Standards Quotes
2047 quotes by 1570 authors
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I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.
— J. J. Abrams
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In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.
— Irving Babbitt
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A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he…
— Irving Babbitt
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The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.
— Irving Babbitt
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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, which is not…
— Amy Adams
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I'm very focused on the world and my career and my Porsche turbo and making money and Stevie B. Inc. I'm just living according to…
— Stephen Baldwin
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I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any…
— Tallulah Bankhead
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Are we Darwinists - where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a standard of living…
— Mario Batali
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Although it was created with the best of intentions, the federal government's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program has become one of the worst and most…
— Bob Beauprez
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Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.
— Martha Beck
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.
— Pope Benedict XVI
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When fast food is not a treat but a dietary staple, the children surf the internet all day in dark corners of the room and…
— Diane Abbott
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A gold standard doesn't imply stability in the prices of the goods and services that people buy every day, it implies a stability in the…
— Ben Bernanke
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Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can…
— Jacqueline Bisset
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When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.
— Ritchie Blackmore
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The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.
— Norman Borlaug
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It amazes me sometimes that even intelligent people will analyze a situation or make a judgement after only recognizing the standard or traditional structure of…
— David Bowie
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