Rules Quotes

3000 Rules quotes by 2172 unique authors

Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them. — Guy Kawasaki
I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good… — Anna Kendrick
I just like playing with makeup and clothes - so I really don't feel like there are rules, and if there are rules, then I… — Kesha
Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it… — Billie Jean King
While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive. — Henry A. Kissinger
It's one of the worst-kept secrets of family life that all parents have a preferred son or daughter, and the rules for acknowledging it are… — Jeffrey Kluger
Athletes often start life at the opposite end of the wealth and prestige spectrum, but as soon as they exhibit an unusual talent for swinging… — Jeffrey Kluger
When it comes to raising civilized kids there are no hard rules, but there are two things on which most parents agree: Boys are generally… — Jeffrey Kluger
I was a good kid. My parents laid rules out for me, and I followed them. — Heidi Klum
The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own. — Michael Korda
I had these recipes that say do this, do that. Who MAKES these rules? — Emeril Lagasse
Rule A: Don't. Rule A1: Rule A doesn't exist. Rule A2: Do not discuss the existence or non-existence of Rules A, A1 or A2. — R. D. Laing
Anything my staff does in my office is pursuant to congressional rules. — Sheila Jackson Lee
But a true diva has dismissed that drama. A true diva's heart is open, and she's ready to play by her own rules - rules… — Jenifer Lewis
Liberals always exempt themselves from the rules that they impose on others. — Rush Limbaugh
Rules like 'don't wear white after Labor Day' or 'shoes matching the handbag' are antiquated. Modern women should feel free to experiment. — Stacy London
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise. — Samuel Lover
Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed. — John Lydon
You are remembered for the rules you break. — Douglas MacArthur
The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break. — John Madden
I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can… — Malcolm X
In any story, the villain is the catalyst. The hero's not a person who will bend the rules or show the cracks in his armor.… — Marilyn Manson
'Show up at the desk' is one of the first rules of writing, but for 'Wolf Hall' I was about 30 years late. — Hilary Mantel
If you're white and you're wrong, then you're wrong; if you're black and you're wrong, you're wrong. People are people. Black, blue, pink, green -… — Bob Marley
One of the big breakthroughs, I think for me, was reading Robert A. Heinlein's four rules of writing, one of which was, 'You must finish… — George R. R. Martin

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