--- title: "9 Rules Exist Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Rules Exist quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Rules Exist sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/akira-akatsuki-216906_quote_people-do-not-exist-to-follow-rules-rule_1694154.jpg" --- > [“People do not exist to follow rules. Rules exist to protect the people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akira-akatsuki/people-do-not-exist-to-follow-rules-rules-exist-to-protect-the-people/) [Akira Akatsuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akira-akatsuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/akira-akatsuki-216906_quote_people-do-not-exist-to-follow-rules-rule_1694154.jpg) > [The rules of life are made up. The rules only exist in your mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-mraz/the-rules-of-life-are-made-up-the-rules-only-exist-in-your-mind/) [Jason Mraz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-mraz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ac/jason-mraz-975_inspirational_the-rules-of-life-are-made-up-the-rules_588925.jpg) > [No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attempts to exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/no-rules-exist-and-examples-are-simply-life-savers-answering-the/) [Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9d/andr-breton-2478_appeals_no-rules-exist-and-examples-are-simply-l_3230851.jpg) > [rules exist for a reason. Rules exist because when people don't follow them, people get hurt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-carter/rules-exist-for-a-reason-rules-exist-because-when-people-don-t-follow/) [Ally Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b3/ally-carter-530_hurt_rules-exist-for-a-reason-rules-exist-bec_2499281.png) > [Stone's Rules exist because sometimes the truth is too painful, and the lies will land you in prison.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-stone/stone-s-rules-exist-because-sometimes-the-truth-is-too-painful-and/) [Roger Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/366/roger-stone-3555_lies_stone-s-rules-exist-because-sometimes-th_1912500.png) > [Creativity means learning where the rules exist, and then breaking them! Saying, "It's better this way." But you have to know the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/creativity-means-learning-where-the-rules-exist-and-then-breaking/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/alan-arkin-5379_break_creativity-means-learning-where-the-rule_58763.jpg) > [I've always wanted to find the rules that govern everything. It's amazing that such rules exist. It's even more amazing that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-west/i-ve-always-wanted-to-find-the-rules-that-govern-everything-it-s/) [Geoffrey West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-west/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a54/geoffrey-west-7474_always_i-ve-always-wanted-to-find-the-rules-tha_2172400.jpg) > [Everything is perfect. Everything is fine. The rules of life are made up. The rules only exist in your mind. Of course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-mraz/everything-is-perfect-everything-is-fine-the-rules-of-life-are-made/) [Jason Mraz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-mraz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2be/jason-mraz-975_closure_everything-is-perfect-everything-is-fine_1745943.jpg) > [Colleges are a unique space in our culture. They're a temporary constellation of humans, like a workplace. And the rules about sexual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-grigoriadis/colleges-are-a-unique-space-in-our-culture-they-re-a-temporary/) [Vanessa Grigoriadis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-grigoriadis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/149/vanessa-grigoriadis-26327_college_colleges-are-a-unique-space-in-our-cultu_2310051.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rules-exist/#itemlist", "name": "Rules Exist Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“People do not exist to follow rules. 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