Standard Quotes

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I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time. — J. J. Abrams
In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he… — Wystan Hugh Auden
I'm pretty Sicilian if I've been crossed. I don't seek revenge, but I never forget. And I make it hard to repair, which is not… — Amy Adams
Are we Darwinists - where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a standard of living… — Mario Batali
Although it was created with the best of intentions, the federal government's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program has become one of the worst and most… — Bob Beauprez
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself. — Henry Ward Beecher
A gold standard doesn't imply stability in the prices of the goods and services that people buy every day, it implies a stability in the… — Ben Bernanke
Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can… — Jacqueline Bisset
The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind. — Norman Borlaug
It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of… — David Bowie
When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the… — Jean de la Bruyere
A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. — Edmund Burke
I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests… — Smedley Butler
People want to be liked by other people, so they adopt other people's standards, but for me, my standard had always been true. — Kirk Cameron
Why do people hate God?... One, they hate the moral standard. Two, they hate the way he's transforming the world even in the midst of… — Kirk Cameron
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
Television is just one more facet of that considerable segment of our society that never had any standard but the soft buck. — Raymond Chandler
The working class owes all honor and respect to the first men who planted the standard of labor solidarity on the hostile frontier of unorganized… — Ralph Chaplin
You know, I think of the global economy as an inverted triangle, resting on the shoulders of the American consumer. And if the American consumer… — Hillary Clinton
We Americans sit at the head of the banquet table, as we have done for a century. Our standard of living is luxurious by any… — Deepak Chopra

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