Rules Quotes

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I don't like to think of laws as rules you have to follow, but more as suggestions. — George Carlin
Rules of society are nothing; one's conscience is the umpire. — Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand
It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past.... Each new historical era… — George Steiner
Born in other countries, yet believing you could be happy in this, our laws acknowledge, as they should do, your right to join us in… — Thomas Jefferson
I'm sometimes asked why it is that for 30 years we seem to have trouble in the United States enforcing the rules against illegal immigration,… — Michael Chertoff
Most illegal immigrants are not by nature lawbreakers. Most are looking for the chance to live in dignity. Nevertheless we must continue to discourage illegal… — William J. Clinton
What we did with deeming rules were designed - it was designed to keep costs from coming on to the government that should be borne… — William J. Clinton
Legal immigrants play by the rules and come in under the law. They work, raise their families, pay taxes, and serve in the Armed Forces.… — Edward Kennedy
The home is not the one tame place in the world of adventure. It is the one wild place in the world of rules and… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I don't care about the rules, if I don't break the rules at least 10x every song then I'm not doing my job. — Jeff Beck
I believe in playing with your heart, with every fiber in your body-fairly, squarely, by the rules-to win. And I believe that any man's finest… — Bela Karolyi
We're not attempting to circumcise rules. — Bill Cowher
Look at Satan's reason for rebelling against God. It's not that he doesn't recognize that God is greater than he is. He does. It's just… — Dinesh D'Souza
He neither serves nor rules, he transmits. His position is humble and the beauty at the crown is not his own. He is merely a… — Paul Klee
There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas / Creation's most unique and precious pearl / And heaven help us always to remember… — Glen Campbell
I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them? — Leo Durocher
Praying is the same to the new creature as crying is to the natural. The child is not learned by art or example to cry,… — William Gurnall
"There are one or two elementary rules to be observed in the way of handling patients," he remarked, seating himself on the table and swinging… — Arthur Conan Doyle
The suicide does not play the game, does not observe the rules. He leaves the party too soon, and leaves the other guests painfully uncomfortable. — Joyce Carol Oates
I know I'm not a man-about that much I'm very clear, and I've come to the conclusion that I'm probably not a woman either, at… — Kate Bornstein

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