Quintilian Quotes

Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.

Quintilian

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It is so hard to make important decisions that we have a great urge to reduce them to rules.

Ian Hacking
- Great
- Important
- Rules
There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.

Naomi Watts
- Work
- Hope
- Rules
When you're in a songwriting class, and you write a song, and you hand it in to a teacher to grade, I'm still going to say that it's a really awesome song whether I got an A or a D. I learned to stick to my guns and take the tools as tools and not as rules.

Madi Diaz
- Song
- Hand
- Teacher
Global governance cannot be limited to the crafting of instruments related to the promotion of democracy. A key component must be the creation of fair and equitable rules to enhance the development prospects of developing countries.

Kamla Persad-Bissessar
- Democracy
- Rules
- Key
If I was involved with the NFL, I'd seriously consider adopting some of the rules used in Canada. I've heard, unofficially, of course, some NFL club owners have talked about adding a feature or two. The NFL went for the two-point conversion. Professional sport is entertainment, and the CFL, I believe, is ahead of the NFL in that regard.

Pat Gillick
That's maybe the most important thing each generation does, is to break a lot of rules and make up their own way of doing things.

Jackson Browne
- Up
- Important
- Rules