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  • A cardinal rule of writing is never interrupt yourself to explain something. If you must bring up an obscure topic, drop informative hints about it as you go along so that you don't end up with the entire explanation all in one place. This keeps you from skidding to a stop and sounding teacherish. Otherwise it's better to omit the obscure topic altogether, or as mothers might put it: if you can't say it interestingly, don't say it at all.

    Mother   Writing   Topics  
  • The cardinal rule for hosting the Miss USA and Miss Universe beauty pageants is to expect the unexpected.

  • There are three cardinal rules - don't take somebody else's boyfriend unless you've been specifically invited to do so, don't take a drink without being asked, and keep a scrupulous accounting in financial matters.

  • The very first as a cardinal rule for a person to build trust is to do must only that what is humanly just as that helps to wipe and wither away those parasitic people stuck to his life as dirt and dust.

    Dust   People   Wipe  
  • Pick the assumptions to pieces till the stuff they are made of is exposed to plain view - this is the cardinal rule for understanding the basis of our beliefs.

    Eric Temple Bell (1946). “The Search for Truth”
  • There's a cardinal rule that you don't talk about sharks. If you don't see it, it's not there.

  • Fortunately, I knew the cardinal rule of getting on with one's fellow cooks. It applies in any kitchen and can be summed up in two short words: bust ass.

    Two   Kitchen   Ass  
    Jacques Pepin (2004). “The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen”, p.154, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • It is no coincidence that one cardinal rule in brainwashing is to remove from the victim all photographs of himself and people he has known.

  • Just a reminder, what other people think of you is none of your business.

    "The Show". Short video program, www.zefrank.com/theshow/, May 4, 2006.
  • What people think of you is none of your business.

    Twitter post from Jun 24, 2012
  • If any sort of error is inexcusable, it's an incorrect phone number. One of the cardinal rules of copy editing is that every phone number published must be checked.

    Errors   Phones   Editing  
  • Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

  • I think the cardinal rule of learning to write is learning to read first. I learned to write by learning to read.

    "Siddhartha Mukherjee: 'A positive attitude does not cure cancer, any more than a negative one causes it'". Interview With Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2011.
  • No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

    "45 Valuable Life Lessons For People Of Any Age" by Stephanie Wong, www.businessinsider.com. October 19, 2014.
  • One cardinal rule in behavioral medicine is that unless it is interfered with, your body knows exactly what it is doing and always does the best thing it can do under the circumstances. Consequently, if you are overweight, you may reasonably assume that the extra fat itself is your body's best adjustment to the circumstances you are providing.

    Medicine   Doe   Body  
  • Hillary Clinton follows a cardinal rule in politics - don't commit to a decision before you have to.

    Source: www.msnbc.com
  • A cardinal rule of bureaucracy is that it is better to extend an error than to admit a mistake.

  • One cardinal rule of American journalism is that The New York Times Sunday Magazine is a chore, a bore, and a penance to be endured.

    New York   Sunday   Media  
  • Make peace with your past - so it won't spoil the present!

    FaceBook post by Denise Austin from Jan 20, 2012
  • I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing-to be clear. I have given up all thought of writing poetically or symbolically or experimentally, or in any of the other modes that might (if I were good enough) get me a Pulitzer prize. I would write merely clearly and in this way establish a warm relationship between myself and my readers, and the professional critics-Well, they can do whatever they wish.

    Writing   Long Ago   Mind  
    "Nemesis". Book by Isaac Asimov. Introduction, 1989.
  • To me, the "tape" is the final arbiter of any investment decision. I have a cardinal rule: Never fight the tape!

  • Don't compare yourself to others you have no idea what their journey is all about.

  • Funny, but after trading for more than 15 years, I still am capable of forgetting a cardinal rule: The paper you own, in the end, will be intertwined with the fate of the 30-year bond.

  • Attention must be paid’ is the cardinal rule of design discipline, for the designer is above all someone who pays attention to the situation at hand.

  • There is only one cardinal rule: One must always listen to the patient.

    Oliver Sacks (2013). “Migraine”, p.309, Vintage
  • Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire.

    Baseball   Umpires   Two  
  • I’ve broken a cardinal rule of art, music, and career paths: actors are supposed to act, and musicians are supposed to music. That’s how it works. You don’t buy fish from a dentist, or ask a plumber for financial advice, so why listen to an actor’s music?

    Art   Careers   Broken  
  • [On filmmaking:] Cardinal rule: It's a youth business.

    Movie   Hollywood   Youth  
  • The primary duty of an exception handler is to get the error out of the lap of the programmer and into the surprised face of the user. Provided you keep this cardinal rule in mind, you can't go far wrong.

    Errors   Mind   Lap  
    "Catch as Catch Can". www.theregister.co.uk. January 11, 2006.
  • I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing — to be clear.

    Writing   Long Ago   Mind  
    "Nemesis". Book by Isaac Asimov. Introduction, 1989.
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