Top 100 One Rule Quotes
#1. I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I wake up every day just fired up. My one rule is, don't let anyone pinch me, because I don't want to wake up.
Mark Cuban
#3. One rule is this: that if the risk of a transaction is very great it should not be considered at all, no matter what profit it offers if it is successful.
Rex Stout
#4. There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.
Robert Jordan
#5. He methodically basted the dark skin of the Alsatian, which he had stuffed with garlic and herbs.
"One rule in life", he murmured to himself. "If you can smell garlic, everything is all right".
J.G. Ballard
#6. I live for my children, so my number one rule is I won't go away from home for more than two weeks.
Andrea Bocelli
#7. In Allison Sekemoto's world, there is one rule left: Blood calls to blood.
She has done the unthinkable: died so that she might continue to live. Cast out of Eden and separated from the boy she dared to love.
Julie Kagawa
#8. For the love of God, woman, there's only one rule in that bloody book worth following.'
'And that is?' Elizabeth asked disdainfully.
'That you marry your damned marquis!
Julia Quinn
#9. The number one rule if you ever find yourself in a situation resembling a horror flick: Never investigate strange noises. It will always end badly for you.
Jason W. Blair
#10. One rule in life", he murmured to himself. "If you can smell garlic, everything is alright.
J.G. Ballard
#11. The last thing I want to be is sanctimonious, but the thing that frustrates me is the deceit and betrayal, how there's one rule for males and another for females.
James Walsh
#12. Family rules? We only have one rule in our house, and that's 'Don't Be Annoying'
Daisy Waugh
#13. There is one rule for the G-7 (richest countries) and another for the South. The G-7 now preaches open economies and liberalization, as well as 'good governance' and 'transparency'. Yet none of these things was conspicuous when the West grew rich.
Jeremy Seabrook
#14. ... there was only one rule. Work hard and be nice, and everything would go just fine. That should be the rule for life, too, Emily thought. But, of course, that wasn't how things went.
Lisa Unger
#15. Gods can do anything. They fear nothing: they are gods. There is one rule, one Seal of Solomon that can confound a god, and to which all gods pay service, to the letter: when belief in a god dies, the god dies.
Harlan Ellison
#16. The number one rule of comedy acting is 'don't try to be funny.' Act as seriously as possible.
Daniel J. Goor
#17. One rule of the road not directly stated elsewhere in this book: 'The editor is always right.' The corollary is that no writer will take all of his or her editor's advice; for all have sinned and fallen short of editorial perfection.
Stephen King
#18. My coach, Liang Chow, had one rule while I was training for the 2008 Olympics: no skiing. I could do anything I wanted outside the gym, he said, except ski.
Shawn Johnson
#19. There's only one rule I know of: You've got to be kind.
Kurt Vonnegut
#20. There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible.
John Galsworthy
#21. ...whose number one rule in life is: ignore all the ordinary people.
Margaret Willey
#22. Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-God damn it, you've got to be kind.
Kurt Vonnegut
#23. No matter how many media for the dissemination of news are created, there is one rule that should never be broken:TELLTHE PEOPLE!
Arthur Christiansen
#24. Welcome to Earth, young man," I said. "It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, Joe, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of: Goddamn it, Joe, you've got to be kind!
Kurt Vonnegut
#25. In Life No Matter Where You Go Or How You Live It, Keep This One Rule ... Make It Epic!
Timothy Pina
#26. We had one rule which was 'whatever you are feeling, that's okay'
Rick Warren
#27. If I was going to make one rule change, I would bring the DH in the National League.
George Brett
#28. We are at war, and in time of war there is only one rule. Form your battalion and fight.
Kermit Roosevelt III
#29. Unarmed hand-to-hand fighting does not change through the ages; only the name changes, and it has only one rule: do it first, do it fast, do it dirtiest.
Robert A. Heinlein
#30. We only have one rule and that is there are no rules, so stand up and sing as much as you want to.
Natalie Maines
#31. If there is one rule for dressing, for fashion, it's pretty much the same rule as for everything else in life: Don't go against yourself, don't go against your own nature. It's only going to show.
Diane Von Furstenberg
#32. The number one rule of thieves is that nothing is too small to steal.
Jimmy Breslin
#33. I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.
