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1108 Standard quotes by 880 unique authors

It turns out that the men who ultimately, who unpretentiously value peace are willing to sacrifice their own peace of mind in order to render… — Criss Jami
Historians are apt to judge war ministers less by the victories achieved under their direction than by the political results which flowed from them. Judged… — Winston Churchill
Anyone must be mainly ignorant or thoughtless, who is surprised at everything he sees; or wonderfully conceited who expects everything to conform to his standard… — William Hazlitt
Money appears as measure (in Homer, e.g. oxen) earlier than as medium of exchange, because in barter each commodity is still its own medium of… — Karl Marx
Equity is a roguish thing. For Law we have a measure, know what to trust to; Equity is according to the conscience of him that… — John Selden
There are many well-meaning people today who work at placing an economic floor beneath all of us so that no one shall exist below a… — Ronald Reagan
There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting. — John Kenneth Galbraith
We can't leave people in abject poverty, so we need to raise the standard of living for 80% of the world's people, while bringing it… — Jane Goodall
Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standard of dollars and cents. — Charles Goodyear
America must be the teacher of democracy, not the advertiser of the consumer society. It is unrealistic for the rest of the world to reach… — Mikhail Gorbachev
In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value. — Alan Greenspan
I'll be honest, there's a part of me that does think I'm held to a different standard than my contemporaries and peers, and it's a… — Kathy Griffin
My father was a guitar player, and I was raised with a super high standard of what good guitar playing was. — Billy Corgan
Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart. — Sammy Davis, Jr.
I thought to be feminine was to give in to straight culture, or the beauty standard, but in my heart I had a flair for… — Beth Ditto
I've been talking about retiring for years. It's my standard answer to the question, 'What are your future plans?' The truth is, I'll always want… — Dick Van Dyke
Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization. — Shirin Ebadi
You see, in America, it's quite standard for an actor to sign, at the beginning of a series, for five or seven years. The maximum… — Julian Fellowes
In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music. — James Fenton
Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life. — W.C. Fields
In a world of commoditized knowledge, the returns go to the companies who can produce non-standard knowledge. — Gary Hamel
Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard. — Dag Hammarskjold
I would have to say I'm bored with the standard rock, guitar solos, but I've done it for five albums now, and this time I… — Kirk Hammett
For the 'Load' album, I was experimenting so much with tone that I had to keep journals on what equipment I was using. For 'Hero… — Kirk Hammett
What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities. — Augustus Hare

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