The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. Votes: 4
Ken OlsenArt is completely subjective. It's up to the viewer to judge whether or not it has merit. Votes: 4
Ken DanbyIn art there is no absolute good or bad, but it is absolute that there is good and bad. Votes: 4
Walter Darby BannardStandards are like toothbrushes. Everybody wants one but nobody wants to use anybody elseâs. Votes: 3
Connie MorellaStandards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves. Votes: 3
Taiichi OhnoStandards of education are not set by government, but by God, the Bible, the home and the school. Votes: 3
Stockwell DayIssac Stern rule: the better your technique, the more impossible your standards. Votes: 0
Richard SennettSelf esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise. Votes: 0
Condoleezza RiceI think charter schools, choice, and frankly school standards need a champion. Votes: 0
David BrooksThey have also been adopting fuel efficiency standards for automobiles in China. Votes: 0
Lester R. BrownThere's no way to succeed in business without the highest ethical standards. Votes: 0
Jordan BelfortThe recommended daily allowances are based on arbitrary, unscientific, and tainted standards. Votes: 0
William ProxmireExcellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life. Votes: 0
John W. GardnerAcceptance of prevailing standards often means we have no standards of our own. Votes: 0
Jean ToomerAs long as our people quote English standards they dwarf their own proportions. Votes: 0
Ralph Waldo EmersonIf liberals didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any standards at all. Votes: 0
Burt PrelutskyCultural standards evolve. The meaning of the public interest also, of course, evolves. Votes: 0
Reed HundtMoral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot. Votes: 0
Boyd K. PackerOnly when women rebel against patriarchal standards does female muscle become more accepted. Votes: 0
Gloria SteinemCynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards. Votes: 0
Alain de BottonThe performances of others are often selected as standards for self-improvement of abilities Votes: 0
Albert BanduraAs an alcoholic, you will violate your standards quicker than you can lower them. Votes: 0
Robin WilliamsItâs amazing how life will organize around the standards you set for yourself. Votes: 0
Darren HardyIf one doesn't know one's own country, one doesn't have standards for foreign countries. Votes: 0
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheWe cannot have islands of excellence in a sea of slovenly indifference to standards. Votes: 0
John W. GardnerNow the Republicans have a very low-scale, by economic standards, base. Donald Trump has. Votes: 0
Mark ShieldsDon't shrink your standards, link yourself with those who think and ink like you. Votes: 0
Michael Bassey JohnsonDon't judge the past by the standards of today. It won't work. They're incompatible. Votes: 0
Richelle MeadIf we're going to have standards in schools, let's be honest and have standards. Votes: 0
Amy KlobucharMost women have low standards. All they strive for is a highly paid man. Votes: 0
Mokokoma MokhonoanaLicking Falls, Ohio, had its own set of standards. They were archaic at best. Votes: 0
Jeaniene FrostOne has to set high standards... I can never be happy with mediocre performance. Votes: 0
Patrice MotsepePoverty frees them from ordinary standards of behaviour, just as money frees people from work. Votes: 0
George OrwellStates are not moral agents, people are, and can impose moral standards on powerful institutions. Votes: 0
Noam ChomskyNo longer are there immutable standards by which to judge ourselves. Image has overtaken reality. Votes: 0
Barbara GoldsmithCleanliness is the Hallmark of perfect standards and the best quality inspector is the conscience Votes: 0
J. R. D. TataResearch shows the presence of women raises the standards of ethical behavior and lowers corruption. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonIn a democracy, regulation of the press and imposing standards on it must be voluntary. Votes: 0
Shami ChakrabartiYou need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards. Votes: 0
Heston BlumenthalThe standards to get in are very high. We don't want to lower those standards. Votes: 0
Hugh SheltonPlease. She sighed. 'Can't a girl have high standards? I don't want an ordinary boy. Votes: 0
Sarah DessenThere is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough. Votes: 0
William Stafford[It] would allow citizens to set their own standards for the permissible use of force. Votes: 0
Sol WachtlerIn God's eyes all children are beautiful but here on earth we have higher standards. Votes: 0
Stephen ColbertNever lower your standards just to fill a position. You will pay for it later. Votes: 0
David CottrellLate night television is ready for someone like me... standards have gone to an all-time low. Votes: 0
Howard SternGood enough never is. Set your standards so high that even the flaws are considered excellent. Votes: 0
Debbi FieldsWe fully expect our competitors to join us in embracing open standards with their next redesigns. Votes: 0
Mike DavidsonBy many peoples' standards, my playing is very primitive but by punk standards, I'm a virtuoso. Votes: 0
Robert QuineThe Scouts are a private organization and have every right to set their own membership standards. Votes: 0
John DoolittleHypocrites are those who apply to others the standards that they refuse to accept for themselves. Votes: 0
