Friedrich Durrenmatt Quotes

Uh, excuse me, sir, I, uh, don't known how to uh, to uh, tell you this, but you were three minutes late. The schedule is a little, uh, bit off." He grinned sheepishly. "That's ridiculous!" murmured the Ticktockman behind his mask. "Check your watch." And then he went into his office, going mrmee, mrmee, mrmee, mrmee.

People only see permissiveness in the sense of having more.

I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty.

There's been nothing but discipline, discipline, discipline all my life.

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.

Everyone around me is so strict about keeping me grounded.

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

In being strict, you were able to control.

Growing up in an old-fashioned Bengali Hindu family and going to a convent school run by stern Irish nuns, I was brought up to revere rules. Without rules, there was only anarchy.

Discipline is tough for a guy who is a rebel.

There were a lot of stop signs in my life... People telling you what to do, when to do it, and so on.

I follow the roles.

I had very strict parents, I could never go outside or go to parties.

The rules are there for a reason.

I don't like rules, because rules, you have to follow.

You need to respect the rules; they are the same for everybody.

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

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

Discipline must be maintained.

Obedience, as it regards the social relations, the rules of society, and the laws of nature and nature's God, should commence at the cradle and end only at the tomb.

Look, that's why there's rules, understand? So that you think before you break 'em.

The military preferred - invariably - those who could be readily defined, assigned roles, understood, and controlled.

She had to give her teachers credit: they were right to insist all pupils carry scissors, handkerchiefs, perfume and hair ribbons at all times. At some point she'd learn why they also required a red lace doily and a lemon.

My duty is to obey orders.

To the table or to bed, you must come when you are bid.