Standards Quotes

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Before the professionalization of architecture in the nineteenth century, it was standard for an aspiring mason or carpenter to begin his apprenticeship at fourteen and… — Martin Filler
In business, standards establish the rules of the game, creating path dependencies as investments are made and corresponding designs are set in stone and plastic.… — Evgeny Morozov
By international standards, many of the U.K.'s policies for civil society are exemplary. However, there are concerns about constraints on civil liberties - particularly restrictions… — Geoff Mulgan
Every congresswoman surely endures the same strains that drive some of her male colleagues to have affairs: lots of travel, families far away, heady work… — Hanna Rosin
Time has always been used against us on a certain level. The invention of the clock made us accountable to the employer, gave us a… — Douglas Rushkoff
I am a part of the old school where I feel that purity of the language should be retained. But English is a constantly evolving… — Ashwin Sanghi
As yesterday's positive report card shows, childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured. â€”New York, Sept. 26, 2007 — George W. Bush
Unconsciously we all have a standard by which we measure other men, and if we examine closely we find that this standard is a very… — Mark Twain
When considering the truth of a proposition, one is either engaged in an honest appraisal of the evidence and logical arguments, or one isn't. Religion… — Sam Harris
But you see," said Roark quietly, "I have, letâ€™s say, sixty years to live. Most of that time will be spent working. Iâ€™ve chosen the… — Ayn Rand
I started my life with a single absolute: that the world was mine to shape in the image of my highest values and never to… — Ayn Rand
Now the standard cure for one who is sunk is to consider those in actual destitution or physical sufferingâ€”this is an all-weather beatitude for gloom… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
If critics say your work stinks it's because they want it to stink and they can make it stink by scaring you into conformity with… — Jack Kerouac
When a girl leaves her home at eighteen, she does one of two things. Either she falls into saving hands and becomes better, or she… — Theodore Dreiser
I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't. — Mark Twain
A mistake constantly made by those who should know better is to judge people of the past by our standards rather than their own. The… — Louis L'Amour
Man is a machine which reacts blindly to external forces and, this being so, he has no will, and very little control of himself, if… — P D Ouspensky
It seems to me people tend to forget that we are to love our enemies, not to satisfy some standard of righteousness but because God… — Marilynne Robinson
In the past we have tried to make a distinction between animals which we acknowledge have some value and other which, having none, can be… — Albert Schweitzer
It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement -- that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves… — Sigmund Freud

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