Standards Quotes

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The problem was, you couldn't have one without the other. There couldn't be a bad guy unless there was a good guy to create the… — Jodi Picoult
The window gave onto a view of dove-gray roofs and balconies, each one containing the same cracked flowerpot and sleeping feline. It was as if… — Jeffrey Eugenides
When considering a man's motives, remember you must not measure his wheat with your bushel. He may not be using the same standard at all.… — Robin Hobb
Raise your quality standards as high as you can live with, avoid wasting your time on routine problems, and always try to work as closely… — Edsger Dijkstra
Unreasonable," "unrealistic," and "impractical" are all words used to marginalize a person or idea that fails to conform with conventionally expected standards. — Chris Guillebeau
And, I think: I am but one more drop in the great sea of matter, defined, with the ability to realize my existence. Of the… — Sylvia Plath
Giving importance to what we think because we thought it, taking our own selves not only (to quote the Greek philosopher) as the measure of… — Fernando Pessoa
Is yours an honest lament? ... Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere… — R A Salvatore
I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than… — C.S. Lewis
I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible with the kind… — Charles Stross
The painter will produce pictures of little merit if he takes the works of others as his standard. — Leonardo da Vinci
In God's eyes all children are beautiful but here on earth we have higher standards. — Stephen Colbert
Guy's a psychopath,even by vampire standards. And that's saying something. — Kiersten White
A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard. — Confucius
I don't like standard beauty - there is no beauty without strangeness. — Karl Lagerfeld
There are things we don't do. From this moment forth, let us all ensure our every action reflects well on us and our ancestors. Let… — Jack Campbell
Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards. — Alain de Botton
The great challenge of the twenty-first century is to raise people everywhere to a decent standard of living while preserving as much of the rest… — E. O. Wilson
You don't have to judge the whole world by your own standards. Not everybody is like you, you know. — Haruki Murakami
I refused to believe that love could take any other form than mine: I measured love by the extent of my jealousy, and by that… — Graham Greene

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