Pastoral Resources

Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.

Integrity has no need of rules.

Retaliation is related to nature and instinct, not to law. Law, by definition, cannot obey the same rules as nature.

We have very specific rules about how we go to market with children, and I think they are very responsible.

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.

What I think is that we in the church - and especially I as an Archbishop - I'm responsible for maintaining our rules, and making sure we hold to unity in the Body of Christ.

The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book. If you don't like their rules, whose would you use?

I love good food but I follow strict rules the days I perform.

The bed is now as public as the dinner table and governed by the same rules of formal confrontation.

There are no rules to writing a song.

Must not fight simply to win; no holds barred is not the way; you must win by the rules.

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

Terrorism takes us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a free hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life.

There aren't any rules, as far as anything-and that applies especially to writing songs, whatever gets the point across. So you're just kind of brought up to feel-in any field, if you say you can do it, do it. There it is.

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.

I can never do better than Fawlty Towers whatever I do. Now I very much want to teach young talent some rules of the game.

I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid.

Whatever its other limitations, the Big Apple and those who live there make room for their dogs and cats, take good care of them and abide by the rules made necessary by a huge population.

The base paths belonged to me, the runner. The rules gave me the right. I always went into a bag full speed, feet first. I had sharp spikes on my shoes. If the baseman stood where he had no business to be and got hurt, that was his fault.

We don't have any rules about how we depict violence, or how much violence is in a movie. It's a calibration on a case-by-case basis.