Rule Breaking Quotes

“The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules. It's people who follow orders that drop bombs and massacre villages.”
― Banksy, Wall and Piece

“Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope that you will choose to make some of that trouble on behalf of women."

[Commencement Address, Wellesley College, 1996]”
― Nora Ephron

“Rules should always be bent, if not broken. It's the only way to have any fun.”
― Alyson Noel, Evermore

“Rulemaking and rule-breaking depend on ongoing negotiations between tradition and innovation. Rules can be both a basis for social interaction and a cause of restraint. Constant reflection and adaptation ensure that they remain significant and reasonable. ("When forgetting the rules of the game")”
― Erik Pevernagie

“Spouses and lovers may come and go, but our children are our children forever.”
― Patricia D'Arcy Laughlin, Sacrifices Beyond Kingdoms: A Provocative Romance Torn Between Continents and Cultures

“Going against tended to end more rightly, more justly, than going with. People were wrong. Rules, most of the time, favored not what was right, but what was convenient or preferable to those in charge.”
― Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland

“Disorder, disobedience & rule breaking are features of all my stories.”
― Amaya Ellman

“Good.” He grinned.
“I was kind of worried you’d say no. It’s like so against the rules it’s not even funny.”
I smiled. “Well. I have to say, Jack Diamond, you’ve demonstrated a deplorable lack of respect for all of my rules.”
He chuckled. “Never met a rule I couldn’t break.”
― Audrey Bell, Love Show

“Entrepreneurs see the "no diving" sign and back-up to get a running start.”
― Ryan Lilly

“I'm a free soul, not a soul who will be contained by rules that were made by people who want to control others.”
― Lewis Upton

“Why is it safe for you and not for me?" whispered Marya Morevna.
"Because you're still a girl." The vintovnik grinned. "Girls have to obey rules. Chyerti break them.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, Deathless

“At any given time you are either breaking the rules, following someone else's rules, or you are completely out of touch with what the rules are.”
― Leena Patel, Raise Your Innovation IQ: 21 Ways to Think Differently During Times of Change

“Rules, in all things, are simply laid down so that someone might break them.”
― Morrissey, Autobiography

“But we’re getting ahead of ourselves – we don’t even
know if Decker would agree to take this on. What we’re proposing is definitely dangerous and, let’s face it, a little bit crazy.”
“And at this point unauthorized,” Bastié added.
“Great,” Tal said. “Dangerous, crazy, and unauthorized
– those are her three favorite things.”
― Felicia Watson, Spooky Action at a Distance

“I can break any existing rule and can create a new rule, and I am confident about it.”
― Santosh Kumar (San)