Civilization Quote by John Irving

“One had followed the rules, and one had not. But the problem with rules... was that they implied a right way and a wrong…

— Celeste Ng

“Of the rules in this house, spoken and unspoken, ancient and new, religious and secular, visible and invisible - of the mob of rules…

— Elizabeth Poliner

“Given anything negative or uncertain, there were rules that had to be followed.”

— Jodi Picoult

“A basic theme for the anarch is how man, left to his own devices, can defy superior forces – whether state, society, or the…

— Ernst Jünger

“But the problem with rules, he reflected, was that they implied a right way and a wrong way to do things. When, in fact,…

— Celeste Ng

“Most sources agree that Dean’s best work came under rarefied, idealized conditions, not under a barrage of criticism such as Strasberg’s.”

— Val Holley

The anarch knows the rules. He has studied them as a historian and goes along with them as a contemporary. Wherever possible, he plays…

— Ernst Junger

“Set up an arbitrary set of rules and then follow them slavishly.”

— Errol Morris

“As an anarch, who acknowledges neither law nor custom, I owe it to myself to get at the very heart of things. I then…

— Ernst Jünger

“The rules are there so that we can remember them and follow them. If the rules were obvious, we wouldn't have to write them…

— Daniel H. Wilson

“When making rules, explain the principles behind them.”

— Ray Dalio

“I didn't write the rules, why should i follow them?”

— W. Eugene Smth