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Standard Quotes by Wendell Berry
- For complex reasons, our culture allows "economy" to mean only "money economy." It equates success and even goodness with monetary profit because it lacks any…
- If one accepts the 24th and 104th Psalms as scriptural norms, then surface mining and other forms of earth destruction are perversions. If we take the…
- The consumer wants food to be as cheap as possible. The producer wants it to be as expensive as possible. Both want it to involve…
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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… — 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,… — Amy Adams
- Are we Darwinists - where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a… — 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… — 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… — Ben Bernanke
- Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude,… — 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… — David Bowie
- When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to… — Jean de la Bruyere
- A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. — Edmund Burke