Rule Change Quotes

The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins.

But the thing that was great about Capablanca was that he really spoke his mind, he said what he believed was true, he said what he felt. He [Capablanca] wanted to change the rules [of chess] already, back in the twenties, because he said chess was getting played out. He was right. Now chess is completely dead. It is all just memorisation and prearrangement. It's a terrible game now. Very uncreative.

Asimov was the reason why we changed some rules in the SFWA, and I'm not convinced we changed it for the best.

Here's the deal: when conservatives lose elections, they change their strategy. When liberals lose elections, they want to change the rules.

Our system of market capitalism wasn't handed down, in perfect form, on stone tablets. We wrote the rules. We broke them. And we can fix them.

If you look at it long-term, I think eventually there will be a DH in the National League.

The referee will now keep track of the time on the field and the shootouts have finally been banned.

When I was 15, they changed the playground rules because I was dominating everything and blocking everything that came my way.

They who make laws may without doubt amend or repeal them.

I don't fix anybody, because I don't think anybody's broken. I think what people have are patterns, and those can be changed. People quickly understand that what's controlling their thoughts and emotions are their values and rules, and they learn how to shift those.

I wonder why there is a designated hitter in baseball after all these years? As an experiment, it seemed like a swell enough idea, but you would think the novelty would have worn off by now and everyone would get back to playing baseball.

My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.

The Senate as an institution is broken. We're not doing the work of the American people and the rules are being abused. The only way to get us back to the traditions where the Senate is doing the work of the American people is to change the rules.

I wish to make a unanimous-consent request, the necessity of which I find incredible. I ask unanimous consent to use hand calculators on the Senate floor.... I understand that the rules are so ancient that the ability to use these calculators except by unanimous consent seems to be in doubt.

Change the rule and you will get a new number.

Like I always said, Carson Palmer got hit in his knee in 2005 but there was no rule made. Then Tom Brady got hit in his knee and all of a sudden there is a rule and possible suspensions, excessive fines - it's just getting ridiculous.

Gonna change my way of thinking, make my self a different set of rules. Gonna put my good foot forward and stop being influenced by fools.

I stand for the square deal.... I mean not merely that I stand for fair play under the present rules of the game, but I stand for having those rules changed so as to work for a more substantial equality of opportunity and reward.

In the 21st century, somebody or something has changed the rules about how our world works.

I'm glad the NCAA is pushing back the 3-point line a foot. I'm a big supporter of the 3-point shot; it's exciting. I hope the high schools adopt the same rule.

I'm a politician. I believe that we can change any rule.

If the large banks can do this without breaking the rules, then the rules should be revamped.

Why did I want to break all the rules? Because the rules didn’t make sense, that’s why

If it weren't for a new rule that came into being, we'd have played three years in a row in the championship game.

Coaches are going to adapt to whatever the rules are. The rules certainly change strategy.