Rule Quotes

3048 Rule quotes by 2073 unique authors

You may keep Turkey on the map of Europe, you may call the country by the name of Turkey if you like, but do not… — Richard Cobden
Democracy, with its promise of international peace, has been no better guarantee against war than the old dynastic rule of kings. — Jan Smuts
Whoever makes it a rule to test action by thought, thought by action, cannot falter, and if he does, will soon find his way back… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The essence of oligarchical rule is not father-to-son inheritance, but the persistence of a certain world-view and a certain way of life ... A ruling… — George Orwell
Once I thought ideas were exceptions not the rule. That is not so. Ideas are so plentiful that they ride on air. You have only… — Rod McKuen
A judge can't have any preferred outcome in any particular case. The judge's only obligation - and it's a solemn obligation - is to the… — Samuel Alito
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations to have as little political connection as… — George Washington
The creed of our democracy is that liberty is acquired and kept by men and women who are strong and self-reliant, and possessed of such… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for… — Joseph Addison
No man shall rule over me with my consent. I will rule over no man. — William Lloyd Garrison
But since the Word of God is complete, serving as the ultimate "sign" needed to lead mankind to Christ, miracles are an exception rather than… — David Jeremiah
If "Number rules the universe" as Pythagoras asserted, Number is merely our delegate to the throne, for we rule Number. — Eric Temple Bell
I concluded that I might take as a general rule the principle that all things which we very clearly and obviously conceive are true: only… — Rene Descartes
Cell and tissue, shell and bone, leaf and flower, are so many portions of matter, and it is in obedience to the laws of physics… — D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
. . . [Y]ou must understand that we have always considered the writing of books a hindrance to our work, and that for this reason… — Vincent de Paul
. . . [A]s a rule, the most learned persons do not produce the greatest results. We see that only too often. — Vincent de Paul
There are true unseen forces, but not nearly so many as we believe, nor would they rule us so sternly if we did not admit… — Robert Silverberg
Moreover it is becoming the Britons, whether scientific or unscientific, who boast at all fitting occasions of their aptitude to rule the waves, should know… — Edward Forbes
It's clear that when we're this outnumbered by the creatures, we have to take a page from the British Empire and rule the lesser species… — Stephen Colbert
In the laboratory, we call this the six-degrees-of-separation-from-cancer rule: you can ask any biological question, no matter how seemingly distant-what makes the heart fail, or… — Siddhartha Mukherjee
Even the song of birds, which we can bring under no musical rule, seems to have more freedom, and therefore more for taste, than a… — Immanuel Kant
Know your load. That's rule numero uno in this business, which is why I make them count the penguins out in front of me one… — Jacob M. Appel
As we continue toward the fifth secret technique of psychics, I have a gut feeling that you are the sort of person that lets your… — Richard Wiseman
It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an opportunity… — John Ruskin
In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full… — Marcus Aurelius

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