The Unwritten Rules Quotes

#1. My sunglasses are like my guitar.

Patti Smith

#2. Life is a delicate dance. We live in a society that governs we all get along. The invisible fine print, the unwritten rules and regulations state that we appease to each other's nature and in doing so, we by nature, seek to please.

Katandra Jackson Nunnally

#3. Public opinion is less tolerant than any system of law.

George Orwell

#4. In this kind of super-capitalistic society, everything is turned into money. And one of the great things about art is it isn't worth anything. It's absolutely free. It's going to get made no matter what.

Brice Marden

#5. Again, what if you and I are meant to break all of the unwritten and written rules?

Anne Eliot

#6. I was amused to note that even vampires obeyed the unwritten rules of elevator etiquette.

Jim C. Hines

#7. When they were making black films in the '60s and the '70s, everyone knew their place, if you get my drift. You understand? Everyone knew the rules, and everyone knew their place. Everyone knew what to say. They had the written rules in Hollywood film, and the unwritten rules.

Paul Mooney

#8. Networking is the No. 1 unwritten rule of success in business.

Sallie Krawcheck

#9. It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but, doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present at it.

Henry David Thoreau

#10. One of the unwritten rules in a presidential news conference is that he'll answer questions. If he chooses not to, there's not much you can do about it other than make yourself look like an idiot screaming, which to me is counterproductive.

Gwen Ifill

#11. A human wasn't an acceptable boyfriend for a witch; nor would a human wish to date a witch. The two would never in a million light years be interested in each other. Then, again, unwritten rules were made to be broken.

Terry Spear

#12. This place is full of unwritten rules.

Alexander Gordon Smith

#13. I don't like rules, especially the unwritten ones that say I need to let myself be controlled by my man.

Stephanie Tyler

#14. Aggressive and hard-charging women violate unwritten rules about acceptable social conduct. Men are continually applauded for being ambitious and powerful and successful, but women who display these same traits often pay a social penalty. Female accomplishments come at a cost.

Sheryl Sandberg

#15. Love is the grandest thing on God's earth, but fortunate the lover who has plenty of money.

Russell Conwell

#16. Within the songwriting community, there are these unwritten rules for the way that a song should be written in country music, and I think that those rules are constantly being broken over the years, and the molds change and the process is evolving.

Sam Hunt

#17. Don't pretend to be a journalist if you're not a journalist.

Bernard Goldberg

#18. Imagine going to work every day to do only and exactly what you love!! All the work gets done because of the abundant diversity of your team. Different skills, interests and talents are woven together into a whole that is much greater than the sum of the parts!

Denise Moreland

#19. In late 2003, the Bush administration reversed a long-standing policy requiring agents to destroy their files on innocent American citizens, companies and residents when investigations closed.

Barton Gellman

#20. Losers break the rules. There's no point in obeying them because if you obey the unwritten rules of civility, you're going to lose anyway. So why not just do what you can?' - Zachary Karabell

David Pietrusza

#21. Control in business is the combination of written and unwritten rules that create an organizational decision framework and staff hierarchy.

Holly Duckworth