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What ever lives obeys . . . he who cannot obey himself is commanded.

Friedrich Nietzsche

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Nobody has a more sacred obligation to obey the law than those who make the law.

Sophocles

A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise him.

Lao tzu

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.

Malcolm X

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war.... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest....

C. S. Lewis

Reason should direct and appetite obey.

Cicero

BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given. Who is that, father? A mendicant, child, Haggard, morose, and unaffable - wild! See how he glares through the bars of his cell! With Citizen Mendicant all is not well. Why did they put him there, father? Because Obeying hi.

Ambrose Bierce

This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it.

Ugo Betti

What is important is all elements of the Indonesian side must obey what is written in the agreement.

Sofyan Dawood

The little things, I can obey. But the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone - or any society - determine those for you.

Morrie Schwartz

The only thing I believe is this: A player does not have to like a manager and he does not have to respect a manager. All he has to do is obey the rules.

Sparky Anderson

Companies that made lead pigments decades and decades ago can hardly be held (responsible) because a small group of landlords refuse to obey the law and maintain.

Bonnie Campbell

It did not specifically say in so many words that he was not to be on the premises. It said that he was supposed to obey all laws.

Stephen Holmes

He just refuses to obey the laws, ... It is becoming ridiculous. It's an eyesore and it's also bringing our tax values down.

Jane Kennedy

If I were to command a general to turn into a seagull, and if the general did not obey, that would not be the general's fault. It would be mine.

Antoine de Saint Exupery

You must obey this now for a Law, that he that will not worke shall not eate (except by sickness he be disabled:) for the labors of thirtie or fortie honest and industrious men shall not be consumed to maintaine an hundred and fiftie idle loyterers.

John Smith

You'll feel better about yourselves when you obey the rules and don't threaten other kids. We should all be like a family here getting along.

Kevin Provins

It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made and demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand . . . I was quite tired after spending a full day working.

Rosa Parks

A law is something which must have a moral basis, so that there is an inner compelling force for every citizen to obey.

Chaim Weizmann

This is a very rough time for us, but we must obey the law and the rule of law.

Armando Gutierrez

The good news is most are obeying the law. The bad news is there are too many out there still selling to underage people.

David Deiuliis

It is much safer to obey, than to govern.

Thomas a Kempis

He who refuses to obey cannot command.

Kenyan Proverb

Those who know the least obey the best.

George Farquhar

If people obey our law this hunt will be conducted safely.

David Higgins

There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.

Rush Limbaugh

Give all to love; obey thy heart.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Impatience is the cause of most of our irregularities and extravagances Command by obeying.

Motto

He (Mahathir) expects the public to obey laws including restrictions against gatherings, but he himself has cast aside laws and the federal constitution.

Anwar Ibrahim

It does not require great learning to be a Christian and be convinced of the truth of the Bible. It requires only an honest heart and a willingness to obey God.

Albert Barnes

We all face the same struggle between American values and the laws we must obey.

Michael Callahan

The foolish and cruel notion that a wife is to obey her husband has sent more women to the grave than to the courts for a divorce.

Lemuel K. Washburn

The teachers here are way cool, ... If you obey the rules and turn in your assignments, you get parties.

Alex Brown

It's the one thing we can actually do something about. Obey the laws. If you're going to run fast, stay in the middle of the channel because the manatees spend more time on the edges where the grass is.

Wayne Hartley

This district had been Republican until Dave Obey was elected. This is a conservative district.

Nick Reid

It would also be wise for truckers to obey the posted weight limits.

Mark Keller

Perfection is intensely annoying. Audiences were ready for a character who didn't obey the usual pieties of modern life.

Hugh Laurie

I think that if the penalties were enhanced, certainly the general public would know the severity of not obeying the law.

Randy Kessel

It's a good idea to obey all the rules when you're young just so you'll have the strength to break them when you're old.

Mark Twain

I don't think I could take Obey in Douglas, Ashland and Bayfield counties. But I believe I can narrow his margins.

Nick Reid

London is chaotic too but people obey the law. I've never been bumped by a car there like I have here.

Claudia Adeath

For her this is a conflict of what she desired and what God wills, and she struggled over whether to obey God and her desire to keep her children.

Park Dietz

By learning to obey, you will know how to command.

Italian Proverb

I try to live the moment and not obey laws, rules, conventions, or norms; to react to a sensation, a feeling, or an emotion. You can't program emotion.

Anne Parillaud

It was clear to me that reality was catching up with satire so fast that somebody might read this essay on how to have the December 31 baby and obey it.

Josh Freed

This is a nation of laws that apply to everyone. No group of individuals in this country gets to pick which laws they're going to obey and which they are not.

Paul Egan

Society is well governed when the people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.

Solon

Nothing is less in our power than the heart, and far from commanding we are forced to obey it.

Jean jacques Rousseau

The only thing that convinced them to obey the law was when we hired (attorney) David Carrier - 'We are going to sue you' - that got their attention. I've found that virtually nobody wants to obey the law and that nobody wants to enforce the law.

Julian Kurtz

We've issued subpoenas and we expect the companies to obey subpoenas.

Dan Leistikow

I dare you, boys and girls, to make life obey you, not you it. It is only a shallow dare to do the foolish things. I dare you to do the uplifting, courageous things.

William Danforth

With my team I am an absolute czar. My men know it. I order plays and they obey. If the don't, I fine them.

John Mcgraw

And, if there was any responsibility in refusing to obey, he was willing to accept it.

John Bigelow

Learn to obey before you command.

Solon

We have to obey the law.

Michael Willner

You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.

Robert E. Lee

If we don't enforce laws of the historic district and allow things to slide, then it's unfair to homeowners that live in the area and do obey the rules. We don't have anything to defend. We are just doing our job.

Jacqueline Salame

If we are really going to learn from others, we must decide to fully obey.

Ed Townsend

The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.

Earl Warren