Standards Quotes

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The girls in California were probably prettier in a standard sense than the New York girls--blonder and in better health, I guess; but I still… — Andy Warhol
The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble,… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Life doesn't require ideals. It requires standards of action. — Haruki Murakami
I have my standards. They're low, but I have them. — Bette Midler
The handy thing about being a father is that the historic standard is so pitifully low. — Michael Chabon
I donâ€™t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in the courage to live out my life more… — Anais Nin
I love classic beauty. Itâ€™s an idea of beauty with no standard. — Karl Lagerfeld
To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only. It is the sole standard by which you have… — Charlotte Bronte
All sentiment is right; because sentiment has a reference to nothing beyond itself, and is always real, wherever a man is conscious of it. But… — David Hume
The civil magistrate cannot function without some ethical guidance, without some standard of good and evil. If that standard is not to be the revealed… — Greg L. Bahnsen
If you have self-respect, you will take satisfaction in being well groomed and will not allow yourself to perform shabbily. You will continue to work… — Marvin J. Ashton
The new crimes that the US and Israel were committing in Gaza as 2009 opened do not fit easily into any standard categoryâ€”except for the… — Noam Chomsky
We are Craiglockhart's success stories. Look at us. We don't remember, we don't feel, we don't think - at least beyond the confines of what's… — Pat Barker
God is the only being who is good, and the standards are set by Him. Because God hates sin, He has to punish those guilty… — Francis Chan
Marriage is the gold standard of all relationships. It's the currency by which everything is valued. — Frank Delaney
There is no indisputable proof for the big bang," said Hollus. "And there is none for evolution. And yet you accept those. Why hold the… — Robert J. Sawyer
Janine Hathaway offered to be my guardian, " said Lissa suddenly. "Janine Hathaway?" Tatiana's eyebrows rose nearly to her hairline. "I'm sure she has other… — Richelle Mead
The masses never revolt of their own accord, and they never revolt merely because they are oppressed. Indeed, so long as they are not permitted… — George Orwell
The soul grows into lovely habits as easily as into ugly ones, and the moment a life begins to blossom into beautiful words and deeds,… — Kate Douglas Wiggin
Experience teaches that for most people there is a limit beyond which their constitution cannot comply with the demands of civilization. All who wish to… — Sigmund Freud

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