Sissy Spacek Quotes

Everybody knows if you have the rules, you need to follow the rules and do exactly what you need to do.

The rules are there for a reason.

When you were under contract, you did what you were told to do.

I watch children a great deal; their idea is that rules are always negotiable, whereas you absolutely cannot joke at the airport about your toothpaste, and you cannot rollerblade in Grand Central Station. I keep running up against these things.

I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?

Those who can, must obey.

I grew up very disciplined and doing what I had to do.

I like structure, and I like discipline and people doing the right thing.

Obviously, flagrant things have to be called. There are rules. You have got to play to the rules, no question.

My duty is to obey orders.

There wasn't a lot of discipline in my life, and I hated it being imposed on me at school.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

Without discipline, there's no life at all.

A disciplined person is one who follows the will of the one who gives the orders.

My job is to persuade people to toe the line and play within the laws of the game.

There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison.

My parents never really lecture me.

I am not bound to please thee with my answer.

The risk to be percieved defines the duty to be obeyed.

As for discipline and rules, I confess, I've never been good with either.

All the things that most kids hated, I loved. I loved that things were asked of me and that, much to my surprise, I was able to do them. I loved the 10 o'clock bedtime. I loved the responsibility.

When I was younger, my coach, Liang Chow, made all the decisions. I would go to the gym for practice, do exactly what Chow told me to do, go home, come back and start all over again. If Chow told me to do 50 squat jumps, I did 50 squat jumps.

I am a very strict mother, and as a mother, it's my responsibility to guide my kids and tell them to go how far and no further. There should be rules and guidelines for the kids, and they should know their limits.

I did what I was supposed to do.

In the military you do not get points for creativity. You get points for obedience.