The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
George Bernard Shaw
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In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I violated the Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn't count; building arks does.
Warren Buffett
There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.
Henry Ford
A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
Alexander Graham Bell
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the act of depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.
Mahatma Ghandi
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
Rene Descartes
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
Horace Mann
Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest.
Mahatma Gandhi
To be a successful father there's one absolute rule: when you have a kid, don't look at it for the first two years.
Ernest Hemingway
It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.
Will Durant
Let everyone regulate his conduct . . . by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.
William Wilberforce
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
Calvin Coolidge
The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday - but never jam today.
Lewis Carroll
As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted.
Lucy Maud Montgomery
There are two great rules of life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that everyone can in the end, get what he wants, if he only tries. That is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is, more or less, an exception to the rule.
Samuel Butler
One must know oneself, if this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.
Blaise Pascal
Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite and lead, a better one.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.
Julia Cameron
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.
Henry David Thoreau
Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity.
Eric Hoffer
In forming a judgment, lay your hearts void of foretaken opinions; else, whatsoever is done or said, will be measured by a wrong rule; like them who have jaundice, to whom everything appears yellow.
Sir Philip Sidney
Always remember the first rule of power tactics: Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.
Saul Alinsky
I rule out categorically any 'traffic-light' coalition with red and green.
Guido Westerwelle
But government in which the majority rule in all cases can not be based on justice, even as far as men understand it.
Henry David Thoreau
Their assistance has been genuine, if motivated in large measure by self-preservation. You have to give Kadafi credit for recognizing the existential threat posed to his rule and revolution by [Osama] bin Laden and Al Qaeda.
Bruce Hoffman
U.S. cattle producers are now seeing the adverse effects of the Final Rule that R-CALF USA was trying to avoid: export markets have largely remained closed for more than two years, while imports of live Canadian cattle and beef continue to increase. This is depressing U.S. prices because many U.S. export customers continue to refuse Canadian cattle and beef, beef that is being co-mingled with U.S.
Chuck Kiker
The 3-point shot has been one of the greatest things we've done for the game. The first year it was a state adopted rule. The next year because of overwhelming success, people were pleased with the rule and it became the norm.
Mary Struckhoff
I really don't anticipate that the Massachusetts ruling will have much of an impact on other state courts because those courts will look at their own state laws and their own state constitutions, and rule accordingly.
Seth Kilbourn
Everyone should be equal. What I don't understand is Hans can race (if the rule passes) and I can't. I am disappointed.
Steve Ballinger
I think that this stricter rule has clearly worked.
Brian Callaghan
The bottom line is, we're in a place that actually has a rule of law. The British government is mandated to take action.
Clive Stafford Smith
As a forecasting rule of thumb, the yield curve has been pretty good — but it may not be a good rule of thumb today.
Dorsey Farr
It looks a competitive race. But at his best he is in with a big chance. He likes Cheltenham and I wouldn't rule him out.
Paul Nicholls
As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.
Lew Wallace
Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.
Milan Kundera
It would be our hope we will have a rule in place in six to eight months' time.
Ron Dehaven
I think that's [a function] of the guys adjusting. Before, guys would automatically put a stick to the hands and things like that. It's the same with any time they change a rule. If they continue to call it, guys will adjust and it will be in. It's just whether [the officials] are going to continue along that path.
Brian Leetch
It gives the impression people must follow these opinions, which means clerical rule. The Shi'ite religious authority is interfering in political affairs.
Saleh Al mutlak
The final rule will have to weigh a fine balance between giving people metrics and not disclosing proprietary information.
Mark Borges
He didn't break a team rule; he just didn't fulfill a team requirement.
Charles Howard
The rule of the tournament allows only a maximum of four players from the senior (national) team.
Tom Tikolo
We firmly support the rule of law and constitutional government. Violence should be avoided.
Janelle Hironimus
The rationale for the change was that the student-athlete can choose to respond to text message or e-mail. What we've learned in recent months is that maybe the intent of the rule and the application of the rule are inconsistent.
Crissy Schluep
This makes it quite a lot less likely that it will (reduce rates) but it doesn't rule it out completely.
Robert Prior
It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince each other.
John Wilkins
Of course we were robbed. There was a clear penalty, you can see the (television) pictures. The referee has to give as it's the same rule for everybody whether it's at home or away. But he did not give it and we were eliminated.
