Quotes About Rules

No dates until you're sixteen. And no boyfriends, either.' I'm not quite sure how to tell Mom, but it looks like I don't just have one boyfriend. I have two.

Carnot, one of a school of mathematicians who emphasized the relationship of mathematics to scientific practice, appears, in spite of the title of his work, to have been more concerned about the facility of application of the rules of procedure than about the logical reasoning involved.

On cutting off beer sales after the eighth inning: "Anybody who can't get drunk at the ball game before the eighth inning doesn't belong here.

Nothing happens without intention, Willem. Nothing. This theory of yours - life is rules by accidents - isn't that just one huge excuse for passivity?

First rule of Teach Kane a Lesson: you don't talk about Teach Kane a Lesson. Second rule of Teach Kane a Lesson: you don't talk about Teach Kane a Lesson. Third rule of Teach Kane a Lesson: if someone taps out, you just keep fighting. Fourth rule of Teach Kane a Lesson: there are no rules. Got it?

Play by the rules, and lose to a rule breaker.

Yes. Me. I'm an immortal made for war, and killing is what I do. What I'm good at. I do not live by the same rules as other people, those who do not have to fight to retain their liberties, those who let others do the fighting for them, then scoff at the results." - Knox

Rules were invented by elders so they could get to bed early. Men who speak endlessly on authority only prove they have none. And kings who make speeches about submission only betray twin fears in their hearts: they are not certain they are really true leaders, sent of God. And they live in mortal fear of a rebellion... No... authority from God is not afraid of challenges, makes no defense, and cares not one whit if it must be dethroned.

The opposite of the Third Ideal is someone who values process compliance and TWWADI," he says with a big smile. "You know, 'The Way We've Always Done It.' It's the huge library of rules and regulations, processes and procedures, approvals and stage gates, with new rules being added all the time to prevent the latest disaster from happening again.

Curiously, only in sports do we agree to eschew technological advances, making rules, for example, to limit the power potential of baseball bats. We understand that technology will ruin our games, but we do not understand that it can also ruin cultures.

And Irene hadn't broken the letter of any ordinances – she hoped. She'd just jumped up and down on the spirit of them, then taken them down a dark alley and made some pointed suggestions at knife-point.

I prefer a more stable game." He tapped the chess-board meaningfully. "Games of strategy which rely on agreed rules and which avoid all semblance of luck are far more to my taste than cards or dice. I like to know where all the pieces are. I like to know what's possible in a game. I don't appreciate being surprised. Would you agree, Miss Winters?

Ante Dios sólo hay reglas o en realidad sólo hay una regla y ninguna excepción. Como ignoramos la regla superior inventamos reglas generales que no lo son, y hasta sería posible que, aun para los seres finitos, lo que llamamos reglas no fueran sino excepciones.

Las reglas de la gramática son meras convenciones humanas; por eso cuando el diablo se le aparece a los poseídos habla un mal latín.

Weak men, indeed, are prejudiced towards rules and systems in life and government; and think if these are gone all is gone: but a man of a great soul and free spirit delights in the noble experiment of blowing up systems and dissolving governments, to mould them anew upon other principles and in another shape.

I just want to know who made the rule that you had to stop having fun once you got married.

He fixed me with his Mad Rogan stare. "If you find the connection between Brian's disappearance and the conspiracy, I want to know about it. Not eventually, not when it's convenient, but immediately." "Yes, sir. I was going to kiss you good night, but now I can't. It's against the rules to fraternize with my superior officer." "Hilarious," he said.

We're a family business. All we have is our name and our reputation. We follow only three rules. First, once bought, we stay loyal to the client. Second, we try not to do anything illegal. And third, at the end of the day we have to be able to look our reflection in the eye.

People say that physics has laws, I told him, walking to the bedroom door. I prefer to view them as a set of flexible guidelines.

got up and brought her a dictionary. She read the definition. "That sums it up well, yes. The idea of social rules is false at the core. There is only one rule in this world: if you're strong enough to do it, you have the right to do it. Everything else is an artificial defense the majority of the weak set up to shield themselves from the strong. I understand their fear, but it leaves me cold.

the understanding is capable of being instructed by and equipped with rules, the power of judgement is a special talent which cannot be taught, but can be practised. This is why power of judgement is the specific mark of our so-called native wit, the absence of which cannot be remedied by any schooling.

Freedom (independence) from the laws of nature is no doubt a liberation from restraint, but also from the guidance of all rules.

Meetings run best when there are clear rules or norms to follow. These are sometimes difficult to set at the start of the meeting. People may feel reluctant to speak up and suggest rules or there may be pressure to start discussing the agenda items.

The door was slightly ajar and Madame Péricand could sense the presence of the other servants outside. Madeleine, the maid, was so beside herself with worry that she came right up to the doorway. To Madame Péricand, such a breach of the normal rules seemed a frightening indication of things to come. It was in just this manner that the different social classes all ended up on the top deck during a shipwreck.