There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.
—Kurt Vonnegut in God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
A dame that knows the ropes isn’t likely to get tied up.
—Mae West
Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.
—H. L. Mencken
You are remembered for the rules you break.
—Douglas MacArthur
Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won’t adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is to sign on as its accomplice. Instead of vowing to honor and obey, maybe we should swear to aid and abet. That would mean that security is out of the question. The words “make” and “stay” become inappropriate. My love for you has no strings attached. I love you for free.
—Tom Robbins
I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?
—Leo Durocher
The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
—George Bernard Shaw
If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
—Katharine Hepburn
Rules exist for a reason. Rules exist because when people don't follow them, people get hurt.
—Ally Carter in Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
What causes adolescents to rebel is not the assertion of authority but the arbitrary use of power, with little explanation of the rules and no involvement [of the adolescent] in the decision making.
—Laurence Steinberg and Ann Levine
We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.
—Alan Bennett
It's not enough to create magic. You have to create a price for magic, too. You have to create rules.
—Eric A. Burns
Play by the rules, but be ferocious.
—Thomas A. Edison
Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently—they're not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
—Unknown
Hell, there are no rules here—we're trying to accomplish something.
—Unknown