Diomansy Kamara
[On the new rule...] NASCAR instituted a new camber rule beginning this weekend, ... We will have to adjust on the Target Dodge a little, but I don't expect it to make a huge difference. This car is by far my favorite car, so I'm really looking forward to this weekend. We've been able to make adjustments when we needed to and it's balanced really well.
Casey Mears
I'd like to repeat that Cuba is still a very good team. If this were to occur on a regular basis - using the mercy rule on us - it would be worrisome.
Higinio Velez
We stand in the shadow of Jefferson who believed that a society founded upon the rule of law and liberty was dependent upon public education and the diffusion of knowledge.
Matt Blunt
We have a rule for that, but I don't have it in front of me.
Mike Hayden
No wrongs are righted; the rule of law in a shambles.
Christopher Dell
Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law.
Stockwell Day
Now rule out the possibility that he has been killed by the kidnappers.
Daniel Pearl
If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.
John Lubbock
I don't like the idea that you have to resign from your post to run (for city council). This rule keeps many of the brightest talents in our city sitting on the sidelines, afraid to give up what they currently have.
Joey Herald
It's possible something Ellis said out of court might be used not only against him but Mr. DeLay. There is one exception to the hearsay rule: for statements made by co-conspirators.
George Dix
We want to put an end to the one-party rule and political hegemony and to have pluralism that reflects the different viewpoints in society.
Talal Oukal
The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them, ... There is no reason to go backwards in redesigning the city.
Paul Hawken
It certainly raises speculation by folks about his future, but he remains in a position at this time that he does not intend to run but doesn't rule it out.
Steve Hildebrand
The most important rule is to formulate, clearly and precisely, the goal to be reached, and then to retain it unswervingly in mind throughout all the stages of the execution, which are often long and complex.
Roberto Assagioli
Actions have consequences...first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions.
Holly Lisle
Therefore beauty is the true monument and spoil of the victory of the soul, when she with heavenly influence beareth rule over material and gross nature, and with her light overcometh the darkness of the body.
Thomas Hoby
Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.
Jefferson Davis
This is an industry where follow-the-leader is the rule rather than the exception.
Paul Eisenstein
Obviously, it's a big win for us and means we can proceed with our rule. It's the first time any country has regulated mercury emissions from power plants.
Jeff Holmstead
If you're going to play the game properly, you'd better know every rule.
Barbara Jordan
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.
Stephen King
Our rule on this was to render an opinion as to whether the board has jurisdiction, ... There's two parties that remain in this at this time: the museum and the board. Either of those two parties can appeal to a court.
Charlie Crist
No politician has ever yet been able to rule his country, nor has any country ever yet been able to face the world, upon the principles of the Sermon on the Mount.
Frederick Scott Oliver
Their (Commission's) 50% rule is an intervention in the market that could lead to an artificial fall in revenues that would damage the quality of the game on the pitch, reduce the attractiveness of the game to stadium and TV fans, and hamper the ability of the game to invest in the community.
Richard Scudamore
It's the stupidest rule in golf.
Payne Stewart
This rule provides far-reaching protections for all Americans and bans pesticide testing on pregnant women and children.
Susan Hazen
My first rule of consumerism is never to buy anything you can't make your children carry.
Bill Bryson
I'm drawn to plays with huge canvases and huge casts, and this is the prototype of that kind of play. There's a kind of energy in this play that you don't associate with social drama as a rule.
Nicholas Martin
I have a tremendous staff. Any of them could have been the head coach, if not for the rule about having to be an assistant first. I'm real fortunate.
Junior Graham
Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Whether an officer should have a weapon when entering a court facility is a very controversial subject, ... Each court is required to establish a local rule to determine what weapon policy best suits their court facility.
National Center
That rule is due to be considered by the NCAA through its normal governance process over the next three-to-six months. That issue is on the table, and the Division I Board of Directors will take it up likely in October but no later than January.
Myles Brand
You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
Victor Kiam
The Constitution is the fundamental rule for people to live in society. If the rule no longer suits the lives of the general public due to changing times, it should be changed. That goes for regular laws as well as the Constitution.
Ichiro Ozawa
For humanity has moved forward to an era when wrong and slavery are being displaced, and reason and justice are being recognized as the rule of life.
Mary Ashton Livermore
At what point is the discretion in individual cases actually a pattern which has become a concrete rule and that rule violates the principle and the spirit of the law?
