Standards Quotes

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How difficult it is to avoid having a special standard for oneself. — C.S. Lewis
When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don't advance and live… — John F. Kerry
We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government. — Zoe Lofgren
It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace,… — Elihu Root
"Who is secure in all his basic needs? Who has work, spiritual care, medical care, housing, food, occasional entertainment, free clothing, free burial, free everything?… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
As has been said, standards are always out of date - that is why we call them standards. — George Will
Our culture has few taboos that can't be violated, and our establishment has largely given up on setting standards in the first place. Except where… — Ross Douthat
We ... tend to evaluate others on the basis of physical, outward appearance: their "good looks," their social status, their family pedigrees, their degrees, or… — Marvin J. Ashton
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 there.… — Joseph Rodman Drake
It still may take some explaining, but many more women are keeping their birth names (and not calling them maiden names, with all the sexual… — Gloria Steinem
We usually evaluate creative process in terms of how much feeling or thinking was behind the work or how well the work was done. Isn't… — Kazuaki Tanahashi
Service standards keep rising. As competitors render better and better service, customers become more demanding. Their expectations grow. When every company's service is shoddy, doing… — Bill Davidow
If courage wasn't a standard result of aging it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well. — Lawana Blackwell
The standard four food groups are based on American agricultural lobbies. Why do we have a milk group? Because we have a National Dairy Council.… — Marion Nestle
The legal system doesn't always serve as a good guide for your conscience. You can step way over the ethical line and still be inside… — Price Pritchett
Excellence calls for character . . . integrity . . . fairness . . . honesty . . . a determination to do what's right.… — Price Pritchett
The best programmers are not marginally better than merely good ones. They are an order-of-magnitude better, measured by whatever standard: conceptual creativity, speed, ingenuity of… — Randall E. Stross
As a leader, you have to not only do the right thing, but be perceived to be doing the right thing. A consequence of seeking… — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
Any first-order, substantive normative theory worth its salt will require attention to the mental states of agents in a variety of quite complex ways. But… — Russ Shafer-Landau
Know you that Allah has made Islam the most sublime path for attainment of His supreme pleasure and the highest standards of his worship and… — Ali ibn Abi Talib

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