--- title: "18 Rules Say Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 18 Rules Say quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Rules Say sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/kathryn-stockett-1284_i-m-tired_i-m-tired-of-the-rules-i-say-1094524_1094524.png" --- > [I'm tired of the rules," I say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/i-m-tired-of-the-rules-i-say/) [Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/kathryn-stockett-1284_i-m-tired_i-m-tired-of-the-rules-i-say-1094524_1094524.png) > [“This is our life. We get to decide the rules. We get to say what goes and what stays, what matters and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandhya-menon/this-is-our-life-we-get-to-decide-the-rules-we-get-to-say-what-goes/) [Sandhya Menon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandhya-menon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd2/sandhya-menon-18831_choice_this-is-our-life-we-get-to-decide-the-ru_2797070.jpg) > [It doesn't matter what people say or what the rules say or what you're supposed to do, you go after what's in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-shahi/it-doesn-t-matter-what-people-say-or-what-the-rules-say-or-what-you/) [Sarah Shahi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-shahi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a7/sarah-shahi-8734_go_it-doesn-t-matter-what-people-say-or-wha_3129732.jpg) > [There's no rules that say you can't have a friend at ringside. The rules say the friend can't interfere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brandi-rhodes/there-s-no-rules-that-say-you-can-t-have-a-friend-at-ringside-the/) [Brandi Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brandi-rhodes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/brandi-rhodes-9204_friend_there-s-no-rules-that-say-you-can-t-have_1022270.jpg) > [“Never say goodbye" he demands. His smile fades. "I'm making my own Rules, Never say goodbye, that's rule number one”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-robinson/never-say-goodbye-he-demands-his-smile-fades-i-m-making-my-own-rules/) [Rachel Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-robinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/rachel-robinson-18589_crazy-good_never-say-goodbye-he-demands-his-smile-f_2208391.jpg) > [The president's come out with rules that say 'no new coal-fired power plants,’](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shelley-moore-capito/the-president-s-come-out-with-rules-that-say-no-new-coal-fired-power/) [Shelley Moore Capito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shelley-moore-capito/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/shelley-moore-capito-38197_climate_the-president-s-come-out-with-rules-that_2362335.jpg) > [I kept hearing all these rules: 'You can't say that in country music.' 'You can't use that kind of beat.' I became…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-hunt/i-kept-hearing-all-these-rules-you-can-t-say-that-in-country-music/) [Sam Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-hunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/sam-hunt-3215_country_i-kept-hearing-all-these-rules-you-can-t_638528.jpg) > [Why are they making rules that say my lover can stay in the United States if they're foreign or share my health…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/natalie-portman/why-are-they-making-rules-that-say-my-lover-can-stay-in-the-united/) [Natalie Portman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/natalie-portman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b1/natalie-portman-1515_benefits_why-are-they-making-rules-that-say-my-lo_1509600.jpg) > [The rules say that to tell a story you need first of all a measuring stick, a calendar, you have to calculate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elena-ferrante/the-rules-say-that-to-tell-a-story-you-need-first-of-all-a-measuring/) [Elena Ferrante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elena-ferrante/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/elena-ferrante-2338_calendars_the-rules-say-that-to-tell-a-story-you-n_1503193.png) > [All the old rules - if you say some crazy stuff you get your show canceled or you get your campaign ended…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/all-the-old-rules-if-you-say-some-crazy-stuff-you-get-your-show/) [Van Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-jones/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/van-jones-984_campaigns_all-the-old-rules-if-you-say-some-crazy_1130188.jpg) > [There are rules that say 'If a fighter gets old, when a fighter slows down, when a fighter stops looking the same,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chael-sonnen/there-are-rules-that-say-if-a-fighter-gets-old-when-a-fighter-slows/) [Chael Sonnen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chael-sonnen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16d/chael-sonnen-3003_fighter_there-are-rules-that-say-if-a-fighter-ge_2850228.jpg) > [“There’s no crying in baseball and no love in Hell. It’s just the rules. You could say it’s against our religion, more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-desrochers/there-s-no-crying-in-baseball-and-no-love-in-hell-it-s-just-the-rules-2/) [Lisa Desrochers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-desrochers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/lisa-desrochers-15628_baseball_there-s-no-crying-in-baseball-and-no-lov_1902265.jpg) > [“We look at each other a second. " I'm tired of the rules," I say. Aibileen chuckles and looks out the window.