Franklin Zimring
Not too long ago we weren't getting those opportunities to interview and it's real good and exciting to me. The Rooney Rule and I think the success that Tony has had and Marvin had this year has done nothing but enhance the chances of minorities getting jobs. And that's the way it should be.
Kippy Brown
While Ian Paisley refuses to share power with nationalists and republicans on the basis of equality and respect Direct Rule Ministers (from Westminster) continue to take bad decisions which impact adversely on people right across this community.
Pat Doherty
I knew he deserved a 'T', I just wanted to know why the points were taken off. He said the rule is the basket can't count on slapping or intentional jarring of the basket, the basket does not count no matter what. Before, after, whatever.
Chad Cruthis
Love the rule. It's something we've used for years in Junior Olympics volleyball.
Jan Dowling
As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.
William James
To me, the "tape" is the final arbiter of any investment decision. I have a cardinal rule: Never fight the tape!
Martin Zweig
Have you been around South Beach? Most of the people I see with chains are elderly Jewish gentlemen. I don't know what he's talking about. There's no rule we have that doesn't affect several hundred young African-American men. You can't play the race card here without having it flipped back at you.
David Stern
Nature provides exceptions to every rule.
Margaret Fuller
This is a big year for him, ... He's in a group of exceptions to the rule. This is his team. Everything is in place. Yeah, I'd say it's a big year.
Warren Moon
I think Microsoft will get a stay on at least some of Jackson's conduct remedies, but I don't think it will get a stay on all of them, ... If the company does get a stay on all of them, that is a positive signal for Microsoft on how the Appeals Court or the Supreme Court would rule on the merits of its appeal.
Richard Gray
I consider that the golden rule requires that if I like a program I must share it with other people who like it.
Richard Stallman
Has criticized the exclusionary rule . . . and [as an appellate judge] has favored police powers over privacy concerns.
Andrew Napolitano
I think anything is a realistic option at this stage, We can't rule anything out in the future.
Chris Pronger
The golden rule has always been to remake films that were not a success, if you saw something in them. To remake a movie that's already a milestone offers audiences very little that they haven't already seen, the way 'Lord of the Rings' did.
William Luhr
Men need rule books. Women want men to intuit what they want. And only about 2% of men can do that, and most of them are not heterosexual.
Dennis Prager
Even with the denial of immediate plans, there are expectations of stock buyout in the medium term. If they completely rule this out, however, the stock will quickly fall.
Tomas Taterka
This should be a local decision. The governor has always been a strong supporter of home rule.
Howard Duvall
It's a bad rule. When he explained the situation, a ball carrier is a passer when he's behind the line, and he can throw the ball, he has all the protection the quarterback has. If he's out of the pocket, he doesn't have to throw it near anybody, just to the line.
Dick Jauron
I have only one rule in my class. You just have to be able to have fun.
Shane Martin
We will wait for the court to rule, and then we will move.
Maria Cardona
Nobody can rule it out. It's premature to say bird flu is under control. Scientifically and operationally, you can't say it's under control, the opportunity is always there.
Dr. Noureddin Mona
The king's rule is only inside the ring road. Outside the ring road, the people rule. We should capture all the ring road first.
Bamdev Gautam
The Supreme Court ultimately will rule on COPA, and we look forward to the day when we can receive the high court's opinion on our legislative effort to protect children from hard-core pornography.
James Greenwood
Judges aren't supposed to compromise. They're supposed to rule.
Ronald Rotunda
It was straightforward. Our rule says the players can't leave the vicinity of the bench area. In this case Ron clearly came onto the floor.
Stu Jackson
The Golden Rule is of no use to you whatever unless you realize it is your move.
Frank Crane
That would only hurt the country's image, and the army does not agree with the idea of emergency rule.
General Sonthi Boonyaratglin
Foreign countries should trust us, because we have preserved democratic rule without any bloodshed in a time of crisis and chaos.
Chidchai Vanasathidya
How much money can you raise for a bake sale? Can you raise enough money to cover all of these costs for expenses we've had to expend. ... They don't comply with the law, and we have to have a bake sale. Is that a rule now?
Jon Preiksat
If the E-Board does not provide the requested funds, it will pretty much rule out a settlement. If the money is approved, the case may settle before the hearing.
