Keyword: Rules

Life is the only game in which the object of the game is to learn the rules.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist
Activities Games Life

There are rules about riding a horse, but the horse won’t necessarily know them.

Animals

Rule A: Don’t.

Rule A1: Rule A doesn’t exist.

Rule A2: Do not discuss the existence or non-existence of Rules A, A1, or A2.

(1927 – 1989) Scottish psychiatrist
Murphy’s Laws

Whoever has the gold makes the rules.

Money Murphy’s Laws

A set of rules laid out by professionals to show the way they would like to act if it was profitable.

(1902 – 1963) Danish actor
Characteristics Money

Much work, much food; little work, little food; no work, burial at sea.

Food/Drink Life Murphy’s Laws Work

Exceptions always outnumber rules.

Murphy’s Laws

If you call on God to improve the results of a shot while it is still in motion, you are using “an outside agency” and subject to appropriate penalties under the rules of golf.

British golf writer & commentator
God Golf Sports

I believe in rules… sure I do; if there weren’t any rules, how could you break them?

(1906 – 1991) American baseball player, coach & manager
Baseball Characteristics Sports

The fewer rules a coach has, the fewer rules there are for players to break.

(1936 – ) American football coach & television announcer
Activities Sports

We started off trying to set up a small anarchist community, but people wouldn't obey the rules.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright
Conflict Government People

Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.

Murphy’s Laws

Golf is the only game in which a precise knowledge of the rules can earn one a reputation for bad sportsmanship.

Irish journalist & author
Golf Sports

Rule No.1: Never lose money, Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

(1930 – ) financier & investment businessman
Money

I try not to break the rules but merely to test their elasticity.

(1914 – 1986) American baseball team owner & promoter
Characteristics Honesty