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/we-look-at-each-other-a-second-i-m-tired-of-the-rules-i-say-aibileen/) [Kathryn Stockett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-stockett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/kathryn-stockett-1284_prejudice_we-look-at-each-other-a-second-i-m-tired_30129.png) > [What scared me in that debate is that it's not about the ownership rules at all. The vast majority of people don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-k-powell/what-scared-me-in-that-debate-is-that-it-s-not-about-the-ownership/) [Michael K. Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-k-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c05/michael-k-powell-25621_candid_what-scared-me-in-that-debate-is-that-it_3086736.png) > [It's easier for our brains to have a list of rules and say, "If we keep these rules, we're in, and if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lowry/it-s-easier-for-our-brains-to-have-a-list-of-rules-and-say-if-we-keep/) [Mark Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lowry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/610/mark-lowry-29111_believe_it-s-easier-for-our-brains-to-have-a-lis_1837947.jpg) > [“There's a thing that happens in Hollywood, when you hand in a script with magic in it, and the people at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/there-s-a-thing-that-happens-in-hollywood-when-you-hand-in-a-script/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/neil-gaiman-29_books_there-s-a-thing-that-happens-in-hollywoo_2346389.jpg) > [“He made slighting remarks about the committee’s enforcement, and, well, rules is rules as the rules say someplace, or at least as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/he-made-slighting-remarks-about-the-committee-s-enforcement-and-well/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/n-d-wilson-2571_rule_he-made-slighting-remarks-about-the-comm_2020622.png) > [Baseball and the players association have rules. If you stay within the rules - which say that you can play while you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-rose/baseball-and-the-players-association-have-rules-if-you-stay-within/) [Pete Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-rose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/775/pete-rose-3178_about_baseball-and-the-players-association-hav_1226576.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rules-say/#itemlist", "name": "Rules Say Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm tired of the rules,\" I say.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kathryn Stockett" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-stockett/i-m-tired-of-the-rules-i-say/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/kathryn-stockett-1284_i-m-tired_i-m-tired-of-the-rules-i-say-1094524_1094524.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/kathryn-stockett-1284_i-m-tired_i-m-tired-of-the-rules-i-say-1094524_1094524.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/415/kathryn-stockett-1284_i-m-tired_i-m-tired-of-the-rules-i-say-1094524_1094524.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm tired of the rules,\" I say.” — Kathryn Stockett", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“This is our life. 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They don't apply in the world of reality TV.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Van Jones" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-jones/all-the-old-rules-if-you-say-some-crazy-stuff-you-get-your-show/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/van-jones-984_campaigns_all-the-old-rules-if-you-say-some-crazy_1130188.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/van-jones-984_campaigns_all-the-old-rules-if-you-say-some-crazy_1130188.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/van-jones-984_campaigns_all-the-old-rules-if-you-say-some-crazy_1130188.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All the old rules - if you say some crazy stuff you get your show canceled or you get your campaign ended…” — Van Jones", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are rules that say 'If a fighter gets old, when a fighter slows down, when a fighter stops looking the same, then he can never come back.' 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The magic must have rules\" and sometimes when they say that to me I explain that I am sure it does, just as life has rules, but they didn't give me a rule book to life when I was born, and I've been trying to figure it out as I go along, and I am sure it is the same thing for magic; and sometimes I explain that, yes, the magic has rules, and if they read again carefully they can figure out what they are; and sometimes I sigh and put in a line here and a line there that spells things out, says, YES THESE ARE THE RULES YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION and then everyone is very happy.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Neil Gaiman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/there-s-a-thing-that-happens-in-hollywood-when-you-hand-in-a-script/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/neil-gaiman-29_books_there-s-a-thing-that-happens-in-hollywoo_2346389.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/neil-gaiman-29_books_there-s-a-thing-that-happens-in-hollywoo_2346389.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/neil-gaiman-29_books_there-s-a-thing-that-happens-in-hollywoo_2346389.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's a thing that happens in Hollywood, when you hand in a script with magic in it, and the people at the…” — Neil Gaiman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He made slighting remarks about the committee’s enforcement, and, well, rules is rules as the rules say someplace, or at least as all the oldies say they say.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "N.D. 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