Rules Quotes

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The speaker does not feel the grammatical rules he is said to apply in composing sentences, and men spoke grammatically for thousands of years before… — B.F. Skinner
Thereâ€™s so much distance between the fundamental rules and the final phenomenon, that itâ€™s almost unbelievable that the final variety of phenomenon can come from… — Richard P. Feynman
I will not live by rules that make no sense to me — Evan Tanner
Rules of Play is an exhaustive, clear, cogent, and complete resource for understanding games and game design. Salen and Zimmerman describe an encyclopedia of game… — Nathan Shedroff
Serving the reader by working cooperatively with the writer? Sometimes throwing 'the rules' out the window? Clearing the decks of pet peeves, mythical prohibitions and… — Craig Lancaster
In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, and when it strikes, it… — Walter Lippmann
Within your own generation-the same songs, the same wars, the same attitudes toward those wars, the same rules and radio shows in the air-you can… — John Updike
I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break. — Jeanette Winterson
The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Answering questions is a major part of sex education. Two rules cover the ground. First, always give a truthful answer to a question; secondly, regard… — Bertrand Russell
Do not be surprised when those who ignore the rules of grammar also ignore the law. After all, the law is just so much grammar. — Robert Breault
The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more… — Johann Kaspar Lavater
There is a desperate tendency to try to legislate artists, to try to lay down rules for their obligations to society. Just leave artists alone.… — Athol Fugard
I am a very strict mother, and as a mother, it's my responsibility to guide my kids and tell them to go how far and… — Kajol
Against naked force the only possible defense is naked force. The aggressor makes the rules for such a war; the defenders have no alternative but… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
It is an anomaly that information, the one thing most necessary to our survival as choosers of our own way, should be a commodity subject… — A J Liebling
There is an aura of changelessness to sport. There is the flux of competition, but it occurs within the ordering confinement of clear rules. — George Will
Our psychological reality, which lies below the surface, frightens us because it endlessly surprises us and drives us in a direction which society's rules and… — Anais Nin
Laws and rules of conduct are for the state of childhood; education is an emancipation. — Andre Gide
My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go… — Benjamin Franklin

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