Stephen Chbosky Quotes

You have to abide by the regulations that the regulators insist on. This is not a philosophical divide - it's a fact of life.

Rules equal boredom, and I don't like that.

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

There is no contending with necessity, and we should be very tender how we censure those that submit to it. It is one thing to be at liberty to do what we will, and another thing to be tied up to do what we must.

I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do.

To hard necessity ones will and fancy must conform.

Everyone around me is so strict about keeping me grounded.

I am not bound to please thee with my answer.

There ought to be a law against necessity.

If they can talk to you over a secure telephone line, then you have to do what they want.

The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.

The compulsions of the law seem to have been provided for those only who require compulsions

We look forward to the necessity of coercion …

The path of freedom is blocked much more by those who wish to obey than by those who wish to command.

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

I've never been able to accept any kind of discipline.

I follow the roles.

I don't like rules.

A rule is a rule.

You have the belt, you fight who they tell you to fight.

Some rules are there for a reason - but it's one thing to have a rule that protects and another to have rules that stifle.

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

Everything that is not forbidden is compulsory.

What do we want to be prefects for?” said George, looking revolted at the very idea. “It’d take all the fun out of life.

This thing in society that you have to be a stick will always be in my mind, but that's just something I have to deal with.