“There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.”
“rules exist for a reason. Rules exist because when people don't follow them, people get hurt.”
Source: Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover
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“If reason ruled the world would history even exist?”
“I’ll argue to the death against stupid legislation, but some rules exist for a reason.”
Source: On the Steel Breeze (2013), Chapter 5 (p. 43)
“Rule 1: When all else fails, follow instructions. And Rule 2: Don't be an asshole.”
Source: Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith
“Beautiful military equipment don't rule the world, People rule the world. People.”
Interview to CNN, January 7, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyH6QmFmeZE
Interview to CNN
“There is no single rule that governs the use of geometry. I don't think that one exists.”
New Scientist interview (2004)
2010s
Source: Jonah Lehredec. " A Physicist Solves the City http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/magazine/19Urban_West-t.html?pagewanted=5&_r=1," in www.nytimes.com. Dec 17, 2010.
“No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.”
Source: Nothing to Lose