Standards Quotes

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Nothing is a hobby - each discipline is its own world with its own high standards. Of course, every artist has 'minor works' that they… — Patti Smith
So successful has been the camera's role in beautifying the world that photographs, rather than the world, have become the standard of the beautiful. — Susan Sontag
If you have always believed that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you… — Thomas Sowell
I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself. — Eliot Spitzer
Imagine if investors in Wal-Mart really cared about bribery at that company's overseas operations or safety standards at its overseas manufacturing plants. If investors pulled… — Eliot Spitzer
The very idea of law originates in men's natural rights. There is no other standard, than natural rights, by which civil law can be measured.… — Lysander Spooner
True love makes the thought of death frequent, easy, without terrors; it merely becomes the standard of comparison, the price one would pay for many… — Stendhal
A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size, take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one. — Laurence Sterne
Even by rock star standards, I was pretty awful. — Rod Stewart
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them. — W. Clement Stone
You can't raise the standard of women's morals by raising their pay envelope. It lies deeper than that. — Billy Sunday
Simply put, broadband voice is an interstate matter that must be dealt with through clear national standards. — John Sununu
Nike used to be known as Blue Ribbon Sports. What's now Sara Lee used to be Consolidated Foods. And Exxon was once Standard Oil Company… — James Surowiecki
Standards wars involve lots of variables, and understanding them often seems more an art than a science. They generally involve just two big players, and… — James Surowiecki
Unlike fuel-economy standards, the most common method of reducing demand for oil over the past thirty years, a gas tax doesn't tell people what kind… — James Surowiecki
Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's a good thing,… — James Surowiecki
Obviously, people who commit crimes should be punished. Even people who steal socks and 'Snow White' videos should probably do time if they have priors,… — Matt Taibbi
It's a standard staple in Japanese cinema to cut somebody's arm off and have red water hoses for veins, spraying blood everywhere. — Quentin Tarantino
Everyone with a cell phone thinks they're a photographer. Everyone with a laptop thinks they're a journalist. But they have no training, and they have… — Helen Thomas
By any accepted standard, I have had more than nine lives. I counted them up once, and there were 13 times I almost and maybe… — Hunter S. Thompson

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