boredom of it.

— Howard Jacobson

I can't make a movie where I can't learn. I'd die of boredom.

— Sudha Kongara

The Devil may take the reckless, but the good will surely die of boredom. Boredom and frustration.

— Sarah Dunant

Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the English in general. Sheer…

— Alexander McCall Smith

“one must first know the rules to break them,”

— David B. Agus

And I'm the first one to tell people to break the rules. But you can only break the rules once you know what the…

— Tim Gunn

I live life in the margins of society, and the rules of normal society don't apply to those who live on the fringe.

— Tamara de Lempicka

The idea of power as a possession, whose asset can be banked and drawn on when needed, comes easy to a society whose rules…

— Elizabeth Janeway

When there is no one to remind you what society's rules are, and there is nothing to keep you linked to that society, you…

— Robyn Davidson

Any society has to delegate the responsibility to maintain a certain kind of order. Enforcing regulations, making sure people stop at stoplights. We can't…

— Joseph Stiglitz

Don't let a culture or society's rules define who you are; you define who you are.

— Amma Asante

I don't live by a lot of society's rules; I can't pattern myself after the herd.

— Kim Basinger

No one can act alone in the name of all and no one can accept the anarchy of a society without rules.

— Jacques Chirac

We have to save ourselves from ourselves. We have to minimize the effect our own politicians can have on our society. We have to…

— Hallgrimur Helgason