To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humour of a scholar
Francis Bacon
Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force
Blaise Pascal
Logic teaches rules for presentation, not thinking.
Mason Cooley
Fate rules the affairs of men, with no recognizable order.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The rules of soccer are very simple, basically it is this: if it moves, kick it. If it doesn't move, kick it until it does.
Phil Woosnam
Imagination rules the world.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Not to be bound by rules, but to be creating one's own rules--this is the kind of life which Zen is trying to have us live.
D. T. Suzuki
Fancy rules over two thirds of the universe, the past, and future, while reality is confined to the present
Jean Paul Richter
Information on the Internet is subject to the same rules and regulations as conversation at a bar.
George Lundberg
Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them, either. They keep you.
Frank Crane
Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go by any rules. They're not like aches or wounds; they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
Chinese Proverb