Rules Quotes

Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.

Rules. Without them, we'd live with the animals.

— When else? When else was I proper and dignified?
— All the time. You're always dressed right. You always look right. You always say the right thing. You're very nearly perfect.
— That's a rotten thing to say.
— Before we were married, I thought you slept with a tie.
— No, just for very formal sleeps.
— Boy, you have absolutely no sense of the ridiculous. Like last thursday night, you wouldn't walk barefoot with me in Washington Square Park. Why not?
— Simple answer. It was 17 degrees.

Barefoot in the Park

Deny, deny, deny — the first rule for a criminal defense lawyer.

The only good policeman is a dead one,
The only good laws aren't enforced.

Rule one: The Doctor lies.

There's a game,
That I played
There are rules,
I had to break
There's mistakes,
That are made
But I made 'em my way

Nothing lasts forever, for all good things it's true

Avenged Sevenfold

Victim

Eternity

Legal system... It does not permit vigilante violence.

If you play by the rules, you lose, even when you're on the right side.

— I thought spies drank martinis.
— Scotch. Never less than 12 years old.
— Is that right? Agency rules?
— My rules.

Sleep when you can, because you never know when you're going to sleep again. That was the old army rule.

– What the hell is a "sticky maple"?
– It's kind of what it sounds like. It's a Riverdale thing.
– No, Kevin, it's a slut-shaming thing. And I'm neither a slut, nor am I going to be shamed by someone named, excuse me, Chuck Clayton. Does he really think he can get away with this? Does he not know who I am? I will cut the brakes on his souped-up phallic symbol.
– Or we can go to Principal Weatherbee.
– About the coach's son? Who is captain of the football team, and Riverdale High's resident golden boy?
– Or I can expose him in the pages of the "Blue and Gold". Yeah, I can do that!
– No. Spoken like a true good girl who always follows the rules. Well, I don't follow rules! I make them! And when necessary, I break them! You wanna help me get revenge on Chuck, Betty, awesome. But you better be willing to go full dark, no stars. What do you say, in or out?