Enlightenment remains unrealized so long as it is considered as a specific state to be attained, and for which there are standards… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
I set very high standards, normally for myself. For other people, I try to lower my standards. — Carrie Lam Copy Share Image
The nice thing about standards is, there are so many to choose from. Work expands to fill the time available for its… — C. Northcote Parkinson Copy Share Image
You are able to monitor and police your standards of quality once you have defined them. — John Kao Copy Share Image
My folks were raised pure prohibitionist. They were very good people, with high moral standards - but very repressed. There was no… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we've turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
The South African native is probably the one impossible person to train in the entire world; he is probably impossible by any… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Vulnerability is beautiful to me. There might be a need to fabricate your own beauty paradigms. I guess I never quite bought… — Hedi Slimane Copy Share Image
As societies continue to loosen their standards regarding what is appropriate female and male behavior, I think we are going to realize… — Helen Fisher Copy Share Image
If I was a male, I had the right to, when I stepped out the door, take off my shirt. It's not… — Andrea Jones Copy Share Image
I believe that Harvard can have, and must have, a strong affirmative action program that reflects our commitment to equal opportunity while… — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
I have a good supporting staff around me and good teammates encouraging me every single day to perform on the field and… — Alphonso Davies Copy Share Image
The right for the right's sake is the motto which everyone should take for his own life. With that as a standard… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
Getting kids into the kitchen preparing the food they and their families will eat results in them viewing food in an entirely… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Chevron's failure to adhere to basic standards of decency undermines the credibility of our capitalist model and diminishes confidence that our judicial… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“If you have people who treat you badly in your life, they will be a human shield against people who will treat… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
The nature of men and of organized society dictates the maintenance in every field of action of the highest and purest standards… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
A republican form of government requires four standards: It demands a highly educated population manifesting critical thinking that participates in the affairs… — Frosty Wooldridge Copy Share Image
One code prevails in the family; another, on the street; a third, in the workshop or store; a fourth, in the religious… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The Reformed tradition at the beginning of the twenty-first century is different as a consequence of this - and different in nontrivial… — Oliver D. Crisp Copy Share Image
Violence is the gold standard, the reserve that guarantees order. In actuality, it is better than a gold standard, because violence has… — Jack Donovan Copy Share Image
Now, if the Standard Oil Company were the only concern in the country guilty of the practices which have given it monopolistic… — Ida Tarbell Copy Share Image
Expanded credit access has helped households maintain living standards when suffering job loss, illness, or other unexpected contingencies. — Janet Yellen Copy Share Image
Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Late night television is ready for someone like me... standards have gone to an all-time low. — Howard Stern Copy Share Image
As with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Surely there will be some nonhuman animals whose lives, by any standards, are more valuable than the lives of some humans. — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
“Aspire to high standards, expect strong results, offer self praise, and stack your confidence.” — Lorii Myers Copy Share Image
In 'True Grit,' we had a vulture, a trained vulture... that was a pain and that was - even by vulture standards… — Ethan Coen Copy Share Image
If one avoids haughtiness to the utmost extent and is exceedingly humble, he is termed a saint, and this is the standard… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
For {she} had adopted the standard of the young: what there was in the moment was everything. And moments followed one another… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus. — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
I dont claim to be a journalist. I hold myself to higher standards of transparency and disclosure. — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
Crafty politician that he is, Obama was smart enough to set low enough standards for his administration to claim 'victory' by the… — Thomas P.M. Barnett Copy Share Image
It's so special to hear a room full of thousands of kids who are usually between 15 and 25 screaming along to jazz standards. — Laufey Copy Share Image
People regard CGI as a gimmick; they almost blame CGI for a bad story or a bad script. They talk about CGI… — Peter Jackson Copy Share Image
The standard of success in life isn't the things. It isn't the money or the stuff. It is absolutely the amount of… — Esther Hicks Copy Share Image
That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
