Rules Quotes

Too many countries that do not play by the free trade rules of the World Trade Organization - including, notably mercantilist China and monopolist Saudi Arabia - have been allowed in, to the detriment of both the WTO and the liberal trading environment it is supposed to sponsor.

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.

There's no rules. Show me the rule book.

Everybody has to look after their own economy and follow the rules.

If there are rules and regulations, I can't help it, I want to break them.

One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane.

See, there were certain rules I'd always used, and people like Trane, they would break those rules.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

Well, it is true that they did - the Pentagon did impose rules for governing the handling of the Koran in January of 2003, after there had been complaints about the handling of the Koran from detainees, from the International Red Cross.

To know the rules of the game, you have to be educated.

At which point should we let go and do what we want to do, and when should we submit to rules? Coming to terms with our true natures and who we really are has always been a fascination to humans. I know it fascinates me.

In the U.S., you have so many rules, everything's regulated and structured. When you make a mistake, you pay for it -a lot.

The best thing about Sci-Fi, which is my favorite genre, is that there are no rules for behavior. So you can do anything you want.

A little more movement of the defensive side of the ball, some rules that will be unnoticed, but a big rule will be allowing the jack linebacker to move out of the box sideline to sideline.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and where power predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English.

I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world.

I am very proud to follow the rules of our company.

Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands.

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.

I was a good kid. My parents laid rules out for me, and I followed them.

I had these recipes that say do this, do that. Who MAKES these rules?

Rule A: Don't. Rule A1: Rule A doesn't exist. Rule A2: Do not discuss the existence or non-existence of Rules A, A1 or A2.

You are remembered for the rules you break.

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.

The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.

When I was teaching at the University of Tehran we were struggling against the implementation of the revolution rules.

In Trinidad, where as new arrivals we were a disadvantaged community, that excluding idea was a kind of protection; it enabled us - for the time being, and only for the time being - to live in our own way and according to our own rules, to live in our own fading India.

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

In the 21st century, somebody or something has changed the rules about how our world works.

Step outside the guidelines of the official umpires and make your own rules and your own reality.

I figure it's okay to make certain rules, whether or not people despise you for it at the time.

The rules of Canadian engagement say that if we encounter a celebrity, we have to pretend we're not encountering a celebrity.

One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out of you.

Our position in Europe is not negotiable. The Greek people will defend it by all means. But participation in the euro involves rules and obligations, which we must consistently meet. Greece belongs to Europe and Europe cannot be envisaged without Greece.

It's a courageous thing to do something that doesn't have rules or limits.

We have to be careful about creating more rules.

Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.

In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.

The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one.

Seeking the good is not primarily about rules and commandments.

But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them.

The month of Ramadan is the world's most widespread fast and yet its teachings are minimised, neglected and even betrayed (through literal application of rules that overlooks their ultimate objective).

There are thin girls with infertility issues, normal sized girls with infertility issues and overweight girls with infertility issues. Unless your doctor tells you your weight is affecting you in some way... once the doctor rules it out, that's really not it.

A style is the consequence of recurrent habits, restraints, or rules invented or inherited, written or overheard, intuitive or preconceived.

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

For us, holding on to religious rules, and following them, and refraining from what's forbidden, and being diligent with our duties, what do we call that? That's what we call freedom.

Jazz music should be inclusive. Smooth jazz to me rules out a certain kind of drama and a certain tension that I think all music needs. Especially jazz music, since improvising is one of the cornerstones of what jazz is. And when you smooth it out, you take all the drama out of it.

I've only had two rules: Do all you can and do it the best you can. It's the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.

The rules of suspense are that you do know, and you just don't know when. In the Hitchcock rules of suspense, you are supposed to know that there is a bomb on the bus that might blow up, and then it becomes very tense - but if you don't know that there's a bomb and it just blows up, then it's just a surprise.

I find it interesting, the different rules that apply to journalism and drama, even though journalism has become more and more about entertainment, and entertainment has become more and more about journalism.

Existence precedes and rules essence.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

I don't see democracy getting better. I see democracy diminishing. More rules, more legislation. Eventually governments will see everything.

People who follow all the rules and chase every trend tend to get forgotten - they look great, but they're not as memorable.

I want to remind people of a different kind of glamour, a different look, and breaking the rules of fashion. I wanna break the rules.

I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity.

There are no rules in fights with girls. Just hurting.

I think it's the responsibility of a designer to try to break rules and barriers.

Love begets love, love knows no rules, this is same for all.

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.

I will not attempt to deny the reasonableness and necessity of a party war; but in carrying on that war all principles and rules of justice should not be departed from.

If any sort of error is inexcusable, it's an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number published must be checked.

Shakespeare showed me that once I understand the rules, I can break them.

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

I didn't have any concept of age or authority. I remember realising, Oh, the world has rules and we don't.

Breaking accepted rules does bring people together.

I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing.

It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.

TV and the press have always functioned according to the same sets of rules and technical standards. But the Internet is based on software. And anybody can write a new piece of software on the Internet that years later a billion people are using.