Rule Quotes

Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.

If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone who can publish it or get it published. Don't send it to me. Don't show it to your spouse, or your significant other, or your parents, or somebody. They're not going to publish it.

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

Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small number on, however, and sold them to major publishers for a nice sum. But that is an exception to the rule.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

We have a lot of rule changes. I am part of the competition committee. We spent a lot time evaluating the game, how do we make the game better for our fans.

Despite what people think, I was such a rule follower at school.

The rule in the art world is: you cater to the masses or you kowtow to the elite; you can't have both.

He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

As a rule, said Holmes, the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify.

There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back.

There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.

Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.

Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law.

You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.

Where women are concerned, the rule is never to go out with anyone better dressed than you.

Tech executives have historically been owners of significant portions of their companies' stock so there is a propensity for them to diversify as a rule.

How shall I be able to rule over others, that have not full power and command of myself?

Let there be no reservation or doubt that I believe the Senate should vote on each and every judicial appointment made by the President of the United States and that no rule or procedure should ever stop the Senate from exercising its constitutional responsibility.

I believe in the Golden Rule. I believe in practicing it.

The armies, the difference of all of those armies that had been fighting each other and the Taliban took advantage of that to rule over the whole country.

As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.

There's a rule in Hollywood: stay away from water and stay away from snow, and I had both.

When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.

Every unskilled illegal immigrant who enters the United States for work drives up healthcare costs for every American. And, every illegal immigrant we turn a blind eye toward weakens the rule of law our country is founded on.

The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.

It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box.

I think Democrats often hold the unconstrained vision, and Republicans focus more on the Rule of Law.

Fifa cannot sit by and see greed rule the football world. Nor shall we.

The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it.