Application Quote by Robert J. Sawyer

People who know how to creatively break the rules also know why the rules were there in the first place.

— Richard Rohr

“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

The rules you were given were the rules that worked for the person who created them.

— Ellen Langer

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

— Ray Dalio

“The rules are simple!”

— Kazuki Takahashi

“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

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

— Errol Morris

In so complex a thing as human nature, we must consider it is hard to find rules without exception.

— George Eliot

“the first rule—he calls it the rule of rules—is the art of challenging what is appealing.”

— Christopher Hitchens

“Things are simple as a rule”

— Agatha Christie

Isn't the greatest rule of all the rules simply to please?

— Moliere

It occurred to me, when I was old enough to make rules of my own, that they should be fair and simple.

— Moon Unit Zappa