Alex Smith Quotes

The rules are there for a reason.

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

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

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.

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

No one is above the game or the rules that govern it. Respect for the game and the people who participate in it will not be compromised.

I follow the roles.

I respect the rules of the game.

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

People only see permissiveness in the sense of having more.

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

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

We have disciplinary authority and will use it when appropriate.

Any fool can make a rule And any fool will mind it.

Having rules means that sometimes people break them, and that means punishment.

No group in any sector can go anywhere without rules.

I'm well aware of the rules, and I don't want to play to the edge of them.

Discipline must be maintained.

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

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

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

The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness.

Without discipline, there's no life at all.

I'm fairly obedient. I do what I'm told.

When a police officer tells you to stay in the car, you stay in the car.