Stendhal
#34. In France that is the one rule, never make trouble.
Nancy Mitford
#35. There's just one rule, just one basic law that everyone lives under : take control or be controlled.
Jessica Khoury
#36. This is one rule about mixing boys and girls: that a date always comes first.
Elizabeth Berg
#37. There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it.
Will Rogers
#38. That's what happens when people get too serious. Feelings get hurt. Hearts get broken. Some people never learn. Don't get serious. It's my number one rule.
Amy Plum
#39. There's only one rule: The guy who trains the hardest, the most, wins. Period. Because you won't die. Even though you feel like you'll die, you don't actually die. Like when you're training, you can always do one more. Always. As tired as you might think you are, you can always, always do one more.
Floyd Landis
#40. Children should not have treacherous diseases or be afraid. This should be one rule we all agree on.
Anne Lamott
#41. The Number One Rule of Working Is: DO THE BEST WORK YOU CAN. Why do anything but your best? What's the point?
Carew Papritz
#42. How did you do it? How did you manage to remain unmangled?"
"By holding on to just one rule."
"Which?"
"To place nothing-nothing-above the verdict of my own mind.
Ayn Rand
#43. Girls kind of get crazy when they have guns. These girls had never done it, and all they wanted to do was inflict as much pain as they could. We had one rule: Don't shoot us between the legs. But their aim didn't necessarily follow that rule.
Jon Heder
#44. Are you paralyzed with fear? That's a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one rule of thumb: the more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.
Steven Pressfield
#45. I just remember there was one rule: If you've got faults, we expect you to be working on it. And we are here for you. People would welcome each other then. We don't do that anymore. We don't care.
Linda Perhacs
#46. I have one rule about trouble. When it comes, I get out of the way.
Tiffany L. Warren
#47. There is just one rule about boxing: never bet on the white guy.
Lennox Lewis
#48. He was natural and sublime, but had not so much as a single spark of good taste, or knew one rule of the drama.
Voltaire
#49. With cats, some say, one rule is true: Don't speak till you are spoken to.
T. S. Eliot
#50. There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity.
Anne Frank
#51. There's one rule of thumb that suggests that you need one day of recovery for every mile run in a race. Another rule of thumb ... suggests one day ... for every kilometer run in anger.
Hal Higdon
#53. Feydeau's one rule of playwriting:
Character A: My life is perfect as long as I don't see Character B.
Knock Knock.
Enter Character B.
John Guare
#54. The same principle applies - the only difference is that this is the one area in which I'm just as spotless as you are. Can't I leave one rule unbroken?"
"One?"
"You know that I've stolen, I've lied, I've coveted ... My virtue is all I have left.
Stephenie Meyer
#55. More people need to understand the games secular liberals play. Here's one rule-of-thumb: No matter how bad a story sounds - particularly if it sounds bad - recognize the pattern of defamation.
Marvin Olasky
#56. There is one rule in the garden that is above all others. You must give to nature more than you take. Obey it, and the earth will provide you in glorious abundance.
Alan Chadwick
#57. We do have a two against one rule. If two sisters feel very strongly about a design or trend we want to try, we go for it.
Kourtney Kardashian
#58. I had one rule: respect. For me, my family, and for my friends ... It might sound hypocritical to the women that have passed through my apartment door, but if they carried themselves with respect, I would have given it to them.
Jamie McGuire
#59. One rule that will work if it is used everywhere, is that when you have a free-kick, the referee puts the mark on the floor to make sure the defenders keep their distance.
Cristiano Ronaldo
#61. The only rule is there's only one rule: no rules.
Dana Snyder
#62. If there's one rule in planning for world domination, it's to make sure you look good doing so.
Nicky Drayden
#63. In Western lands there is a distinct division between the religious and the secular life. There is one rule of conduct for laymen and another for clergymen. This distinction has never found its place in the life of the people of India. There, all of life is included in the word 'religion.'
Virchand Gandhi
#64. I believe there's one rule in Hollywood, and that's that there are no rules.
Doug Hutchison
#65. There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.
Henry Ford
#66. Number one rule for fiction: Coincidence can be used to worsen a characters predicament, but never to solve his problems.
Vivian Vande Velde
#67. I have one rule I live by: Only do what you can do. That neans you're never looking outside for what's popular; you're always looking inside for what's true.
