Rules Quotes

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I have two rules in life - to hell with it, whatever it is, and get your work done. — Ray Bradbury
It is the peculiar province of the legislature to prescribe general rules for the government of society; the application of those rules to individuals in… — John Marshall
Reason in a creature is a faculty of widening the rules and purposes of the use of all its powers far beyond natural instinct; it… — Immanuel Kant
Place three individuals in a situation wherein the interest of each depends on the voice of the others, and give to two of them an… — James Madison
It is the effect of scarcity; oneâ€™s rules of propriety make one thirst for the improper. — Mohsin Hamid
Even though we have lost yardsticks by which to measure, and rules under which to subsume the particular, a being whose essence is a beginning… — Hannah Arendt
The rejection of all abstract formalism. Materialism reminds every science of its real source: the world men transform. No science can, whether in its history… — Louis Althusser
You know, the one with all the well meaning rules that don't work out in real life, uh, Christianity. — Homer
We have before us the opportunity to forge, for ourselves and for future generations, a New World Order. A world where the rule of law,… — George H. W. Bush
When anyone studies a little or pays a little attention to the rules of Islamic government, Islamic politics, Islamic society and Islamic economy he will… — Ruhollah Khomeini
I have two rules. One is, never trust a man who smokes a pipe. The other is, never trust a man with shiny shoes. — Charles Bukowski
There are so many rules about play writing. I'd have a nervous breakdown if I followed them. — Terrence McNally
The enemy of photography is the convention, the fixed rules of 'how to do'. The salvation of photography comes from the experiment. — Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
We call those works of art concrete that came into being on the basis of their inherent resources and rules - without external borrowing from… — Max Bill
I love chess, and I didnt invent Fischerandom chess to destroy chess. I invented Fischerandom chess to keep chess going. Because I consider the old… — Bobby Fischer
A prude is a person who thinks that his own rules of propriety are natural laws. — Robert A. Heinlein
While the Baroque rules of Chess could only have been created by humans, the rules of Go are so elegant, organic, and rigorously logical that… — Emanuel Lasker
I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he succeeds in mastering… — Vladimir Kramnik
So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively cooperate.… — Charles Hodge
Playing by the rules, one does the best he can, irrespective of the social consequences. Whereas in making the rules, people ought to be concerned… — George Soros

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