Rules Quotes

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The problem is that once the rules of art are debunked, and once the unpleasant realities the irony diagnoses are revealed and diagnosed, 'then' what… — David Foster Wallace
Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the… — Horace Walpole
If any sort of error is inexcusable, it's an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number… — Bill Walsh
I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past… — Vera Wang
To survive, China had to open up to the West. It could not survive otherwise. This was after many millions have died of hunger in… — Ai Weiwei
I respect the rules of TV, the rules of keeping things commercial and interesting and pop-y and fun. — Joss Whedon
It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a… — P.G. Wodehouse
I don't get to live by different rules. The same boundaries that apply to everyone apply to me. — Tiger Woods
It's like the Wild West, the Internet. There are no rules. — Steven Wright
If China is helping its domestic industries charge an artificially low price for solar panels and other environmental goods, then China is violating international trade… — Ron Wyden
Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own. — Chuck Yeager
Even before I had an assistant, my calendar was color-coded and I had all these different e-mail rules for how to prioritize e-mails, so I… — Chris Hardwick
In business, standards establish the rules of the game, creating path dependencies as investments are made and corresponding designs are set in stone and plastic.… — Evgeny Morozov
The reason why Apple computers have worked so well over time is that, unlike Microsoft, they don't bend over backward to be compatible with every… — Douglas Rushkoff
Science, like life, feeds on its own decay. New facts burst old rules; then newly divined conceptions bind old and new together into a reconciling… — William James
I hadn't been out to the hives before, so to start off she gave me a lesson in what she called 'bee yard etiquette'. She… — Sue Monk Kidd
The work of an intellectual is not to mould the political will of others; it is, through the analyses that he does in his own… — Michel Foucault
Prime numbers are what is left when you have taken all the patterns away. I think prime numbers are like life. They are very logical… — Mark Haddon
Iâ€™m going to break one of the rules of the trade here. Iâ€™m going to tell you some of the secrets of improvisation. Just rememberâ€”itâ€™s… — James Beard
The three rules of the Librarians of Time and Space are: 1) Silence; 2) Books must be returned by no later than the date shown;… — Terry Pratchett

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