Rules Quotes

3000 Rules quotes by 2172 unique authors

Why is it, my shadow-striding friend, that we don't fear dreams? We lose consciousness, lose control, things happen with no apparent logic and abiding by… — Brent Weeks
Places matter. Their rules, their scale, their design include or exclude civil society, pedestrianism, equality, diversity (economic and otherwise), understanding of where water comes from… — Rebecca Solnit
Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE,… — Alexander Pope
Apparently you don't have to observe the Rules of Etiquette when reuniting with a muderous spouse. — Jennifer Rardin
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established — Confucius
The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human. — Michel Houellebecq
One wonders what would happen in a society in which there were no rules to break. Doubtless everyone would quickly die of boredom. — Susan Howatch
Macy: “In Truth,” I said, “there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.” Wes: “How do you win?” he asked Macy:… — Sarah Dessen
He was violating the second rule of the two rules for getting on well with people that speak Spanish; give the men tobacco and leave… — Ernest Hemingway
Hassan and I looked at each other. Cracked up. The Hindi kid would soon learn what the British learned earlier in the century, and what… — Khaled Hosseini
I"m often accused of being irreligious, and I suppose it's for this very reason. Whether it's Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Judaism, or any other… — Erwin McManus
The propitious smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregard the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has… — George Washington
Religious people love to hide behind religion. They love the rules of religion more than they love Jesus. With practice, Condemners let rules become more… — Mike Yaconelli
This, after all, was the month in which families began tightening and closing and sealing; from Thanksgiving to the New Year, everybody's world contracted, day… — Zadie Smith
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a… — George Orwell
Each path to knowledge involves different rules and these rules are not interchangeable. — Barack Obama
What is right, in the end, is not always what it seems to be, and some rules are better broken. — Jodi Picoult
Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths. We must be willing to get rid of the life we planned, so as to have the… — Joseph Campbell
A curse on this game. How can you stick at a game when the rules keep on changing? I shall call myself Alice and play… — Jeanette Winterson
It (trying to keep the law) grants you the power to judge others and feel superior to them. You believe you are living to a… — William P. Young
... one of those librarians who rules the stacks with an intimidating scowl, whispers quiet sharply enough to lacerate the tender inner tissues of the… — Dean Koontz
But boys will be boys, even the ones who are only girls dressed up: That's one of the rules of the world. — Philip Reeve
Once you have hierarchy you need rules to protect and administer it, and then you need law and the enforcement of the rules, and you… — William P. Young
there are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage: If you don't respect the other person, you're gonna have a… — Mitch Albom
There are always rebels and radicals, I suppose,' McCleethy allows. 'Those who live on the fringes of society. But what do they contribute to the… — Libba Bray

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