Standards Quotes

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We cannot use a double standard for measuring our own and other people's policies. Our demands for democratic practices in other lands will be no… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Many people on the political left found my work psychologically liberating. They began to say: once you realize that standards emerge historically, then you can… — Stanley Fish
I have never been more proud of the United States than I am this year. We have elected an African-American president. We have the stellar… — Kathryn Stockett
Three or four million heads of households don't turn into tramps and cheats overnight, nor do they lose the habits and standards of a lifetime...… — Harry Hopkins
High standards generally -- about workmanship and creation of objects, about what is owed in friendship, about the quality of art and much else --… — Joseph Epstein
Red Carpet Enterprise has been really well received since one guy can install it in about an hour, and it makes it trivial to deal… — Nat Friedman
One of the basics of a good system of innovation is diversity. In some ways, the stronger the culture (national, institutional, generational, or other), the… — Nicholas Negroponte
By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the violence of a… — Walter Rodney
Raising the standard of the work, not complaining about somebody not voting. — Denzel Washington
There is a big difference between an honest mistake made in a moment of spiritual weakness and a willfull decision to disobey persistently the commandments… — M. Russell Ballard
I had utterly abandoned myself to Him. Could any choice be as wonderful as His will? Could any place be safer than the center of… — V. Raymond Edman
Simple assent to the gospel, divorced from a transforming commitment to the living Christ, is by Biblical standards less than faith, and less than saving,… — J I Packer
The question is, when so many others cut corners, shave the truth, self-deal, believe in the fast buck, and follow the crowd along the low… — Price Pritchett
One of the great challenges you will face is that a part of the world, and some in it, do not have or do not… — King Hussein I
. . . as to moral feeling, this supposed special sense, the appeal to it is indeed superficial when those who cannot think believe that… — Immanuel Kant
I think I have an obligation, to the people who have consented to be in the film, to make a film that is fair to… — Frederick Wiseman
Be certain that you easily clear the minimum standards for service as a missionary and that you are continually raising the bar. — L. Tom Perry
Truth is disputable; not taste: what exists in the nature of things is the standard of our judgement; what each man feels within himself is… — David Hume
As Christians, I challenge you. Have a great aim - have a high standard - make Jesus your ideal...make Him an ideal not merely to… — Eric Liddell
It's the old American Double Standard, ya know: Say one thing, do somethin' different. And of course this country is founded on the double standard.… — George Carlin

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