Standard Quotes

1108 Standard quotes by 880 unique authors

I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking. — Ignacy Jan Paderewski
The poorer is a family, the greater is the proportion of the total outgo which must be used for food... The proportion of the outgo… — Ernst Engel
Excellence is greater than an achievement; excellence is standard in all my designs — Masato
How happy the lot of the mathematician. He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or rival… — Wystan Hugh Auden
The level of potential physical productivity of a society depends on both the development of the intellect of its members, and a minimal standard of… — Robert Trout
The Lord of the Rings movie set an entirely new standard for fantasy in the movies. — Sarah Zettel
As you grow, you develop the ideal of where your true belonging could be - the place, the home, the partner, and the work. You… — John O'Donohue
It was a most rewarding experience! I learned and saw how with a few simple ideas and concepts the same presentation can go from being… — Unknown Author
Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive, is then the standard of behavior. — Benjamin Cardozo
The thinner a newspaper or magazine is - due to reduced revenue from advertising dollars - the less editorial content because of the standard ad-to-editorial… — Lynda Resnick
Love never comes with a brochure of rules and regulations, a prospectus with guides of what is acceptable and what is abominable. It’s a standard… — Faraaz Kazi
The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say 'we'll let it go this… — Bill Kurtis
We cannot use a double standard for measuring our own and other people's policies. Our demands for democratic practices in other lands will be no… — Hubert H. Humphrey
I have never been more proud of the United States than I am this year. We have elected an African-American president. We have the stellar… — Kathryn Stockett
Red Carpet Enterprise has been really well received since one guy can install it in about an hour, and it makes it trivial to deal… — Nat Friedman
By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the violence of a… — Walter Rodney
Raising the standard of the work, not complaining about somebody not voting. — Denzel Washington
One of the great challenges you will face is that a part of the world, and some in it, do not have or do not… — King Hussein I
. . . as to moral feeling, this supposed special sense, the appeal to it is indeed superficial when those who cannot think believe that… — Immanuel Kant
Truth is disputable; not taste: what exists in the nature of things is the standard of our judgement; what each man feels within himself is… — David Hume
As Christians, I challenge you. Have a great aim - have a high standard - make Jesus your ideal...make Him an ideal not merely to… — Eric Liddell
It's the old American Double Standard, ya know: Say one thing, do somethin' different. And of course this country is founded on the double standard.… — George Carlin
(...)normalcy is an illusion. Each person is utterly unique. A standard of normalcy is something that most people of the world simply will never access. — Colleen Houck
Life is in balance. The swings in the mind are there to give you the experience, and to let you discover the you within you...That… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Marriage has failed because you could not rise to the standard that you were expecting of marriage, of the concept of marriage. You were brutal,… — Rajneesh

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