Rule Quotes

I have a rule on my team: when we talk to one another, we look each other right in the eye, because I think it's tough to lie to somebody. You give respect to somebody.

Though every legal task demands this skill, it is especially important in the effort to frame public policy in a way that is properly responsive to human needs and predicaments. The question is always: How will the general rule work in practice?

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Is it in the best interest of baseball to sell beer in the ninth inning? Probably not. The rule has got to be more clearly defined. And then some process should be set up where the judge is not also the appeals judge.

In all candor, the Court fails to perceive any reason for suspending the power of courts to get evidence and rule on questions of privilege in criminal matters simply because it is the president of the United States who holds the evidence.

Rule one: Write about settings you're familiar with.

I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad.

The rule on staying alive as a forecaster is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.

As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.

We all have to announce our full solidarity with the struggle of those seeking freedom and justice in Syria, and translate this sympathy into a clear political vision that supports a peaceful transition to a democratic system of rule that reflects the demands of the Syrian people for freedom.

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule, be expressed in a language comprehensible to everyone.

The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao.

Obama is a statist. He's an authoritarian. He doesn't want to govern; he wants to rule.

What should be targeted is a concept of organic, and not just mechanic, democracy that preserves the rule of law, separation of powers, and that is participatory and pluralistic.

I mean, the general rule is if you're not prepared to make a mistake, you're not going to make much progress.

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday - but never jam today.

The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

There is a rule of Sharia: If the enemy wants to suppress you, you are supposed to put up a strong resistance.

Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior.

No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.

I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.

After I did Untamed Heart I wanted to do a film that was outrageous. I really wanted to do, you know, a performance. I don't want to allow my image to rule the choices that I make.

The perverse presumption that places the burden of proof on the challenger of spending must be inverted, back to the rule that applies elsewhere in life: 'Prove to me why we should.'

Great countries need to secure their border for national security purposes, for economic purposes and for rule of law purposes.

Poverty and the rule of race that is called apartheid drive the Transkeian migrant from security on the land to work in the cities, and then back again.

If I had to associate myself with one song, it would probably be Let Love Rule. It's so simple and to the point. It speaks for itself.

It's very important to write things down instantly, or you can lose the way you were thinking out a line. I have a rule that if I wake up at 3 in the morning and think of something, I write it down. I can't wait until morning - it'll be gone.

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

You may keep Turkey on the map of Europe, you may call the country by the name of Turkey if you like, but do not think you can keep up the Mahommedan rule in the country.