#rule

The biggest novelty of 2013 will be new leadership in China. Very little is known about the views of the new leaders - who will rule the country for ten years. But we do know they're the first generation of Chinese leaders who have spent the majority of their lives in a China 'opening up' to the rest of the world. ↗

— David Miliband

#biggest #china #chinese #country #first

All action is for the sake of some end; and rules of action, it seems natural to suppose, must take their whole character and color from the end to which they are subservient. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

#character #color #end #must #natural

For ten years Caesar ruled with an iron hand. Then with a wooden foot, and finally with a piece of string. ↗

— Spike Milligan

#finally #foot #hand #iron #piece

Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined; Till at his second bidding darkness fled, Light shone, and order from disorder sprung. ↗

— John Milton

#confined #confusion #darkness #disorder #fled

He who reigns within himself and rules passions, desires, and fears is more than a king. ↗

— John Milton

#fears #himself #king #more #passions

They said it was against the rules to take sides on a controversial issue. I said, 'I wish you had told me that during World War II, when I took sides against Hitler.' ↗

— Howard K. Smith

#controversial #during #had #hitler #i

As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#general #general rule #know #people #rule

Nothing can ever be a rule in drama, because then you're saying certain things won't ever happen, and that would be very boring. ↗

— Steven Moffat

#boring #certain #certain things #drama #ever

As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted. ↗

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

#careful #conventional #depth #i #i am

Every rule should be broken at least one time. ↗