#rules

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#beyond #finds #good #health #hurt

I was very pushed to look a certain way and act a certain way, and it wasn't me, but I played by their rules to get my foot in the door. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#certain #certain way #door #foot #get

Religion must mainly be a matter of principles only. It cannot be a matter of rules. The moment it degenerates into rules, it ceases to be a religion, as it kills responsibility which is an essence of the true religious act. ↗

— B. R. Ambedkar

#cannot #ceases #degenerates #essence #into

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams. ↗

— Jacques Barzun

#baseball #better #first #game #had

Business out there doesn't know what the rules are going to be, what regulations are coming out. They don't know what the taxes are going to be. If they invest in something, they don't know how they're going to be taxed as they get revenue out. In North Dakota, that doesn't happen. ↗

— Rick Berg

#coming #dakota #get #going #happen

The only valid rule for a work of art is that it be true to itself. ↗

— Marty Rubin

#rules #work-of-art #art

Human beings are natural problem solvers and enjoy the challenge of puzzles. We will always invent new loopholes, and no rule can govern all the cracks. ↗

— Dov Seidman

#business

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. ↗

— Otto von Bismarck

#even #observes #polite #politeness #rules

Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but left to its own course it ends in power's disappearance. ↗

— Hannah Arendt

#absolutely #appears #course #disappearance #ends

We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#applaud #arcane #ok #rules #seem