“door I thought about life and how it resembled a ladder. Do you ever feel that way? Like life is one big uphill climb and there are always more people and circumstances tripping us and trying to pu...”

“Im not forcing you to do anything. You need to make your own damn decisions . And I'm not playing this game where we ignore reality and pretend to have a normal conversation for a few hours. You ne...”

“I’m not forcing you to do anything. You need to make your own damn decisions . And I'm not playing this game where we ignore reality and pretend to have a normal conversation for a few hours. You n...”

“Virtues are in the popular estimate rather the exception than the rule.”

“To every rule there is an exceptionand an idiot ready to demonstrate it. Don't be the one!”

“To every rule there is an exception—and an idiot ready to demonstrate it. Don't be the one!”

“Nature provides exceptions to every rule.”

“A rule without exceptions is an instrument capable of doing mischief to the innocent and bringing grief -- as well as injustice -- to those who should gain exemptions from the rule's functioning.”

“What do you think? Overkill?""I don't believe there is any such thing.But in this case, 'yes, overkill.”

“This was about more than semantics; it represented a dangerous shift in perspective.Rio was not at war, I pointed out; and even if it were, wars have rules.”

“Rules are for people with the luxury of time.”

“Rules are for those who can't think of a better way.”