Standards Quotes

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The poets are the standard bearers of language. Their work lives or dies word by word. When I write and can hear a clunky sentence,… — Janet Fitch
Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. — Naomi Wolf
Let the standard of everybody's mind be raised to the heights of his own inner glory and then man will feel for himself the greatness… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Adopt the standard of perfection, because it is a perfect universe. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued… — Ken Livingstone
The larger and more indiscriminate the audience, the greater the need to safeguard and purify standards of quality and taste. — Moses Hadas
Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we've turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of us feel we must conform. — Susan Cain
I think a portfolio standard should go beyond wind, solar and geothermal energy to include renewable energy like hydropower and clean alternatives such as coal… — Pete Domenici
Democrats believe we should renew our commitment to creating tax credits for hybrid vehicles, increasing fuel efficiency standards for cars, and investing in ethanol, biofuel,… — Rosa DeLauro
By any reasonable standard, Riverside Drive would be considered the best street in New York. Where else, after all, are there such views-not of a… — Paul Goldberger
The TSA holds its screener work force to the highest standards of security and professionalism, .. and will continue to focus on these principles as… — Robert Johnson
The eureka moment is two reasons why the output-based standard should be adopted: common sense and accountability. Input-based standards don't encourage energy diversity; they don't… — Frank Luntz
The classicist, and the naturalist who has much in common with him, refuse to see in the highest works of art anything but the exercise… — Herbert Read
Sometimes good art jumps out at me; most of the time I see bad art, or see nothing at all and just drift, feeling weird,… — Jerry Saltz
There is a love-hate relationship between New York and the rest of the country, but New York is unarguably the city that sets the standards,… — Harold C. Schonberg
With stagnant hourly wages, the only way for working families to get ahead is by working more hours, ... certainly not the path to improving… — Jared Bernstein
If we're talking about buying exchanges abroad, we have to have global securities standards, as we have global banking regulations. I'm talking about margins. Now,… — Muriel Siebert
The IMPP work was already very important. The recent AOL action might reinforce public perception that a standard is needed, but I think the public… — Keith L. Moore
Those who try to combat the production of shoddy pictures are enemies of the best art today... It always feels tragic to see people labouring… — Asger Jorn
Wal-Mart provides a chilling example of the damage that low-wage, nonunion corporations can wreak, and their business model is going to set the standards for… — Andy Stern

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