Rules Quotes

To be a prisoner means to be defined as a member of a group for whom the rules of what can be done to you, of what is seen as abuse of you, are reduced as part of the definition of your status.

Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.

The owners said that they wanted the salary cap and refused to promise that they would abide by the rules of the just-expired contract after the season ended. Believing we had no choice, the players went on strike in August of 1994.

The dome of the U.S. Capitol has fallen into severe disrepair... As the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, which oversees matters of the Capitol's physical plant, I have serious concerns about the consequences of omitting this funding from the stopgap spending measure.

Unity is the most important thing on the road to stamping out terror. You need global rules of law and order, and they have to be enforced. Start with that principle.

I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.

I wanted to write a new fable and see how many rules you could break.

There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules.

In things to be seen at once, much variety makes confusion, another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once, and have no respect one to another, great variety is commendable, provided this variety transgress not the rules of optics and geometry.

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.

When the weather changes, nobody believes the laws of physics have changed. Similarly, I don't believe that when the stock market goes into terrible gyrations its rules have changed.

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.

When you're a famous, successful person at 16 years old, the rules change for you. Everybody is doing things for you to make life easier so you can go out and play. And I think you miss out on lot of growing up and a lot of reality checks.

I know there are, like, 12 rules for late night: a desk, a band. Will people take me seriously if I don't wear a tie?

The reason that minorities and women don't have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected.

The rules are changed now, there's not any way to build a team today. It's just how much money you want to spend. You could be the world champions and somebody else makes a key acquisition or two and you're through.

Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.

Appearance rules the world.

Perhaps one of the only positive pieces of advice that I was ever given was that supplied by an old courtier who observed: Only two rules really count. Never miss an opportunity to relieve yourself; never miss a chance to sit down and rest your feet.

There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances.

Every man should follow the bent of his nature in art and letters, always provided that he does not offend against the rules of morality and good taste.

You can't break the rules until you know how to play the game.

The government has the right to change laws and rules and regulations.

It's in our best interest to put some of the old rules aside and create new ones and follow the consumer - what the consumer wants and where the consumer wants to go.

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

So that's why one of my rules of parody writing is that it's gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.

It's a new era in fashion - there are no rules. It's all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together.

Right now, politics follows the rules of talk radio - using conflict, tension, fear, and resentment to find new recruits.

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.