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Quotes About Rules

People point to a highly original painter or sculptor and say, "He isn't following rules. He's doing something entirely original, something that has never been done before, something for which there are no rules." But they fail to see
~ Mortimer J. Adler
According to these new rules, the U.S. government was free to use the methods it had developed in the 1950s under layers of secrecy and deniability—only now it was out in the open, without fear of prosecution.
~ Naomi Klein
Trump didn't just enter politics as a so-called outsider, somebody who doesn't play by the rules. He entered politics playing by a completely different set of rules—the rules of branding. According to those rules, you don't need to be objectively good or decent; you only need to be true and consistent to the brand you have created
~ Naomi Klein
Araminta had generally considered the laws of etiquette as the rules of the chase, and divided them into categories: those which everyone broke, all the time; those which one could not break without being frowned at; and those which caused one to be quietly and permanently left out of every future invitation to the field.
~ Naomi Novik
like our parents always told us not to like firefighters warn against we're playing games and making the rules up as we go we're matching warmth to warmth starting fires burning wishes into our skin we're hidden holding forbidden lights we're children whose fathers have never taught never touch but we're finding these new flames we smother at the sound of footsteps.
~ Naomi Shihab Nye
The citizens of the United Kingdom did not, however, know this, for the most part. And much moralizing went along with this edict: those who followed "the rules" were lauded in the press; those who asked questions were derided as "COVID deniers" who wanted to "kill Grandma.
~ Naomi Wolf
history had no lessons or rules to offer the student, it could only broaden his understanding and strengthen his critical judgment.
~ Carl von Clausewitz
Do you know what religion is, Martin, my friend? -I can barely remember Lord's Prayer. -A beautiful and well-crafted prayer. Poetry aside, a religion is really a moral code that is expressed through legends,myths, or any type of literary device in order to establish a system of beliefs, values , and rules with which to regulate a culture or a society.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Poetry aside, a religion is really a moral code, that is expressed through legends, myths, or any type of literary device in order to establish a system of belifs, values, and rules with which to regulate a culture or a society.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Poetry aside, a religion is really a moral code that is expressed through legends, myths or any type of literary device in order to establish a system of beliefs, values and rules with which to regulate a culture or a society.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A large part of the mythology that develops around each of these doctrines, from its liturgy to its rules and taboos, comes from the bureaucracy generated as they develop and not from the supposed supernatural act that originated them.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
a religion is really a moral code that is expressed through legends, myths or any type of literary device in order to establish a system of beliefs, values and rules with which to regulate a culture or a society.
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A religion is really a moral code that is expressed through legends, myths or any type of literary device in order to establish a system of beliefs, values and rules with which to regulate a culture or society
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A sane person didn't stand under a tree; they didn't allow the cat in the house; and above all, they did not take a bath in a storm.
~ Carolyn Brown
The sign of a good marriage is that everything is debatable and challenged; nothing is turned into law or policy. The rules, if any, are known only to the two players, who seek no public trophies.
~ Carolyn G. Heilbrun
Not even the Superintendent could play about with gravity.
~ Catherine Aird
Right he said Let's get one thing clear. I am not here to teach you law-I am here to teach you loopholes.
~ Catherine Jinks
The more you try to simplify things the more you complicate them. You create rules, build walls, push people away, lie to yourself and ignore true feelings. That is not simplifying things.
~ Cecelia Ahern
Humans, with the arrogance of a supposedly superior species (tell that to your cat!), expect domestic animals to fit into their lifestyle. They bring cats into their homes and expect them to follow a human timetable and human rules.
~ Celia Haddon
I'm completely the opposite of an etiquette icon. I'm brash, and I don't follow any social rules, really. I'm nice, but really, I'm the least-put-together lady in the world.
~ Barbie Ferreira
There was a manifesto in the late '60s/early '70s, and it basically laid out what 'black art' was and that it should embrace black history and black culture. There were all these rules - I was shocked, when I found it in a book, that it even existed, that it would demarcate these artists.
~ Kara Walker
We follow the rules laid out in the Bible for running our church.
~ William Brewster
I was a good kid. My parents laid rules out for me, and I followed them.
~ Heidi Klum
We've all had meetings with the referees. We're all clear with how VAR works, and ultimately, you want the rules to be fair.
~ Steph Houghton