Nia Vardalos Quotes

Whoso would be a man must be a non-conformist.

Allow me a bit of philosophy here... We started tele skiing as a rebellion against rules.

I grew up with my cousins, who were as close as brothers, and frankly, I didn't like what girls were expected to do. I liked horseback riding, playing football, going to rodeos. I wanted to be in jeans all the time, and I couldn't figure out why I was supposed to conform to a certain standard, so I didn't.

I am not much about rules, I like to break 'em and don't like to make 'em.

I like breaking the rules.

To be able to create fully, it's maybe fine that you learn the rules, but you have to forget and to rebel against those rules.

I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.

There's something liberating about watching someone not following the rules.

Civilization had too many rules for me, so I did my best to rewrite them.

All I've done all my life is disobey.

It's interesting to hear what somebody does when they have no interest in playing by the rules.

I simply refuse to play by the rules.

I like arriving somewhere and taking a left when someone tells you to go right. When all the tourist signs are pointing one way, it's exciting to go the other.

I'm not trying to obey the rules of radio.

I'm an anti-standard operating procedure guy.

It's true I don't play by the rules all the time.

I think it's important to rebel a little bit.

I don't take well to rules.

My parents broke many rules, so I guess thinking 'outside the box' has been slowly but surely developing in my family - one generation to the next.

I don't really have routines or follow what my coaches tell me or how people want me to be: this stereotypical 'sleep on time and set good examples' person. I don't really know what setting a good example is.

I couldn't follow nobody's rules.

I don't follow the rules!

I can't stay within the constructs of societal expectations.

I just like to do things that aren't supposed to be done.

I didn’t write the rules. Why would I follow them?