Rules Quotes

I don't have to play by these rules or do these things... I can actually have my own kind of version.

What I think is that we in the church - and especially I as an Archbishop - I'm responsible for maintaining our rules, and making sure we hold to unity in the Body of Christ.

When I was teaching at the University of Tehran we were struggling against the implementation of the revolution rules.

The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one.

If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them.

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

President Obama said it best during his state of the Union Address this year when he declared: 'I will go anywhere in the world to open new markets for American products. And I will not stand by when our competitors don't play by the rules.'

I didn't want to write a biographie romancee especially since I already write novels, nor did I want to challenge the rules of the biography game, arbitrary as those rules might be.

Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope.

People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you're lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.

I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity.

Police officials routinely execute search warrants on private homes and offices, and Congressional offices should not be treated any differently. There cannot be one set of rules for elected officials and another set of rules for everyone else.

I still feel that French cooking is the most important in the world, one of the few that has rules. If you follow the rules, you can do pretty well.

Must not fight simply to win; no holds barred is not the way; you must win by the rules.

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

The story grew, got way bigger than the contest rules called for, and next thing I knew I had a book.

Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens.

Market forces impose certain rules before a film can actually get made.

I am very proud to follow the rules of our company.

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault.

Filibusters have proliferated because under current rules just one or two determined senators can stop the Senate from functioning. Today, the mere threat of a filibuster is enough to stop a vote; senators are rarely asked to pull all-nighters like Jimmy Stewart in 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.'

Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed.

You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end.

There are people who look at the rules and find ways to structure around them. The more complex the rules, the more opportunities.

Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.

Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.

I also believe that government has no business telling us how we should live our lives. I think our lifestyle choices should be left up to us. What we do in our private lives is none of the government's business. That position rules out the Republican Party for me.

I didn't follow the standard rules of bass playing, and many musicians on many different instruments who became noteworthy for their unique or particular style did a very similar thing.

Some people believe that fairness comes with obeying the rules. I'm one of those people.