It is a dark, unspoken truth that the powerful - the 'ruling class' - make up the rules as they go along.

A scam is a scam. A fraud is a fraud. Different rules don't apply in the City than they do for you and me.

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

Many dogs grow up without rules or boundaries. They need exercise, discipline and affection in that order.

We have very specific rules about how we go to market with children, and I think they are very responsible.

There are only two rules for being successful: one, figure out exactly what you want to do, and two, do it.

No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.

Extreme rules, hardcore wrestling - whatever they want to call it - was born out of a necessity to survive.

We have rules that no longer are relevant to the world we're living in. Our regulatory system can't keep up.

There's so many strict ideas and rules, whether it's from religion or it's just generations and generations.

Hip hop is doing the new rock thing; there are no rules. They can do anything, really. And that's inspiring.

If there were no rules about when to applaud, we in the audience would have the right response almost always.

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.

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

In sports, you get disqualified if you violate the rules, but in Ukrainian politics, no standards are at work.

All you have to be is kind. That's all you need. Once you've got that, it virtually rules out everything else.

One aim of the Boy Scouts scheme is to revive amongst us, if possible, some of the rules of the knights of old.

One of the golden rules of politics is that if your opponent is attacking you personally then they are rattled.

Beauty has no boundaries, no rules, no colors. Beauty is like a religion. You can include everything inside it.

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.

Net neutrality rules ensure an equal playing field on the web for everyone, from the start-up to the tech giant.

I obeyed my parents' rules inside our Chinese household while I pursued my dreams in the American world outside.

One of my rules for life is: 'When in doubt, assume the best,' because in the end, most people are pretty decent.

Our rules need to keep pace with current technology so that Americans who use hearing aids can easily use phones.

Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.

Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you.

I would like it to be the rules all round the world that that is the case - you manage the country of your birth.

No rules exist, and examples are simply life-savers answering the appeals of rules making vain attempts to exist.

When you go, 'Listen, I didn't know. I didn't know the rules.' That works. That's a good, solid defense. One time.

A lot of people ask why I don't fly for the airlines now. It's because of the rebel in me that doesn't like rules.

Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.

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

I respect and understand that golf is enveloped in tradition and that certain rules and regulations must be upheld.

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.

When I don't know all the rules, I just break them all. And it becomes like a higher level of music because of that.

We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear .

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.

I am not one to adhere to silly clothing rules. I love mixing metals, wearing a brown bag with black shoes, whatever.

Accounting rules give financial institutions flexibility about when they choose to recognize venture capital profits.

Public school teachers enjoy a huge amount of job security, thanks to their powerful unions and inflexible work rules.

I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.

I define nothing. Not beauty, not patriotism. I take each thing as it is, without prior rules about what it should be.

People who truly understand what is meant by self-reliance know they must live their lives by ethics rather than rules.

Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice.

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

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.

The rules have changed. True power is held by the person who possesses the largest bookshelf, not gun cabinet or wallet.

The rules of friendship are tacit, unconscious; they are not rational. In business, though, you have to think rationally.

One of the rules of running for Congress is no matter where you go, you speak like you're speaking to the whole district.

I knew it would happen. I knew I'd be No. 1. I'm a new artist; I don't know the rules. Nobody told me it wouldn't happen.

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