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1108 Standard quotes by 880 unique authors

Fear is the strongest driving-force in competition. Not fear of one's opponent, but of the skill and high standard which he represents; fear, too, of… — Franz Stampfl
I'm more comfortable with whatever's wrong with me than my father was whenever he felt he failed or didn't measure up to the standard he… — John Malkovich
Lukewarm people give money to charity and to the church...so long as it doesn't impinge on their standard of living. Lukewarm people tend to choose… — Francis Chan
How difficult it is to avoid having a special standard for oneself. — C.S. Lewis
We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government. — Zoe Lofgren
"Who is secure in all his basic needs? Who has work, spiritual care, medical care, housing, food, occasional entertainment, free clothing, free burial, free everything?… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
We ... tend to evaluate others on the basis of physical, outward appearance: their "good looks," their social status, their family pedigrees, their degrees, or… — Marvin J. Ashton
When Freedom from her mountain-height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there.… — Joseph Rodman Drake
We usually evaluate creative process in terms of how much feeling or thinking was behind the work or how well the work was done. Isn't… — Kazuaki Tanahashi
If courage wasn't a standard result of aging it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well. — Lawana Blackwell
The standard four food groups are based on American agricultural lobbies. Why do we have a milk group? Because we have a National Dairy Council.… — Marion Nestle
The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity of… — Unknown Author
Any first-order, substantive normative theory worth its salt will require attention to the mental states of agents in a variety of quite complex ways. But… — Unknown Author
Teach nothing new, but instill into all men's breasts those things which the Fathers of revered memory have with harmony of statement taught... Preach nothing… — Pope Leo I
The whole meaning of morality is a rule that we ought to obey whether we like it or not. If so, then the idea of… — J. Budziszewski
I have commanded that my [titulary] abide like the mountains; when the sun shines its rays are bright upon the titulary of my majesty; my… — Unknown Author
Goods produced under conditions which do not meet a rudimentary standard to decency should be regarded as contraband and not allowed to pollute the channels… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
As riches increase and accumulate in few hands . . . the tendency of things will be to depart from the republican standard. — Alexander Hamilton
I have always taken as the standard of the mode of teaching and writing, not the abstract, particular, professional philosopher, but universal man, that I… — Ludwig Feuerbach
Even in the business of corporations honesty is the best policy, and the companies that have acted in accordance with the highest standard, other things… — Robert Green Ingersoll
[The task is to] covertly lower the standard of living, the whole social structure, of America so that we can be merged with all other… — Horace Rowan Gaither
There are now 17,000 local American police forces that are armed with rocket launchers, bazookas, heavy machine guns, all kinds of chemical sprays, in fact… — Paul Craig Roberts
Because, unlike courage and wisdom, which made our state brave and wise by being present in a particular part of it, discipline operates by being… — Plato
The customer is always right' may have become a standard motto in the world of business, but the idea that 'the audience is always right,'… — Unknown Author
When I do photo shoots for men's magazines, I don't do lingerie, I don't do skimpy bikinis because I feel like, for young women, setting… — Meagan Good

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