A Quote by Alton Brown

I do like artfully breaking rules.

Alton Brown

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Alton Brown
American - Entertainer
Born: July 30, 1962

When you depart from standard usage, it should be deliberate and not an accidental lapse. Like a poet who breaks the rules of poetry for creative effect, this only works when you know and respect the rule you are breaking. If you have never heard of the rules you are breaking, you have no right to do so, and you are likely to come off like a buffoon or a barbarian. Breaking rules, using slang and archaic language can be effective, but it is just as likely to give you an audience busy with wincing.

N.D. Wilson

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.

Rick Wakeman

I went to grad school because I wanted to learn the rules so I would know how to break them. Breaking the rules is saying, 'I'm breaking in, OK? I'm breaking in your very comfortable little house over here, and I'm going to take a room.'

Danai Gurira

After you've learned two or three basic rules of cinema grammar, you can do what you like - including breaking those rules.

Michelangelo Antonioni

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Susanna Moore

Trump is like an eater of worlds from an 'Avengers' movie, but there seem to be different rules for him. What are Twitter doing, for example? He's constantly breaking their rules, the sort of stuff other people get thrown off for.

John Tiffany

I like breaking the rules.

Lexa Doig

The secret of breaking rules in a way that works is understanding what the rules are in the first place.

Rick Wakeman

We're breaking all of the rules, even our own rules, and how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities.

John Cage

I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules.

John Irving

The rules!" shouted Ralph, "you're breaking the rules!" "Who cares?

William Golding

These are party-sanctioned debates. This is a presidential election, you show up at the debates. These are the rules. We have a series of unwritten rules of how campaigns are run, and everybody has followed those rules consistently over the decades. And no one has really even seriously thought about breaking them.

Ryan Grim

The commandments are a gift, not a curse. Sin is less about breaking the rules and more about breaking the Father's heart.

Mark Hart

Sometimes breaking the rules is extending the rules.

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It feels like breaking rules is almost a given now on TV.

Megan Abbott

There are comedic rules and formulae and, while these tenets should be respected, especially by a newcomer, perversely you can still succeed by openly contradicting them. Because comedy is about breaking the rules. Even its own rules. Though, as with many disciplines, it is wise to master the basics before you attempt to subvert them.

Richard Herring

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