Standards Quotes · Page 33

My great hero is Billie Holiday, and I've always wanted to do an album of standards with a piano-led quartet.

— Tim Curry

Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national…

— Thomas E. Mann

Our aims are absolutely clear: They are a high living standard in the country and a secure, free and comfortable life.

— Vladimir Putin

Standards of education are not set by government, but by God, the Bible, the home and the school.

— Stockwell Day

I think you need to have people around you whose standard is high and who don't accept anything less.

— Tori Amos

The standard of morals is as variable as morals themselves; of which every nation has a different code, and every custom a…

— Norm MacDonald

[The task is to] covertly lower the standard of living, the whole social structure, of America so that we can be merged…

— Horace Rowan Gaither

The country has double standards - it's obsessed with fair skin on one hand, but if the woman is white, she is…

— Kalki Koechlin

The TSA holds its screener work force to the highest standards of security and professionalism, .. and will continue to focus on…

— Robert Johnson

I feel that people who understand the horrible things that young emaciated models go through really champion the cause of realistic standards…

— Whitney Thompson

I have commanded that my [titulary] abide like the mountains; when the sun shines its rays are bright upon the titulary of…

— Hatshepsut

I think you often say more by saying less. And interestingly enough, I mean, Jesus really set the standard. I mean, he…

— Mark Batterson

Nixon would like to consign us to to the level of the most backward countries in the whole Middle East. Why lower…

— Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

In the beginning, I aspired just to make a comfortable living in acting. I still feel the same - it's just that…

— Michael Kelly

There's going to be a demand for perfectionism on the part of Hillary Clinton, or any other pro-equality woman candidate, that would…

— Gloria Steinem

In order to grow-up, blockchains will eventually need a lot of standards that are vendor- and solutions-agnostic. So many areas are ripe…

— William Mougayar

A republican form of government requires four standards: It demands a highly educated population manifesting critical thinking that participates in the affairs…

— Frosty Wooldridge

One code prevails in the family; another, on the street; a third, in the workshop or store; a fourth, in the religious…

— John Dewey

“If you have people who treat you badly in your life, they will be a human shield against people who will treat…

— Stefan Molyneux

The nature of men and of organized society dictates the maintenance in every field of action of the highest and purest standards…

— Woodrow Wilson

I feel that, you know, the enormous luck I've had in being able to make a living, and to never have had…

— Leonard Cohen

Marriage has failed because you could not rise to the standard that you were expecting of marriage, of the concept of marriage.…

— Rajneesh

Much of the left's hate speech bears greater similarity to a psychological disorder than to standard political discourse. The hatred is blinding,…

— Ann Coulter

Every colonized people-in other words, every people in whose soul an inferiority complex has been created by the death and burial of…

— Frantz Fanon

Others may be able to accept standards from another, but an artist is a person who decides.

— William Stafford

Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.

— Joseph Joubert

The beauty of periodic rebalancing is that it forces you to base your investing decisions on a simple, objective standard.

— Benjamin Graham

Now the standard cure for one who is sunk is to consider those in actual destitution or physical suffering

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“It is the kernel of truth in every story that makes its writing beautiful beyond standards.”

— psyche roxas-mendoza

Casey will always expect high standards whether she's on the pitch with you or managing the team. She's a fantastic role model.

— Alex Greenwood

Once you've lived the inside-out world of espionage, you never shed it. It's a mentality, a double standard of existence.

— John le Carre

“Integrity - one word that means so much; costs so little yet makes a real difference in this world.”

— Salley Farquharson

Today, if you don't understand the controller, you're not able to enjoy video games. ... We expect the Revolution controller to become…

— Satoru Iwata

The fault of bad taste is usually in over-dressing. Quality not effect, is the standard to seek for.

— Emily Post

Maybe it is the last chance for Europe to influence standards for world trade. Next it will be between the US and…

— Sigmar Gabriel

The validity of usefulness, adequacy of popular standards can be tested only by research that violates them.

— Paul Feyerabend

Set high standards for yourself and don't settle for anything less. You are the best judge of yourself and your capabilities.

— Tony Robbins

Nobody owes anybody anything; it's up to each individual to set high standards for himself or herself, and to set about working…

— Katharine Hepburn

Every president developed his own style. You know that we don't recruit them to a certain standard.

— Newt Gingrich

Moral certainty, clear standards, and a commitment to spiritual ideals will set you apart in a world that searches for meaning.

— Mitt Romney