Rules Quotes

The place was crawling with youngsters. It was good, because the kids were good. I can't make a general assumption. Again, you're probably getting, as a general theme from me, that I don't make a lot of broad, sweeping rules about movies.

In motion pictures, the actor rules. The camera served the actor.

Asimov was the reason why we changed some rules in the SFWA, and I'm not convinced we changed it for the best.

I met my wife by breaking two of my rules: never date a girl seriously that you meet at a nightclub and never date a fan.

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised.

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

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

I was very pushed to look a certain way and act a certain way, and it wasn't me, but I played by their rules to get my foot in the door.

I like the idea that we build up these walls or rules or laws to maintain our reality, and when they fall away, you're left with a whole bunch of illusions.

I mean one of the basic rules when you're acting is that you mustn't stand in judgement on a character, you mustn't say Hitler was a bad man because you can't act in that way.

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

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.

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

I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

At the end, the realization is that she had to get to a place in her life where she could drop her guard and make peace with the fact that whether she had a small amount of time, that she had to kind of live it completely through, instead of living by the rules.

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.

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

Unless we repeal the illegal Byrd amendment, American exports will be vulnerable to retaliation, and the U.S. will continue to face a difficult task convincing other countries to make their laws comply with international rules.

I followed the rules, and I was a high achiever.

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

The big producer is going to figure out how to deal with whatever the rules are, but the little guy who is running a few hundred units or maybe feeding 1,500 cattle a year, how will they ever comply with these requirements?

To be a good actor you have to be something like a criminal, to be willing to break the rules to strive for something new.

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule. Nevertheless one had better know the rules, for they sometimes guide in doubtful cases, though not often.

No matter who you are, no matter what your color, creed, how you choose to pray or who you choose to love, that if you are an American - first generation or fifth - one who is willing to work hard, play by the rules and apply your God-given talents - that you should be able to find a job that pays the bills.

I think a lot of women innately know how to play their hand. I'm not a big one for the rules.

But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish beyond question the legality of the measures the United States must take to protect the American people, then we should unashamedly and explicitly reject the jurisdiction of these rules.

People feel that they're being required to meet all sorts of regulations and rules and requirements in their areas of work and MPs are not imposing those sort of restrictions on themselves.

These rules may seem simple enough, but it will require great morale and physical courage to adhere to them. But if carried out in the strict sense of the word it will surely lead to a greater success than could otherwise be attained.