Accounts Quote by James Q. Wilson

One unrepaired broken window is a signal that no one cares, and so breaking more windows costs nothing.

— James Q. Wilson

Window-breaking does not necessarily occur on a large scale because some areas are inhabited by determined window-breakers whereas others are populated by window-lovers; rather,…

— James Q. Wilson

Factory windows are always brokenOther windows are let alone.No one throws through the chapel-windowThe bitter, snarling, derisive stone.

— Vachel Lindsay

If a window is broken and left unrepaired, people walking by will conclude that no one cares and no one is in charge. Soon,…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Every rule should be broken at least one time.

— Poppy Montgomery

Rules that are not stringently upheld are more likely to get broken.

— Will Hurd

“The trouble with rules, though, is that you'll always be tempted to break one- for the right reasons, due to unavoidable circumstances, because it…

— Stacey Kade

“Broken Windows theory and the Power of Context are one and the same. They are both based on the premise that an epidemic can…

— Malcolm Gladwell

A rule that cannot be bent will certainly be broken.

— Robert Breault

I believe rules are meant to be broken.

— Robert Evans

I like rules that are broken.

— Shelby Lynne

No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.

— Robert Burton