Paul Parker Quotes

Irreverence is the lifeblood of freedom.

My characters aren't losers. They're rebels. They win by their refusal to play by everyone else's rules.

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

Absolutely, I don't believe in rules. As I tell my daughter when she is mischievous, 'Well-behaved women rarely make history.'

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

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

I think [rock'n'roll] essence is what made it good and has a lot in common with what originally made monotheism good - it's against everything that is fixed, all the social structures that you can't go past.

Long live freedom and damn the ideologies.

I was the only guy with any bit of anarchy left.

There are two rules I've always tried to live by: turn left, if you're supposed to turn right; go through any door that you're not supposed to enter. It's the only way to fight your way through to any kind of authentic feeling in a world beset by fakery.

A strong spirit transcends rules.

Don't care what people say. Don't give a damn about their laws.

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.

I didn't want to feel constrained, so I took on the Mutants.

Being vital means knowing the rules and being brave enough to break them.

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

All I've done all my life is disobey.

At the age of 16, I decided to rebel and become an actress. I wasn't happy with rules and regulations.

Scientists who play by someone else's rules don't have much chance of making discoveries.

Americans are defiant people; the don’t like authority. That was the revolutionary spirit.

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.

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

Since I was a child I didn't like conforming to the various rules pertaining to rituals and traditions.