Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.
Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.
I signed to Def Jam and within two months, I heard that Ja Rule was looking for someone to do a song with.
The American people have a right to except that the rule of law will guarantee that even if we don't like the policy, that it's done properly.
First rule of change is controversy. You can't get away from it for the simple reason all issues are controversial. Change means movement, and movement means friction, and friction means heat, and heat means controversy.
I have made it a rule for a long time, not to part with the copyright of my drawings, for I have been so copied, my drawings reproduced and sold for advertisements and done in ways I hate.
For my convalescence, I had to exercise my voice only with vowels. It is a medical rule after a long loss of voice.
Many people believe that determining who is 'black' is rather easy, a task simplified by the administration of the one-drop rule. Under the one-drop rule, any discernible African ancestry stamps a person as 'black.'
Obviously, I've seen what the press has done to my cousins. I would never let that rule my life, but I'm not the kind of person to rebel or do things. I don't know. I don't let the potential for bad press dictate who I am, but I keep that in mind. How can you not?
Trade creates jobs and lifts people out of poverty. And when that happens, societies stabilize and grow. And there is nothing like a stable society to fight terrorism and strengthen democracy, freedom and rule of law.
The National Popular Vote is about getting states to convert from the winner-take-all rule. The states that pass the legislation will assign all their electoral votes to the candidate that got the most votes in the country, not just in the state.
It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.
The rule of law in place of force, always basic to my thinking, now takes on a new relevance in a world where, if war is to go, only law can replace it.
Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?
There is one crucial rule that must be followed in all creative meetings. Never speak first. At least at the start, your job is to shut up.
I am pleased to be endorsed by Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Like Sheriff Joe, I believe that illegal immigration is a major problem that undermines the rule of law.
I hope the story of 2011 is that America gets its mojo back. You've got to remember that America has the best universities; it's got some of the best businesses. It's got an unbelievable work ethic, rule of law. The story of 2011 will be America blossoming again.
Families, generally, suck. And I say that as someone who, like my husband, had parents who proved the proverbial exception to the rule.
Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.
Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect for human rights, and a free market economy.
Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule.
Some of the stories I admire seem to zero in on one particular time and place. There isn't a rule about this. But there's a tidy sense about many stories I read. In my own work, I tend to cover a lot of time and to jump back and forward in time, and sometimes the way I do this is not very straightforward.
Beneath the rule of men entirely great, the pen is mightier than the sword.
I don't go by the rule book... I lead from the heart, not the head.
I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps.
My general rule is that if everyone knew how to cook fresh produce from their local area, and Monday to Thursday within 20 minutes, you know, there's millions of recipes out there to be had.
In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.
Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.
Early to bed and early to rise is a bad rule for anyone who wishes to become acquainted with our most prominent and influential people.
The one recurring theme in my writing, and in my life in general, is confusion. The fact that anytime you think you really know something, you're going to find out you're wrong - that is the rule. The moments where you think you have something figured out, those are the exceptions.
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
The question I should have asked is not what is the rule, but what is the principle.
Grownups, as a rule, should always be ready to pay for their own meals - or else ready to graciously accept their date's insistence on paying. The point is, one doesn't sit there batting one's eyelashes, fully expecting someone else to claim the bill.
The only rule is there's only one rule: no rules.