Bob Joondeph
He really does a great job for us. He wrestles smart and that was just a thing that happened. He felt bad about, but I told him he did a great job. It was a learning experience for him and it's something he'll never forget now - how that rule reads.
Tom Stauch
We should return to the rule of law after the election. The police have been lenient for a very long time.
General Kowit Watana
A mistrial is generally good for the defendant because he's gotten a look at the government's case. This case is going to be the exception to the rule.
Frank Razzano
The proposed anti- avoidance rule could cause widespread uncertainty about many ordinary, everyday transactions.
Jackie Arendse
The rule on tailgating here: There are no rules, so plop your canopy down, set up your lawn chairs, fire up the grill and party.
Dave Hollingsworth
What in fact takes place in an election is that two hand picked candidates are propped up before the citizenry, each candidate having been selected by a very small group of politically active people. A minority of the people... then elects one of these hand picked people to rule itself and the majority.
Robert J. Ringer
But given the way we were able to get that job, I have grave misgiving as to any certainty about who the other ones are there. I cannot rule out that there are other people lurking at the palace who've got their own dodgy references.
Piers Morgan
Without the face mask, we are talking a major head injury. If the rule saves no one else, it is totally worth it. I am 100 percent behind it.
Bob Horner
The first rule of sustainability is to align with natural forces, or at least not try to defy them.
Paul Hawken
Democratic structures and the rule of law have on the whole been strengthened. Protection of human rights has continued to improve.
Guenter Verheugen
By the passage of the new rule, there is now one federal standard for manufacturers to meet.
Julie Vallese
The government that was elected through democratic process should rule by the law. It is a government inviting the wrath of the people.
William Ruto
The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.
Aaron Burr
The court will not rule until tomorrow.
Robby Cunningham
I don't anticipate a big drawn-out, hard-fought proceeding. You make the presentation to the Supreme Court, and they rule on it.
Jeremy Levinson
There is no statewide ordinance, only case law established by previous lawsuits, so the matter is left up to neighbors to sue each other, road after road and subdivision after subdivision. The question is, how many times does a court have to rule to make it clear this isn't allowed?
James Riley
You can't attract capital investment from outside Iraq unless you have a constitution in place, a rule of law and a defined system that can guarantee property rights.
Steve King
Workers at these plants have long needed some type of enforceable regulation and rule. It's kind of amazing that it's the year 2006, and they're just starting to get that.
Tom Carpenter
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right.
H. L. Mencken
Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed.
Brian Tracy
Based on this principle, we rule it illegal to use civilians as human shields, and we also rule it illegal to use civilians to pass military warnings from the army to those the army wants to arrest.
Aharon Barak
Hazing is not breaking the rules, it is the rule itself.
Alexander Golts
We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.
Mahmoud Abbas
No one can afford to be without health insurance, and we believe that Georgians will find that Golden Rule offers them a choice of lower cost, high quality health plans along with a dedication to customer service and prompt payment of claims.
Richard Collins
There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination.
Leigh Hunt
There was a certain amount of duplication that we couldn't afford. I think I understand things from a business side. I don't have the knowledge or experience from a player's side. I don't have that background that Otis does. But as a general rule, that's a coaching staff responsibility, and we hire from that perspective.
Larry Crain
There have been vague reports about him heading toward the Northwest area, like toward Oregon or Washington, ... We have not been able to confirm those, but we are not going to rule those out as a possibility.
James Lewis
Once Nebraska went, Iowa was the only state outside of the Confederacy to maintain the rule.
Catherine Weiss
Restoring the rule of law was one of the major reasons why we went to the bush. This has been long forgotten. That is why you saw soldiers hijacking the High Court recently.
Dr Kizza Besigye
The rule needs significant work.
Katherine Andrus
The philosophy of the 'Bush Doctrine' is in essence force. It advocates the United States should rule over the whole world with overwhelming force, military force in particular.
Qian Qichen
You find a worker, hire him, give him a safety rule book and say, 'Follow these rules or I'll fire you.'
Alan Quilley
Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.
Gabriel Byrne
I think the ghosts of the past, the ghosts of colonial rule, the ghosts of the failure of his government to transform into a democratic government, the same manner that Mandela and others tried to transform into democratic governments, is one that haunts him.
Brian Nkarogo
An enemy that's working in an amorphous network that doesn't have to worry about a bunch of regulations, chain of command, rule of law or anything else has got a huge advantage over a stultified, slow-moving, bureaucratic, by-the-book organization.
