Human nature turns out to be more complicated than the idea that people will get along if only the rules are clear enough. Uncertainty, the ultimate evil that modern law seeks to eradicate, generally...
I am not really breaking any rules. Charlie said I could never take another step through the door again... I came in through the window... Still, the intent was clear, said Edward.
I used to think that when I grew up there wouldn't be so many rules. Back in elementary school there were rules about what entrance you used in the morning, what door you used going home, when you cou...
In order to understand the intensity of ritual forms, one must rid oneself of the idea that all happiness derives from nature, and all pleasure from the satisfaction of a desire. On the contrary, game...
In some peculiar way, indeed, the rules were now beginning to seem quite logical. It was then I knew that I had been in India long enough.
Institutions or products of culture. But they formalize a set of norms.
Lex malla, lex nulla. A bad law is no law.
Look, that's why there's rules, understand? So that you think before you break 'em.
Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.
Never show anger at slight,Tell nothing.Earn Respect from everyone by deeds,not Words.Respect the members of your Blood Family.Gambling was Recreation,Not a way to earn a Living.Love your Father,your...
Once the state starts providing, it feels free to hand out the rules, too! Larch blurted hastily. ...In a better world... she began patiently.No, not in a better world! he cried. In this one--in this...
Only two guys to a fight. One fight at a time. They fight without shirts or shoes. The fights go on as long as they have to. Those are the other rules of fight club.
Rules and responsibilities: these are the ties that bind us. We do what we do, because of who we are. If we did otherwise, we would not be ourselves. I will do what I have to do. And I will do what I...
The first rule in life is 'everybody lies.' Remember that and you'll get a lot further.
The rules of capitalization are so unfair to words in the middle of a sentence.
The true essence of a dictatorship is in fact not its regularity but its unpredictability and caprice; those who live under it must never be able to relax, must never be quite sure if they have follow...
There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not Lust After Thy Friend's Sister.
To dream in doctrines, how tidy!
Unheard-of combinations of circumstances demand unheard-of rules.
We had started out caring about each other, but in the end none of us knew how to care for each other. But this experience taught me that a community based on the idea that everyone hates rules is, in...
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