Noam ChomskyAny policy is a success by sufficiently low standards and a failure by sufficiently high standards. Votes: 0
Thomas SowellLowering the Lordâs standards to the level of a societyâs inappropriate behavior is apostasy. Votes: 0
Lynn G. RobbinsMulticulturalism is a good reminder that when standards are relative, there are no standards at all. Votes: 0
Victor Davis HansonHalf our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first loves. Votes: 0
George SantayanaI refuse to let the standards of evil people chip away at my capacity for integrity. Votes: 0
Stefan MolyneuxI will not calm down! Women are allowed to get angrier than men about double standards. Votes: 0
LIZYou are able to monitor and police your standards of quality once you have defined them. Votes: 0
John KaoWhen one 'we' gets to determine standards for all 'we's' then some 'we's' are in trouble. Votes: 0
Lisa DelpitI always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing. Votes: 0
Carly SimonIt is the kernel of truth in every story that makes its writing beautiful beyond standards. Votes: 0
Psyche Roxas-MendozaSome people are so into web standards that they've removed all the tables from their houses Votes: 0
Jared SpoolI don't claim to be a journalist. I hold myself to higher standards of transparency and disclosure. Votes: 0
Michael ArringtonI am not a music snob. If anything, my musical taste is bad by any critical standards. Votes: 0
Michael Ian BlackThe standards are being lowered, not just on the Internet, but in all of news and media. Votes: 0
Vince McMahonI encourage teachers to speak in their own voices. Don't use the gibberish of the standards writers. Votes: 0
Jonathan KozolIn the clubs, it's all out and you can say whatever as the character. TV has standards. Votes: 0
Jay PharoahYou don't have the right to hold somebody accountable for standards you refuse to apply to yourself. Votes: 0
Stephen A. SmithI will never permit myself to give in to American taste and lower the standards of art. Votes: 0
Sholom AleichemWell, by the standards of a lot of countries, by Latin American standards, it wasn't so bad. Votes: 0
Paul A. VolckerI dont claim to be a journalist. I hold myself to higher standards of transparency and disclosure. Votes: 0
Michael ArringtonIt is those who have the distinction of privilege who set the standards of disgust with failure. Votes: 0
Andy HargreavesOthers may be able to accept standards from another, but an artist is a person who decides. Votes: 0
William StaffordI keep hearing I'm a crazy party guy... I'm not. I'm boring... At least by party standards. Votes: 0
Brad PittIt's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus. Votes: 0
Jack NicklausI couldn't say a specific thing, but the media is not really held to high standards anymore. Votes: 0
Scott EastwoodAnyone with an engineering frame of mind will look at [accounting standards] and want to throw up. Votes: 0
Charlie MungerI agree that by the standards of any other area of science that remote viewing is proven.. Votes: 0
Richard WisemanWhat really binds men together is their culture, the ideas and the standards they have in common. Votes: 0
Ruth BenedictI would never join a country club with standards so low as to allow me as a member. Votes: 0
Groucho MarxI do have high standards, but I don't expect anything from anyone that I don't expect from myself. Votes: 0
Olivia Newton-JohnWhenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenWe have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards. Votes: 0
Shirley WilliamsAs has been said, standards are always out of date - that is why we call them standards. Votes: 0
George WillI don't think I ever will do a sex scene because of my religion and my personal standards. Votes: 0
Jon HederHave you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand? Votes: 0
Tom PetersWe created a way of raising standards of living that we can't possibly pass on to our children. Votes: 0
Joseph J. RommMaybe if we stopped trying to achieve movie standards of greatness, we'd be happy with what we have. Votes: 0
Amber L. JohnsonOne of the standards on which your happiness is based, now and in your future, is moral purity. Votes: 0
Ezra Taft BensonAs with marathon runs and lengths of toilet paper, there had to be standards to measure up to. Votes: 0
Haruki MurakamiI do think the standards of the media have dropped to an all-time low in terms of credibility. Votes: 0
Vince McMahonWe cannot do better than to accept the standards of other times, and to adapt them to our uses. Votes: 0
Elsie de WolfeWhat matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold. Votes: 0
Walter AnnenbergYou don't have to judge the whole world by your own standards. Not everybody is like you, you know. Votes: 0
Haruki MurakamiI set myself high standards on the pitch and know I have not always lived up to them this season Votes: 0
Rio FerdinandI'm responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I'm not trying to live by another's standards. Votes: 0
Tom BergeronYour income right now is a result of your standards, it is not the industry, it is not the economy. Votes: 0
Tony RobbinsI had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high. Votes: 0
Haruki MurakamiI set myself high standards on the pitch and I know I have not always lived up to them this season. Votes: 0
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