As a rule, I always look for what others ignore.
All the martyrs in the history of the world are not sufficient to establish the correctness of an opinion. Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the sincerity of the martyr, - never the correctness of his thought. Things are true or false in themselves. Truth cannot be affected by opinions; it cannot be changed, established, or affected by martyrdom. An error cannot be believed sincerely enough to make it a truth.
We are fighting so that insults may no longer rule our countries, martyred and scorned for centuries, so that our peoples may never more be exploited by imperialists not only by people with white skin, because we do not confuse exploitation or exploiters with the colour of men's skins; we do not want any exploitation in our countries, not even by black people.
Follow the accident, fear the fixed plan--that is the rule.
We have a no puke rule. The purpose is performance, not puking.
Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world.
An excess of law inescapably weakens the rule of law.
I don't enjoy British shows as a rule because British audiences are strange.
The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.
It is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found, men will swallow great helpings of falsehood.
The old man, especially if he is in society in the privacy of his thoughts, though he may protest the opposite, never stops believing that, through some singular exception of the universal rule, he can in some unknown and inexplicable way still make an impression on women.
There is a certain kind of peace that is not merely the absence of war. It is larger than that. The peace I am thinking of is not at the mercy of history's rule, nor is it a passive surrender to the status quo. The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one -- an activity that occurs most naturally, most often in the readingwriting world we live in. Accessible as it is, this particular kind of peace warrants vigilance.
To be agreeable, all that is necessary is to take an interest in other persons and in other things, to recognize that other people as a rule are much like one's self, and thankfully to admit that diversity is a glorious feature of life.
The Bible is our rule of faith and doctrine.
In France that is the one rule, never make trouble.
My rule is always if you keep your basics classic. You can add seasonable and very trendy stuff and always look modern and updated, but if you're questioning something and its expensive, err on the side of classic.
Wizard's Fourth Rule There is magic in sincere forgiveness; in the forgiveness you give, but more so in the forgiveness you receive.
But the school in which good training is most practiced will, as a rule, turn out the best scholars.
My rule is to use whatever feels right at the moment and then break that rule if you want.
I never do anything because I'm a celebrity, as a rule. I do what I do as a citizen.