Standard Quotes

1108 Standard quotes by 880 unique authors

I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a skeptical attitude toward… — Noam Chomsky
It's funny, our beauty standard has become harder and tougher because we live in a tough age. I don't think anyone wants to walk down… — Tom Ford
We've been trained to squint into a legal microscope, hoping that we can judge any dispute against the standard of a perfect society, where everyone… — Philip K. Howard
The luxury of today is the necessity of tomorrow. Every advance first comes into being as the luxury of a few rich people, only to… — Ludwig von Mises
I see men assassinated around me every day. I walk through rooms of the dead, streets of the dead, cities of the dead; men without… — Charles Bukowski
Jesus raised the standard high so we would realize we couldn’t possibly do it without a savior. — Andy Stanley
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… — Joseph Rodman Drake
Comparing how you feel on the inside (bad) to the way someone else looks on the outside (great) is a losing proposition. It's an impossible… — Maria Shriver
How could the adventure seeker of today find satisfaction with the level of performance that was a standard set more than 40 years ago ? — Anatoli Boukreev
That mainstream English is essential to our self-preservation is indisputable . . . but it is not necessary to abandon Spoken Soul to master Standard… — Unknown Author
Where do we stand today compared to Greece circa 400 B.C.? Today's experiment-driven 'standard model' is not all that dissimilar to Democritus's speculative [sic] atomic… — Leon M. Lederman
Just because something is a standard doesn’t mean it is the right choice for every application. Like XML, for example. — Douglas Crockford
Other 'Christian' girls may watch the same movies, listen to the same music, wear the same clothes, and have all the same pop culture addictions… — Leslie Ludy
What an invaluable handbook! Lori A. May has done her research, knows her stuff, and, whats best, lets the programs speak for themselves through her… — Molly Peacock
One faith, one law and one standard of justice did not mean democracy. The heresy of democracy has since then worked havoc in church and… — R.J. Rushdoony
The stranger in ancient Israel did not serve as a judge, although he received all the benefits of living in the land. The political question… — Gary North
As Muslim women, we have been liberated from this silent bondage. We don't need society's standard of beauty or fashion, to define our worth. We… — Yasmin Mogahed
The particular, eternally persisting, elementary physical stuff of the world, according to the standard presentations of relativistic quantum field theories, consists (unsurprisingly) of relativistic quantum… — Unknown Author
I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record. — Gary Cherone
As we move into the twenty-first century, women's status in society will become the standard by which to measure our progress toward civility and peace. — Mahnaz Afkhami
Nebraska sets the standard for how fans should act. — Beano Cook
We are all different. There is no such thing as a standard or run-of-the-mill human being, but we share the same human spirit. — Stephen Hawking
A gold standard is to the moochers and looters in government what sunlight and garlic are to vampires. — Herman Cain
The gold standard did not collapse. Governments abolished it in order to pave the way for inflation. The whole grim apparatus of oppression and coercion,… — Ludwig von Mises
You become what you do. How and what you become depends on environmental influence so you become who you hang around. Raise the standard your… — Mark Twight

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