Standard Quotes

Praise those of your critics for whom nothing is up to standard.

The standard formulation on remedy is that it ought to cure past violations and prevent their recurrence. That's what antitrust is all about.

I want the same standard applied to homosexuals as is applied to heterosexuals.

I believe in the gold standard. I like solid lumps of things. You can always melt them down.

As society advances the standard of poverty rises.

People have set that up as a standard, not to recognize a prophet in his own country.

I think the 1970s will always be the decade for me. Obviously, I grew up in that era, but the beauty standard was touchable, kissable.

Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standard of dollars and cents.

I'll be honest, there's a part of me that does think I'm held to a different standard than my contemporaries and peers, and it's a little frustrating.

What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.

We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides.

I hate overweight, because it implies that there's a weight standard I should be adhering to.

Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.

In LA, where I live, it's all about perfectionism. Beauty is now defined by your bones sticking out of your decolletage. For that to be the standard is really perilous for women.

When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard.

Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out.

When a writer dies you get a higher standard of obituary.

I don't like politicians who vacillate.

The standard library saves programmers from having to reinvent the wheel.