Rule Quotes

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There are times when two people need to step apart from one another, but there is no rule that says they have to turn and… — Robert Breault
The only rule I have found to have any validity in writing is not to bore yourself. — John Mortimer
To conform within rational limits to a given style is no more servile than to pay one's taxes or to write according to the rule… — Elsie de Wolfe
When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so… — Winston Churchill
A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play. This is a rule which has stood its test in chess history and one which… — Richard Reti
Those chess lovers who ask me how many moves I usually calculate in advance, when making a combination, are always astonished when I reply, quite… — Richard Reti
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and to keep them coming back. The longer they play, the more they lose,… — Robert De Niro
No one is sane, straight along, year in and year out, and we all know it. Our insanities are of varying sorts, and express themselves… — Mark Twain
...we all know that in all matters of mere opinion that [every] man is insane-just as insane as we are...we know exactly where to put… — Mark Twain
The average American may not know who his grandfather was. But the American was, however, one degree better off than the average Frenchman who, as… — Mark Twain
The rule of no realm is mine. But all worthy things that are in peril as the world now stands, those are my care. And… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war… — Roger Nash Baldwin
Pacifists should stress more and more that it is the rule of law for which they are fighting. — Fredrik Bajer
World federation is an ideal that will not die. More and more people are coming to realize that peace must be more than an interlude… — William O. Douglas
Truth-telling to Congress and the public is not disloyal in America: it is an expression of the higher loyalty officials owe to the Constitution, the… — Daniel Ellsberg
The idea that UN commitments should be followed by action is indeed a radical one, especially for the United States, where wilful neglect of its… — Jeffrey Sachs
There is always a piano in an hotel drawing-room, on which, of course, some one of the forlorn ladies is generally employed. I do not… — Anthony Trollope
The banking business is no favorite of ours. When assets are twenty times equity - a common ratio in this industry - mistakes that involve… — Warren Buffett
The leading rule for a man of every calling is diligence; never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. — Abraham Lincoln
Speeches are more important in politics than talking points, as a rule, and are better remembered. — Peggy Noonan
Corporations are mandated, in effect, to 'grow or die,' a rule also called 'the growth imperative.' — Michele Simon
Women can always be caught; that's the first rule of the game. — Unknown Author
The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can't have both. — Ben Hecht
There can be no rule of God in the present state of iniquitous inequalities in which a few roll in riches and the masses do… — Mahatma Gandhi
God's guidance will require patience on our part. His leading is not usually a direct assurance, a revelation, but His sovereign controlling of the circumstances… — Sinclair B. Ferguson

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