Rule Quotes

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A wife should always be few feet behind her husband. If he is an MA you should be a BA.If he is 5'4'tall you shouldn't… — Shashi Deshpande
Irish tory employers hid[e] their sweatshops behind orange flags, and Irish home rule landlords us[e] the green sunburst of Erin to cloak their rack-renting in… — James Connolly
If you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle., unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic… — James Connolly
It's all very well for us to sit here in the west with our high incomes and cushy lives, and say it's immoral to violate… — Niall Ferguson
He who does not know how to deceive does not know how to rule. — Unknown Author
So long as the man with ambition is a failure, the world will tell him to let go of his ideal; but when his ambition… — Christian D. Larson
We are a democracy and we don't believe in just hunting down gangsters and killing them. We believe in trying to find the gangsters and… — Cornel West
Unfortunately, goodness and honor are rather the exception than the rule among exceptional men, not to speak of geniuses — Cesare Lombroso
There seems to be an unwritten rule on Wall Street: If you don't understand it, then put your life savings into it. Shun the enterprise… — Peter Lynch
In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like… — Philip Sidney
Most fishermen swiftly learn that it's a pretty good rule never to show a favorite spot to any fisherman you wouldn't trust with your wife. — John D. Voelker
Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws. — Confucius
Would you who judge of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasure, take this rule; whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures… — Robert Southey
We cannot fulfill our engagements with the Almighty without we have that Spirit with us. We should so live as to acknowledge the Good Spirit… — Daniel H. Wells
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought. — Margaret Oliphant
Brains and character rule the world. The most distinguished Frenchman of the last century said: Men succeed less by their talents than their character. There… — Wendell Phillips
Sustainable growth is characterized by one simple rule: New customers come from the actions of past customers. — Eric Ries
Intuition is just the sum of all your experience. The way I see it, everything you’ve experienced, everything you know, you think you know and… — Jo Nesbo
I request reason for your golden rule and ask the why and wherefore of your ten commandments. — Anton Szandor LaVey
Theta clearing is about as practical and simple as repairing a shoe lace. It is nothing to do with hypnotism, voodooism, charalatanism, monkeyism or theosophy.… — L. Ron Hubbard
The most important rule is to play great defense, not great offense. Everyday I assume every position I have is wrong. I know where my… — Paul Tudor Jones
As a general rule, man strives to avoid labor. Love for work is not at all an inborn characteristic: it is created by economic pressure… — Leon Trotsky
A ruler who needs religion to help him rule is a weakling. No weakling should rule.. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
The first rule of style is to have something to say. The second rule of style is to control yourself when, by chance, you have… — George Polya
Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in cases… — George Polya

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