Standards Quotes

2047 quotes by 1556 authors

We have no basis for having a recall of any particular type of voting equipment because there are no standards. And when we do have… — DeForest Soaries
The money problem facing the country from 1789 to 1896 existed because Congress never exercised is authority to "coin money or regulate the value thereof"… — William Jennings Bryan
This is the standard procedure for corporate growth these days; one company buys up another on loans that are floated on the basis of future… — Eric Kierans
The characteristic mark of economic history under capitalism is unceasing economic progress, a steady increase in the quantity of capital goods available, and a continuous… — Ludwig von Mises
Capitalism is essentially a system of mass production for the satisfaction of the needs of the masses. It pours a horn of plenty upon the… — Ludwig von Mises
Capitalism gave the world what it needed, a higher standard of living for a steadily increasing number of people. — Ludwig von Mises
Beloved youth, you will have your trials and temptations through which you must pass, but there are great moments of eternity which lie ahead. You… — Ezra Taft Benson
The simple sense of wonder at the shapes of things, and at their exuberant independence of our intellectual standards and our trivial definitions, is the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
According to Herodotus, the ancient Persians felt that what was necessary in the background of a young man entering adulthood was his ability to ride,… — Jeff Cooper
I believe that companies, doing business in a responsible and sustainable way, can help raise the quality of life and standards of living in some… — Antony Burgmans
When all has been considered, it seems to me to be the irresistible intuition that infinite punishment for finite sin would be unjust, and therefore… — Lewis Carroll
Humanity, in the desperate attempt to fit 8 billion or more people on the planet and give them a higher standard of living, is at… — E. O. Wilson
We must set an example now and move environmentalism from being the philosophy of a passionate minority ... to a way of life that automatically… — Leonardo DiCaprio
CAFE standards have little impact on greenhouse gas emissions, and the environmental benefits of increasing CAFE standards are frequently overstated. Their impact on human health… — Amy Ridenour
The drop in living standards most people would have to accept to reduce climate change significantly would still leave us far better off than previous… — Raimond Gaita
Haemoglobin is a very large molecule by ordinary standards, containing about ten thousand atoms, but the chances are that your haemoglobin and mine are identical,… — Francis Crick
We must add our voices to those who cry out that there is a standard below which we will not allow human beings to live,… — Hannah G. Solomon
If the standard route for creating a family had worked for me, I wouldn't have met this child. I needed to know her. I needed… — Nia Vardalos
Mad; adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence; not conforming to standards of thought, speech, and action derived by the conformants from study… — Ambrose Bierce
Thus if the First Amendment means anything in this field, it must allow protests even against the moral code that the standard of the day… — William O. Douglas

Who Wrote These Standards Quotes

1,556 authors contributed a total of 2,047 Standards Quotes, led by these top contributors: