Rules Quotes

3000 Rules quotes by 2172 unique authors

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
I’m going to break one of the rules of the trade here. I’m going to tell you some of the secrets of improvisation. Just remember—it’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
Intelligence rules the world, ignorance carries the burden... — Marcus Garvey
Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively. — Dalai Lama
But this I know; the writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master--something that at times strangely wills… — Charlotte Bronte
A mismatched outfit, a slightly defective denture, an exquisite mediocrity of the soul-those are the details that make a woman real, alive. The women you… — Milan Kundera
Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your life. The object can be stated this way: Live the best life you… — Frank Herbert
Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself.… — Madeleine L'Engle
Passionately obsessed by anything we love--an avalanche of magic flattens the way ahead, levels, rules, reasons, dissents, bears us with it over chasms, fears, doubts.… — Richard Bach
The child who refuses to travel in the father's harness, this is the symbol of man's most unique capability. "I do not have to be… — Frank Herbert
We bear the consequences for what we have done to ourselves, and for the sin that rules this world. Jesus forgave the thief, but he… — Francine Rivers
All our days are marked with/ unexpected/ affronts--some/ disastrous, others/ less so/ but the process is/ wearing and/ continuous./ Attrition rules./ Most give/ way/ leaving/… — Charles Bukowski
She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you. — Terry Pratchett
I don't care if I pass your test, I don't care if I follow your rules. If you can cheat, so can I. I won't… — Orson Scott Card
We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything. — William Golding
Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is… — Douglas Adams

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