Standards Quotes

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How happy the lot of the mathematician. He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or rival… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply… — Joyce Maynard
The level of potential physical productivity of a society depends on both the development of the intellect of its members, and a minimal standard of… — Robert Trout
Explore your limits and get to know yourself. You'll never feel more real than after the hardest workout, the longest run, the toughest week, or… — Luke Watson
The key to Operations at Wal-Mart is their ability to maintain the highest standards while at the same time getting things done with lockstep execution. — Michael Bergdahl
Lowering the Lordâ€™s standards to the level of a societyâ€™s inappropriate behavior is apostasy. — Lynn G. Robbins
The Lord of the Rings movie set an entirely new standard for fantasy in the movies. — Sarah Zettel
As you grow, you develop the ideal of where your true belonging could be - the place, the home, the partner, and the work. You… — John O'Donohue
Our lazy embrace of Stewart and Colbert is a testament to our own impoverished comic standards. We have come to accept coy mockery as genuine… — Steve Almond
It was a most rewarding experience! I learned and saw how with a few simple ideas and concepts the same presentation can go from being… — Jeff Keane
Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards. — Thomas E. Mann
One of the greatest challenges for all of us is to learn how to live in the world without participating in all that it offers.… — Donald L. Staheli
People are, well, only human. We know that. The rule of law is borne out in identifying, condemning, and punishing those who violate the standards… — James Inhofe
Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive, is then the standard of behavior. — Benjamin Cardozo
The thinner a newspaper or magazine is - due to reduced revenue from advertising dollars - the less editorial content because of the standard ad-to-editorial… — Lynda Resnick
We only get what we believe that we deserve. Raise the bar, raise your standards and you will receive a better outcome. — Joel Brown
Love never comes with a brochure of rules and regulations, a prospectus with guides of what is acceptable and what is abominable. Itâ€™s a standard… — Faraaz Kazi
I have standards. Well, okay, they're love standards, but I have them. — Rachel Vail
The one important thing you do as boss is you set the standard. The minute you go in and say 'we'll let it go this… — Bill Kurtis
Fiction supplies the only philosophy that may readers know; it establishes their ethical, social, and material standards; it confirms them in their prejudices or opens… — Dorothea Brande

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