Top 1200 Strict Rules Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

You either play by the rules, change the rules, or get out, altogether.

There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.

The laws of nature are the rules according to which the effects are produced; but there must be a cause which operates according to these rules. The laws of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.

The student learns rules but all the rules in the world never make a picture.

Everybody knows the rules, even though some break those rules.

I think that the essence of being an artist is to break rules. You have to learn rules, and you have to break them, because if you make art only by the rules, then you make very boring art.

Each path to knowledge involves different rules and these rules are not interchangeable.

In terms of bullying, there are so many new laws in America, I am not sure about worldwide, but in America, the laws for bullying are getting strict. And I am really excited of how strict they are and I think it has cut down on a lot of bullying. As a kid I was a bully and I was bullied. I lived both sides of it. To see what is being done with bullying now is super important.

People always say that Randy Moss can't stick to the rules. Even my own rules.

The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country.

Knowing the rules and remembering the rules are two completely different things.

Usually naive interviewers hover between two mutually contradictory convictions: one, that a text we call creative develops almost instantaneously in the mystic heat of inspirational raptus; or the other, that the writer has followed a recipe, a kind of secret set of rules that they would like to see revealed. There is no set of rules, or, rather, there are many, varied and flexible rules.

No rules. Don't be afraid to do whatever you want. Cooking doesn't have to have rules. I don't like it that way.

I enjoy fighting here in Japan under the regular Dream/Pride rules with the ring and the whole rules criteria.

Fashion, though Folly's child, and guide of fools, Rules e'en the wisest, and in learning rules.

Coaches are going to adapt to whatever the rules are. The rules certainly change strategy.

I feel like I have always played within the rules. I would never break the rules.

My whole purpose of being a musician is to not follow the rules, so if I set rules for myself, I've already failed.

No. There is no balance, and no retribution, and no rules. The rules and balances you blather about are hopeful creations of a man fearing death.

I grew up very strict vegan. My dad didn't allow me or any of my siblings to eat any meat, no cheese, no candy even. He was super strict about that sort of stuff. I think that's one of the reasons I manage to be so healthy and take all these gnarly slams without breaking any bones: I think the main thing is being raised without drinking any soda.

Rules or no rules, pitchers are going to throw spitters. It's a matter of survival.

I don't like rules of any kind. And I seek people who break rules with happiness - and not bringing pain to themselves.

My parents were strict. They weren't as strict on me as they were with the others, but my mother didn't want us to get on anyone's nerves... Go to someone else's house and drive their parents crazy. Another thing was they didn't want us to get into a lot of things that a lot of kids - if they're not careful - can slip into.

I like rules. I like definitions, categories, and writing advice of all sorts. When I'm writing fiction, there are often a lot of things for me to try to get right at once, and rules help me to stay organized. But my favorite rule of all is that, ultimately, there are no rules.

It is said that a wise man rules over the stars, but this does not mean that he rules over the influences which come from the stars in the sky. It means that he rules over the powers which exist in his own constitution.

We have rules about the environment and rules about worker safety and rules about consumer protection.

You need to realize that most writing rules aren't laws, they're rules of thumb.

Some rules are there for a reason - but it's one thing to have a rule that protects and another to have rules that stifle.

The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human.

To be able to create fully, it's maybe fine that you learn the rules, but you have to forget and to rebel against those rules.

You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.

And there are rules for crime fiction. Or if not rules, at least expectations and you have to give the audience what it wants.

No one disputes that seeming order can come out of the application of simple rules. But who wrote the rules?

I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?

Obviously, flagrant things have to be called. There are rules. You have got to play to the rules, no question.

I don't want to talk politics, but what I do say is I believe in rules and laws, and if you come to this country, you've got to abide by the rules here.

Women have the feeling that since they didn't make the rules, the rules have nothing to do with them.

We have such rigid rules, sometimes, that they don't have to be rules. They can be policies and procedures that can be adapted for the moment.

Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules.

I use the rules to frustrate the law. But I didn't set up the ground rules.

Putin goes to bed at night knowing he can break all the rules, and the West will follow all the rules.

Not to be bound by rules, but to be creating one's own rules-this is the kind of life which Zen is trying to have us live.

I don't care about the rules, if I don't break the rules at least 10x every song then I'm not doing my job.

Unfortunately, some judges evidently do not regard a debate in Parliament on new immigration rules, followed by the unanimous adoption of those rules, as evidence that Parliament actually wants to see those new rules implemented.

Tantric Zen is the original Zen, Zen without rules, Zen without form. Zen can certainly take rules and form. So Tantric Zen might have some rules and form, but it would remain formless even though it had rules and form.

I always say that you could publish trading rules in the newspaper and no one would follow them. The key is consistency and discipline. Almost anybody can make up a list of rules that are 80 percent as good as what we taught people. What they couldn’t do is give them the confidence to stick to those rules even when things are going bad.

Rules and school are tools for fools! I don't give two mules for rules.

I make up a set of rules and play within those rules until I win.

I respect the rules of TV, the rules of keeping things commercial and interesting and pop-y and fun.

In America the press rules the countrty; it rules its politics, its religion, its social practices.

The rules of the world are changing. It is time for the rules of teaching and teachers' work to change with them.

People like rules, or at least the appearance of rules, even in fantasy.

The terrorists' only rules? That there are no rules, and this gives them a major advantage.

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

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.

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.

I like playing with fashion and bending the "rules," or what was "rules" - there are no rules anymore, you know? Fashion is way bigger than that and it's about wearing what you want and wearing what makes you feel comfortable and what makes you feel confident.

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

The rules of life are made up. The rules only exist in your mind.

I love anyone who breaks the rules, and musicians always break the rules - in an aggressive way.