Stripping away artifice - it's the constant standard I aim for in acting, to approximate life. People talk about being bigger than… — Robert Duvall Copy Share Image
“Just because she has high standards, doesn't mean she’s high maintenance. Don’t confuse the two.” — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
The only way I would go back to hosting would be if it were something entirely new. It would prevent me from… — Garry Shandling Copy Share Image
Of all the ills that our poor ... society is heir to, the focal one, it seems to me, from which so… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Never set out to be the best. It's too low a standard. Set out to be good. Do Your best. — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
The work must be its own reward. I got that early on. And I'm blessed by meeting my own standards of excellence. — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
If I knew me as somebody else, I would hate me just as much. Why have a double standard? — David Wong Copy Share Image
There are no big things, only a logical accumulation of little things done at a very high standard of performance. — John Wooden Copy Share Image
With Shakespeare and poetry, a new world was born. New dreams, new desires, a self consciousness was born. I desired to know… — Peter Abrahams Copy Share Image
You can take the best team and the worst team and line them up and you would find very little physical difference.… — Merlin Olsen Copy Share Image
The recent actions by Kyle Busch are not consistent with the values of M&M'S and we're very disappointed. Like you, we hold… — Denny Hamlin Copy Share Image
It is by now beyond question that Elton John is a competent and classy entertainer. Few people who have achieved his popularity… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
There's a standard of songwriting that, when you start immersing yourself in those types of songs, it raises your own bar as… — Sinead O'Connor Copy Share Image
Asked if he knew how important Stardust would be, Mitchell Parish said he did have a gut feeling that this was a… — Paul Zollo Copy Share Image
People are constantly applying double standards. Take the United States, for example. Washington wants the whole world to admire the country for… — Jacob Zuma Copy Share Image
But theres a huge blessing that comes from being a part of a show like The Cosby Show that sets such a… — Malcolm-Jamal Warner Copy Share Image
The dozens of people working on this at Digital Domain, they knew that you couldn't get away with almost photo real, because… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
Anyone, without any great penetration, may distinguish the dispositions consequent on wealth; for its possessors are insolent and overbearing, from being tainted… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The biggest takeaway for anyone seeking to write is this: don't go looking for the way other authors do their work. You… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
It is a characteristic of any decaying civilization that the great masses of the people are unconscious of the tragedy. Humanity in… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Every movie I work with the costume designer to see what feels like the character, not what Columbus would wear but what… — Columbus Short Copy Share Image
My standards are so high because of who I serve but it doesn't put any water on my fire for winning. I'm… — Avery Johnson Copy Share Image
The stream will not permanently rise higher than the main source; and the main source of national power and national greatness is… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Contrary to any claim of a systematically “neutral” effect of taxation on production, the consequence of any such shortening of roundabout methods… — Hans-Hermann Hoppe Copy Share Image
Mathematicians themselves set up standards of generality and elegance in their exposition which are a bar to understand. — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
Dove is encouraging people to set their own standards worldwide. To be their own unique selves. To not allow others to shame… — Rain Dove Copy Share Image
It's about getting a more democratic Wales for the purpose of improving our economic performance, for improving the delivery of health care,… — Ron Davies Copy Share Image
We'll keep writing and if it hits our standards we'll go with it. We're not here to destroy anything. It's as precious… — Ian Brown Copy Share Image
God is raising up a new standard, a new banner if you will, that's going to radically change the expression, the understanding… — Paul Cain Copy Share Image
I searched everywhere for a proof of reality, when all the while I understood quite well that the standard of reality had… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I just want to make sure girls know they don't have to carry the weight of achieving nearly impossible standards on their… — Barbie Ferreira Copy Share Image
We need, first of all, for there to be accountability, for there to be somebody who is responsible for enforcing standards and… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
I hate to take compromises with a racing car. The more standard a car is, the more compromises you have to take. — Michael Schumacher Copy Share Image
I think most people, no matter their status now, have big screen TVs, because they're the standard TVs now. And so why… — Noel Clarke Copy Share Image
A true Christian, living an obedient life, is a constant rebuke to those who accept the moral standards of this world. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Nafta has been responsible for a race to the bottom in standards across North America, with working conditions declining along with wages. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
If you are an American, you have got to defend the standards of the presidency of the United States. — Ana Navarro Copy Share Image
To return to higher standards of living we must abandon the false prophets and seek new leaders of our own choosing. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When it comes to Kerala, reasoning gets the upper hand rather than emotions.Our political outlook is related to the educational standards and… — Joy Mathew Copy Share Image
I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
