--- title: "7 Rules Universe Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Rules Universe quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Rules Universe sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/929/james-altucher-1597_people_requirements-are-for-people-who-want-to_896860.png" --- > [Requirements are for people who want to be unhappy. Because it’s your rules or the universe’s rules. The universe is going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-altucher/requirements-are-for-people-who-want-to-be-unhappy-because-it-s-your/) [James Altucher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-altucher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/929/james-altucher-1597_people_requirements-are-for-people-who-want-to_896860.png) > [Number rules the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pythagoras/number-rules-the-universe/) [Pythagoras](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pythagoras/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aee/pythagoras-2290_math_number-rules-the-universe-897627_897627.jpg) > [The child of three or four is saturated with adult rules. His universe is dominated by the idea that things are as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-piaget/the-child-of-three-or-four-is-saturated-with-adult-rules-his-universe/) [Jean Piaget](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-piaget/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/jean-piaget-4336_children_the-child-of-three-or-four-is-saturated_1321681.jpg) > [The rules of the universe that we think we know are buried deep in our processes of perception.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-bateson/the-rules-of-the-universe-that-we-think-we-know-are-buried-deep-in/) [Gregory Bateson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-bateson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/703/gregory-bateson-7135_buried_the-rules-of-the-universe-that-we-think_1322107.png) > [You changed the rules of the universe when you fell in love with the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jenny-downham/you-changed-the-rules-of-the-universe-when-you-fell-in-love-with-the/) [Jenny Downham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jenny-downham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/jenny-downham-3127_changed_you-changed-the-rules-of-the-universe-wh_1401985.png) > [Take Einstein; wasn't he looking for something stable and changeless in this enormous, constantly changing melting pot that is the universe? He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelangelo-antonioni/take-einstein-wasn-t-he-looking-for-something-stable-and-changeless/) [Michelangelo Antonioni](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelangelo-antonioni/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a6/michelangelo-antonioni-4776_able_take-einstein-wasn-t-he-looking-for-some_1740457.jpg) > [One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist…Without imperfection, neither you nor I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-hawking/one-of-the-basic-rules-of-the-universe-is-that-nothing-is-perfect/) [Stephen Hawking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-hawking/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bc/stephen-hawking-389_imperfection_one-of-the-basic-rules-of-the-universe-i_2408003.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rules-universe/#itemlist", "name": "Rules Universe Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Requirements are for people who want to be unhappy. Because it’s your rules or the universe’s rules. The universe is going to win. 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