Quotes About Rules

Genghis Khan recognized that warfare was not a sporting contest or a mere match between rivals; it was a total commitment of one people against another. Victory did not come to the one who played by the rules; it came to the one who made the rules and imposed them on his enemy. Triumph

Genghis Khan recognized that warfare was not a sporting contest or a mere match between rivals; it was a total commitment of one people against another. Victory did not come to the one who played by the rules; it came to the one who made the rules and imposed them on his enemy. Triumph could not be partial. It was complete, total, and undeniable—or it was nothing.

drowned in the sea of annihilation." Genghis Khan recognized that warfare was not a sporting contest or a mere match between rivals; it was a total commitment of one people against another. Victory did not come to the one who played by the rules; it came to the one who made the rules and imposed them on his enemy.

Islands have their own rules, especially if they're blood-soaked.

We all hurt other people, especially those we love...civilized people were the ones who had learned to hurt according to rules.

If there is a rule about being loyal to your company, it is a stupid rule. And that's what short-cutting is all about: identifying stupid rules and refusing to allow them to have power over you.

Everything is a game. Understanding the rules allows you to succeed.

This was all part of the American Dream. Get a checkup once a year. Get blood tests. Live your life. But protect yourself. Don't step out of the box. Take care of yourself. Life is hard. But then life is easy if you follow the rules.

Just because it's a world of thieves out there don't mean there ain't no rules to it.

Finite players play within boundaries; infinite players play with boundaries.

O futuro é um jogo. O tempo, uma das regras.

God plays dice with the universe," is Ford's answer to Einstein's famous question. "But they're loaded dice. And the main objective of physics now is to find out by what rules were they loaded and how can we use them for our own ends.

I think in our global economy, uncertainty is ever increasing. So to accommodate to that, we need to build a dynamic economy and dynamic rules that can adapt to changing circumstances.

Maybe I am uncompromising on track. The stewards judge whether I'm fair or not, it is my job to extract the most from the rules and circumstances. I admit sometimes I go over the limit but sometimes I don't and I get results.

Looking back at my career, I wish I knew then what I know now... that gender bias is built into the system, and it's unconscious in many ways. I wish I had the maturity and courage to have pushed back more. I was always trying to be a 'good girl' and play by the rules.

My parents were rather unconventional and did not accept rules unless they thought they were defendable. They were atheists when Sweden was a very Christian country.

Tax avoidance and evasion by the rich undermine democracy by starving social programs and public services. They also send a message to ordinary citizens that the rules of the economic game are rigged against them.

I never tire of the heroes that I knew growing up. The fun is not that much different from doing a television show: You're stuck with a certain set of rules, and then, rather than trying to break them, it's just trying to peel away and see what's underneath them. That to me is really fun.

People who truly understand what is meant by self-reliance know they must live their lives by ethics rather than rules.

I understand compliance and I understand the rules. Any meal, I wouldn't pay for everybody but I would at least pay my end.

There is all the difference in the world between departure from recognised rules by one who has learned to obey them, and neglect of them through want of training or want of skill or want of understanding. Before you can be eccentric you must know where the circle is.

I always say that it's about breaking the rules. But the secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.

The corporate community understands the need for rules. Indeed, it argues for regulation to protect intellectual property, physical property rights, and contract law. So why does it oppose global regulation to protect people and the environment?

Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood.