The month of Ramadan is the world's most widespread fast and yet its teachings are minimised, neglected and even betrayed (through literal application of rules that overlooks their ultimate objective).

In most legislatures, punctilious attention to correct usage is considered elitist. The word 'government,' for example, is normally pronounced 'gummint'; bureaucracy is 'bureaucacy'; fiscal comes out 'physical,' and one moves not to suspend the rules, but to 'suppend.'

When you have a problem, rules don't solve your problem. It's caring and education.

When I was a child, we always had wine on the table, no matter how simple the meal. The wine had no special identity; it was just 'the wine,' from the cellar cask. The rules were general: white with the first course, red with the main course.

Fantasy is totally wide open; all you really have to do is follow the rules you've set. But if you're writing about science, you have to first learn what you're writing about.

The numbers may be said to rule the whole world of quantity, and the four rules of arithmetic may be regarded as the complete equipment of the mathematician.

Tulsa has world-class opera and Starbucks, and a religious conservatism that rules public life.

Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.

At the age of 16, I decided to rebel and become an actress. I wasn't happy with rules and regulations.

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

I watch children a great deal; their idea is that rules are always negotiable, whereas you absolutely cannot joke at the airport about your toothpaste, and you cannot rollerblade in Grand Central Station. I keep running up against these things.

I think with black tie, you can't really do too much. I think you have to pretty much stick to the rules on that.

There is a set of rules and a code of conduct that I believe that you should adhere to in life.

Almost 85 percent of the Latin American market is subject to net neutrality rules, and the European Parliament already favors strong ones.

Leaving the E.U. with no deal means Britain would default to World Trade Organisation rules with our biggest trading partner.

I don't play. I'm a terrible gambler. I don't know half the rules, and I'm not really patient enough to sit through hours of gaming.

In every generation, there are quite firm rules on how to behave when you are crazy.

If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.

In developed countries, strong rules are in place to restrict sound pollution and curb its deadly effects. As law-abiding citizens with social responsibility, we should all come together against this unhealthy trend.

Transgressive to me means breaking the rules and sinning. I don't see myself as breaking the rules and sinning. I'm really interested in what it means to be female.