Porter Goss
This was never communicated to us as to the precise rules and regulations of the competition and to come at the end of the game naturally we expected overtime and penalties then we were told that the away goal rule counted.
Bradley Stewart
All of us had to go by that rule, damn it. If he did [bet on baseball], then fess up and come clean and he would be accepted back.
Dave Bristol
We have a rule there's no talking during the show. We can only talk during commercials.
Shannon Connor Schupp
The rule is, you can afford a house about 2 1/2 times your income. Well, you'd be hard-pressed to find a $140,000 house around here anymore.
Glen Lewinski
I thought this was an attack on the rule of law, and there should be a legal response.
Justice Anthony Kennedy
From a rule book standpoint.
John Darby
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.
Margaret Oliphant
This constitution aims at building a modern constitutional state based on the rule of law and free choice for citizens. Whatever the results might be, it was a civilized step whose aim is to put Iraq among the free democratic nations. It was a great achievement for all Iraqis regardless of the results.
Fareed Ayar
We are working to make sure the funding is there for the school districts. We have made a commitment. If we are not able to secure funding, we will pull the rule.
Luci Willits
Funny, but after trading for more than 15 years, I still am capable of forgetting a cardinal rule: The paper you own, in the end, will be intertwined with the fate of the 30-year bond.
James Cramer
I was pleased that the Supreme Court did not rule our schools were inadequately funded. Adequacy is a highly subjective assessment. The best way to judge an adequate education is to let the parents decide--give them the right to choose their child's school.
Don Mcleroy
He's a Jeff Gordon, a Tony Stewart, an exception to the rule, ... What he lacks in experience, he makes up for in focus. He's that one in a million. I hope he snaps out of it pretty soon.
Gary Scelzi
Make sure there's a designated driver or get a cab. Never drink alone or on an empty stomach and don't drink to get drunk. People say that takes the fun out of drinking but that's the rule that psychiatrists and substance abuse programs use.
David Kovacik
The Zimbabwe government's own gross mismanagement of the economy and its corrupt rule has brought on the crisis, ... Plain Talk About Zimbabwe's Economy.
Christopher Dell
In reality this is a political exercise in futility, ... Who in this chamber would truly believe that the president would sign legislation to repeal his own administration's rule?
James Inhofe
There are good prospects that in 2006, the U.S. will propose a rule to open the border to Canadian cattle and beef over 30 months, effectively bringing the market back to its free, transparent and competitive position.
Alexander Moens
Take this as a rule of thumb. There are smart folks doing this transition, and they're deciding how to do it in the best way.
Matt Cutts
In the case of Central America, prison without trial has become the rule, not the exception.
Luis Ramirez
[The department] has no enforcement authority or even ability to provide guidance to school districts, nursing homes, or other entities about their legal responsibility under this proposed rule.
Valoria Loveland
A rule I have had for years is: to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we have.
Dwight L. Moody
The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day.
Jim Callaghan
I think there is an orderly and dignified way to find out what happened. And, if there was a legal violation there needs to be accountability ... you can't put the cart before the horse, but I would not rule out any form of accountability.
Russ Feingold
The Anti-Reciprocal Rule is designed to ensure that firms recommend mutual funds on their merits and not because of the receipt of brokerage commissions, which are assets of the mutual fund shareholders and should not be used for marketing purposes.
James Shorris
There are enough fossils showing distinctive features to rule out the possibility these are unusual or aberrant modern humans.
Chris Stringer
The cardinal rule in baseball is you don't gamble. It's been posted in every clubhouse since 1927.
Jeff Idelson
Buying the dollar versus yen is a pretty attractive yield play. It's the same mantra from last year: interest-rate differentials rule.
Tim O'sullivan
This is the last chance for us to pave the rule of law and the constitutional process. We're saying we can't stop the people.
Alan Peter Cayetano
When the 2005 Rule was announced, I made it clear that the federal government's actions placed an unfair and unnecessary burden on states that would amount to a price tag of millions of dollars and result in piecemeal management of federal forest land.
Ted Kulongoski
Every manager reads Rule 21 [which prohibits betting on baseball] to every player.
Dave Bristol
This is a very rough time for us, but we must obey the law and the rule of law.
Armando Gutierrez
In a sense, the Dalai Lama represents a serious challenge to the ability of the government in Beijing to rule effectively.
Gerald Segal
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