Best 374 quotes in «standards quotes» category

We boast the highest standard of living when it's only the biggest.

We cannot do better than to accept the standards of other times, and to adapt them to our uses.

We cannot use our thoughts and feelings as a standard: only God’s Word is the test.

We do not mean to count or weigh our contributions by any standard other than that of our abilities.

We have no basis for having a recall of any particular type of voting equipment because there are no standards. And when we do have standards, even these standards are required to be voluntary.

We must reject all notions of 'reform' that serve up more of the same: more testing, more 'standards', more uniformity, more conformity, more bureaucracy.

We can often do more by doing less. God is not particularly interested in quantity production. That is an American standard, not a Bible standard.

We did all the standard camp numbers: "Down By The Aegean," "I Am My Own Great-Great-Great-Great Grandpa," "This Land is Minos's Land.

We hold that no person or set of persons can properly establish a standard of expression for others.

We can still publicly post a message to Facebook that's globally readable. But we could also adjust things so that they can only be shared with those closest to us, and the confident that this is enforced through both legal and a systemic standards-based protection.

Welbeck is not the standard required at Manchester United.

We set no volume goals in our insurance business generally-and certainly not in reinsurance-as virtually any volume can be achieved if profitability standards are ignored.

We should cease to talk about vague and unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of the living standards, and democratization. The day is not far off when we are going to have to deal in straight power concepts. The less we are then hampered by idealistic slogans, the better.

What is adequacy? Adequacy is no standard at all.

Whatever you really want, wants don't get met consistently, standards do.

When faced with writer's block, lower your standards and keep going.

What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.

When God blesses you financially, don't raise your STANDARD OF LIVING. raise your STANDARD OF GIVING.

When Hillary Clinton was a U.S. senator, she voted for some trade deals when they met her standards, but she voted against others when they didn't.

When it comes to professionalism, it makes sense to talk about being professional in IT. Standards are vital so that IT professionals can provide systems that last.

We’re going to have good years again. Our bad years are not that bad. Take a school like Missouri. Our bad years are better than their good years. But we’ve created a standard.

When my head is in the typewriter the last thing on my mind is some imaginary reader. I don't have an audience; I have a set of standards.

When one 'we' gets to determine standards for all 'we's' then some 'we's' are in trouble.

When you fail by your own standards, it's a form of success.

When the world becomes standard, I will start caring about standards.

When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.

What standards are upheld by the scientific community affect the community internally, and also affect its relations with society at large, including Congress.

Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will.

Where there is no standard, there can be no improvement. For these reasons, standards are the basis for both maintenance and improvement

Where there is no Standard there can be no Kaizen

Whoever claims to understand another person completely, is either entirely ignorant of himself, or else has a nature so small that he can measure it easily, and supposes it to be the standard of every other nature.

Why the hell hasn't wxPython become the standard GUI for Python yet?

Without a standard there is no logical basis for making a decision or taking action.

Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what the readers expect.

Whether a tops-down or bottoms-up investor in bonds, stocks, or private equity, the standard analysis tends to judge an investor or his firm on the basis of how the bullish or bearish aspects of the cycle were managed.

You don't have the right to hold somebody accountable for standards you refuse to apply to yourself.

You get held to a high standard, almost an unmaintainable standard, in the public eye that you don't even come close to touching.

You had journalist saying during the campaign that Donald Trump compels them to suspend all objective standards of journalism.

You need to do the work to bring the money in, but not compromise standards.

YouTube has gotten so big that you're not a standard unless YouTube adopts you. And that's a big fight.

you would have to give up all else, I alone would expect you to be your sole and exclusive standard

Achievement is only possible through rigorous standards; remove those standards, and significant accomplishments will not arise.

A civilization must be judged by its standards not by its expenditure.

Where do we stand today compared to Greece circa 400 B.C.? Today's experiment-driven 'standard model' is not all that dissimilar to Democritus's speculative [sic] atomic theory.

All the words that appear in the inner circle are attributes of God. To develop a relationship with Him we must know the implications of each for our lives. We need truth. His Word contains it. We need the ability to understand the truth. His Spirit will teach us. We need strength to cope with inner turmoil. His is omnipotent. We need a model to follow. Christ is God in human form. We need standards. He is righteous. We need acceptance. He is love. We need to know who is in charge. He is.

A goal shouldn't be limited to a title.

A man generally lives up to what is expected of him.

American law schools are accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA), which uses its power to promote diversity. In 2000, the ABA discovered that 93.5 percent of first-year students at George Mason University law school in northern Virginia were white. The ABA recognized that GMU had made a “very active effort to recruit minorities,” but said it had not done enough. With its accreditation at stake, GMU law school lowered standards for non-white applicants and admitted more: 10.98 percent in 2001 and 16.16 percent in 2002. That was still not enough. In 2003, the ABA summoned GMU’s president and law school dean and threatened them to their faces with disaccreditation unless they admitted more non-whites. GMU lowered standards even further, and managed to raise its non-white admissions to 17.3 percent in 2003, and 19 percent in 2004. This was still not good enough. “Of the 99 minority students in 2003,” the ABA complained, “only 23 were African American; of 111 minority students in 2004, the number of African Americans held at 23.” True diversity required more blacks, but what of the blacks GMU did admit? From 2003 to 2005, fully 45 percent had grade-point averages below 2.15, which was defined as “academic failure.” For non-black students, the figure was 4 percent. GMU officials pointed out that the ABA’s own Standard 501(b) says that “a law school shall not admit applicants who do not appear capable of satisfactorily completing its educational program and being admitted to the bar.” Law school dean Dan Polsby explained that this requirement was the greatest obstacle to increased diversity.

A person with low standards will forever be walking. A person with high standard will soon stop walking and start running. Later, they’ll soon stop running and start galloping. The next time you see him, he’s either flying or soaring.

A rational man never distorts or corrupts his own standards...in order to appeal to the irrationality, dishonesty or stupidity of others.