Delia Ephron
#68. If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule: Never lie to yourself!
Paolo Koeljo
#69. Number one rule in Hollywood is to maintain relationships with successful people, and you may find yourself involved in some very cool projects.
David Hayter
#70. I have but one rule at my table. You may leave your cabbage, but you'll sit still and behave until I've eaten mine.
Laurie Graham
#71. I've read and heard that some of the most inspiring vocal interpreters adhere habitually to one rule: Always think the lyrics as you're singing them, so that the sentiment is always appropriate and heartfelt.
Brandi Carlile
#72. I just pay attention to what's in my head. That's my number-one rule.
Andrew Bird
#73. There's only one rule that I know of, babies - "God damn it babies, you've go to be kind".
Kurt Vonnegut
#74. No way, man. I got one rule as a driver."
"What's that?"
"Never look in da rearview mirror."
"Never?" We drifted into the left-hand lane, cutting off a cab.
"It's not healthy to keep a' watchin' what you leavin' behind.
Marisha Pessl
#76. There is only one rule of law in our country, which provides rights and security for every citizen.
Theresa May
#77. I have one rule when adapting any text: nothing gets added; all the words are the original author's own. But in the ordering and recreation of the story, I can do as I please, and to me, the heart and the point of 'Dracula' is appetite.
Kathe Koja
#78. There is one rule, though: once you discover your truth, you have to go all in. Fully. Every single chip.
Kamal Ravikant
#79. Every vice of the Empire has been repeated in the Foundation. Inertia! Our ruling class knows one law; no
change. Despotism! They know one rule; force. Maldistribution! They know one desire; to hold what is
theirs.
Isaac Asimov
#80. That's my one rule: always take off my makeup; no matter how tired I am before going to bed, it comes off!
Amber Le Bon
#81. The number one rule of the Internet: People are lazy. If you don't include a link, no one can click it. Attribution without a link online borders on useless: 99.9 percent of people are not going to bother Googling someone's name.
Austin Kleon
#82. I have only one rule in acting
trust the director, and give him heart and soul.
Ava Gardner
#83. Well, the sword that could not be broken was shattered in the end, sheepherder, but it fought the Shadow to the last. There is one rule, above all others, for being a man.
Robert Jordan
#84. I only have one rule: I don't do anything for money; that's my rule.
Terry Crews
#85. We set up one rule in our house, which is, 'Guests of guests cannot bring guests.' That rule was required because that happened one weekend, and we finally said, 'Okay, you know what? That's a little too much.'
Elizabeth Gilbert
#86. It was like that afore you got here, it's like that now, and it's going to be like that when you and me are gone, departed and left, and so there is only one rule, swing with it and smile.
David Halberstam
#87. Rules such as "Write what you know," and "Show, don't tell," while doubtlessly grounded in good sense, can be ignored with impunity by any novelist nimble enough to get away with it. There is, in fact, only one rule in writing fiction: Whatever works, works.
Tom Robbins
#88. One rule I had was make your best pitch and back up third base. That relay might get away and you've got another shot at him.
Lefty Gomez
#89. The number one rule of the road is never go to bed with anyone crazier than yourself. You will break this rule and you will be sorry.
Kris Kristofferson
#90. We have only one rule here - to act like a gentleman at all times.
Robert E.Lee
#91. There's only one rule anyone connected with boxing must keep in mind - everything you here in boxing is a lie.
Don King
#92. Budgeting has only one rule: Do not go over budget.
Leslie Tayne
#93. One rule is to not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. First, use simple movements, and if they don't work, then introduce the more complex ones.
Bruce Lee
#94. Every day I live by only one rule, be a good guy.
Judd Apatow
#95. I see but one rule: to be clear.
Stendhal
#96. There's only one rule I know of - Goddam it, you've got to be kind.
Kurt Vonnegut
#97. We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.
Robert E.Lee
#98. Ford had his own code of ethics. It wasn't much of one, but it was his and he stuck by it, more or less. One rule he made was never to buy his own drinks. He
Douglas Adams
#99. My book group has one rule: no books for adults. We read young adult fiction only.
Lev Grossman
#100. I tried to fix her but should have remembered the number one rule about fixing broken people: you always get stuck with their sharp edges.
Charity Ferrell
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