Rules Quotes

3000 Rules quotes by 2172 unique authors

One of my rules is: Never listen to your old stuff. — Lou Reed
So modern 'pothecaries, taught the art By doctor's bills to play the doctor's part, Bold in the practice of mistaken rules, Prescribe, apply, and call… — Alexander Pope
It is essential..that you should form and adopt certain rules or principles, for the government of your own conduct and temper. Unless you have such… — John Quincy Adams
I have the instincts of a minstrel rather than those of a scrivener. There you have it. We are not of the same trade at… — John Steinbeck
All over the world kids and women [are] getting killed right now over beliefs, this is silly to get angry over. If it bothers you… — Diplo
Does anyone in the UFC actually follow the rules? — Jordan Burroughs
Invention hovers always a little above the rules. — Mary Oliver
Don't take my criticisms as iron-clad rules but more as suggestions. — Howard Pyle
A servile race Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place; Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools, Bigots to Greece, and slaves to… — Charles Churchill
We're breaking all of the rules, even our own rules, and how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities. — John Cage
I do what I can to convey what I experience before nature and most often, in order to succeed in conveying what I feel, I… — Claude Monet
Obedience, as it regards the social relations, the rules of society, and the laws of nature and nature's God, should commence at the cradle and… — Hosea Ballou
We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own. — Hosea Ballou
Rules of conduct which govern men in their relations to one another are being applied in an ever-increasing degree to nations. The battlefield as a… — William Howard Taft
Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools for creativeness. A… — Ludwig von Mises
What has pleased and continues to please, is likely to please again; hence are derived the rules of art, and on this immovable foundation they… — Joshua Reynolds
In the track of fear we have so many conditions, expectations, and obligations that we create a lot of rules just to protect ourselves... when… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
You got to set your mind right and the rest will come to you naturally. No restrictions, no hang-ups, no stupid rules, no formalities, no… — Ray Charles
Though colour may appear at first a part of painting merely mechanical, yet it still has its rules, and those grounded upon that presiding principle… — Joshua Reynolds
An act of thinking without restriction- without boundaries or rules can lead to the point of no return. — Sean William Scott
I have no rules and no methods... no secrets. — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Commitment to a set of rules frees your play to attain a profundity and vigor otherwise impossible. — Stephen Nachmanovitch
Structure ignites spontaneity. Limits yield intensity. When we play... by our self-chosen rules, we find that containment of strength amplifies strength. — Stephen Nachmanovitch
I do assert that one prepares for eternity not by being religious and keeping the rules, but by living fully, loving wastefully, and daring to… — John Shelby Spong
Rules and particular inferences alike are justified by being brought into agreement with each other. A rule is amended if it yields an inference we… — Nelson Goodman

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