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The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves. -- Ray Kroc
You have competition every day because you set such high standards for yourself that you have to go out every day and live up to that. -- Michael Jordan
I have my own high standards for what I want in a partner and how I want to be treated. I bring a lot to the table. I'm not talking about material things but what I have to offer as a person - love and loyalty and all the things that make a good relationship. -- Jennifer Lopez
Comparisons are odious. -- Miguel de Cervantes
When anything goes, everything goes. -- Walter Darby Bannard
There is no standard way of using painting techniques. -- Wu Guanzhong
Any artist who doesn't think he's the best should quit. -- Harold Town
An age is best revealed by its artists of the second rank. -- Geoffrey Wolff
The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. -- Ken Olsen
Art is completely subjective. It's up to the viewer to judge whether or not it has merit. -- Ken Danby
Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline. -- William Hague
In art there is no absolute good or bad, but it is absolute that there is good and bad. -- Walter Darby Bannard
Nobody knows what makes good art. As an artist, when it happens, you're grateful, and then you get on with it. -- Alice Neel
Art thrives on a difference of opinion. My treasure is your junk, sort of thing. Life would be dull if we all agreed. -- Robert Genn
Your work may be great and not make its way into the big picture... like Van Gogh... so who's to say what's good and bad? -- Frank Gehry
Under ordinary circumstances, bad art naturally gets sorted out and disappears. That is how history works when it is left alone to do its job. -- Michael Kimmelman
Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look. -- Martha Beck
Artists need not meet any standards to practice their craft... Virtually every other occupation requires some sort of license, union membership or something that says you are qualified. -- Mike Svob
Are we Darwinists - where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a standard of living that we decide to support. -- Mario Batali
Or heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings. -- Walt Disney
The painting world is awash with people who cannot paint. This is a condition that would not be tolerated in other professions such as Dentistry, Medicine, or among members of the Airline Pilot's Association. -- Robert Genn
I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create. -- Yousuf Karsh
In life and art we need to make sure that we honour that which our hearts and brains tell us is good. And we should cast a philosophic yet curious smile at that which our hearts and brains tell us otherwise. -- Robert Genn
It was a really interesting time in New York in the late 70s and early 80s, and the music scene was really, really interesting because you didn't have to be a virtuoso to make music, it was more about your desire to express things. -- Jim Jarmusch
The problem with Matisse is that I can't ever figure out when he's done a good painting or a bad painting because I don't know how to analyse him. I just know that I like the way he put it on and I like his airs and forms. -- Susan Rothenberg
Standards are always out of date. That's what makes them standards. -- Alan Bennett
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Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves. -- Taiichi Ohno
National Standards was not a narrative of past events but was leftwing revisionism and Political Correctness. -- Phyllis Schlafly
Standards of education are not set by government, but by God, the Bible, the home and the school. -- Stockwell Day
Standards are declining left and right, and it doesn't matter. It's whatever is necessary to prop up Obama. -- Rush Limbaugh
The Common Core State Standards are more rigorous standards than the great majority of states had in place previously. -- Jeb Bush
Five Life Standards of Voluntary Simplicity Do Justice Learn from the World Community Nurture People Cherish the Natural Order Non-Conform Freely. -- Doris Janzen Longacre
Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church. -- Pope Benedict XVI
States are free to modify the Common Core State Standards or adopt their own individual standards, because academic standards are the prerogative of the states. -- Jeb Bush
Standards are what you hold for yourself, too. If I don't hold those standards with friends, colleagues, and lovers, I can't hold them to their relationships. -- Daphne Oz
People May Hate You For Being Different and Not Living By Society's Standards,but Deep Down,They Wish They Had The Courage To Do The Same. -- Kevin Hart
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. -- Tim Berners-Lee
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The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards. -- Irving Babbitt
I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend. -- Olivia Wilde
We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low. -- Desmond Tutu
Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources. -- Ronald Reagan
Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to. -- Alfred A. Montapert
A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog. -- Irving Babbitt
Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done. -- John Keegan
Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings. -- Walt Disney
I certainly didn't think of myself as gifted. The standards for being gifted in my environment were if you were good in Little League or if you were good in football. -- James Cameron
We may feel the pain of falling back from a level of affluence to which we have grown accustomed, but most people in developed countries are still, by historical standards, extraordinarily well off. -- Peter Singer
I have patches of insomnia, and I'm fascinated by the otherness of the world at night. The stillness. Daytime preoccupations fall away, standards change, thoughts change. It's a canvas for reinvention, I think. -- Morag Joss
I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to stardom. What I was on my way to, by any mathematical standards known to man, was oblivion, by way of obscurity. -- Tallulah Bankhead
A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people. -- B. R. Ambedkar
Other than my sexuality, I am vulnerable regarding my physical appearance, as I am not what people considered ideal by most standards. For the entertainment business, I am not the body type of what is typically cast for television or movies. -- Alex Newell
Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to. -- Greg Anderson
Is it possible that literacy standards are falling because young Australians are growing up in a culture in which they can be entertained and informed, and in which they can communicate effectively, without having to master any but the most rudimentary literacy skills? -- Hugh Mackay
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride. -- C. S. Lewis
In the end, I think the majority of Romanian society will understand that if we respect environmental protection standards, if we have benefits in taxes, royalties, jobs, we should do what all the modern countries in Europe and beyond are doing to take advantage of their natural resources. -- Victor Ponta
We have to be bold in our national ambitions. First, we must win the fight against poverty within the next decade. Second, we must improve moral standards in government and society to provide a strong foundation for good governance. Third, we must change the character of our politics to promote fertile ground for reforms. -- Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
You can't please everyone. When you're too focused on living up to other people's standards, you aren't spending enough time raising your own. Some people may whisper, complain and judge. But for the most part, it's all in your head. People care less about your actions than you think. Why? They have their own problems! -- Kris Carr
Life has evolved to thrive in environments that are extreme only by our limited human standards: in the boiling battery acid of Yellowstone hot springs, in the cracks of permanent ice sheets, in the cooling waters of nuclear reactors, miles beneath the Earth's crust, in pure salt crystals, and inside the rocks of the dry valleys of Antarctica. -- Jill Tarter
I have impossible standards. -- Kathryn Hahn
Men respect standards- get some! -- Steve Harvey
I do have impossibly high standards. -- Kate Winslet
Keep your heels, head & standards high! -- Coco Chanel
I've upped my standards. Now, up yours. -- Pat Paulsen
Keep your heel, head and standards high. -- Coco Chanel
Enjoy your work and have ethical standards. -- Walter Schloss
Without standards, there can be no improvement. -- Taiichi Ohno
People mistake their limitations for high standards. -- Jean Toomer
Don't lower your standards for anything or anyone. -- Rihanna
The manuscript looks chaotic, even by mathematics standards. -- George Andrews
A vendor neutral, standards-based approach must be adopted -- Carly Fiorina
Different parents have different standards for their children. -- Penelope Spheeris
You've got to set high standards for yourself. -- Marcus Giles
Lowering your standards is the key to happiness. -- Ramon Bautista
We make no apologies for setting high standards. -- Nancy L. Zimpher
Lower your standards and relax as it is. -- Pema Chodron
Even by rock star standards, I was pretty awful. -- Rod Stewart
The Christian market has less competition and lower standards. -- Jerry B. Jenkins
Life doesn't require ideals. It requires standards of action. -- Haruki Murakami
Publicly I'm a very modest dresser, by Hollywood's standards. -- Mayim Bialik
People of difference are always held to different standards. -- T Cooper
Men respect women who have standards - get some! -- Steve Harvey
Leaders must live by higher standards than their followers. -- John C. Maxwell
I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries -- Bjarne Stroustrup
Living according to God's standards is an acquired taste. -- Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
I have high standards I hold myself to, besides Christianity. -- Jason David Frank
In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines. -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Unfortunately, in American politics there are no standards for shame. -- Mark McKinnon
Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means. -- Van Wyck Brooks
When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised. -- Ritchie Blackmore
[John] Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards. -- Keith Richards
It's hard to lose when your standards are so low. -- John Simon
I have my standards. They're low, but I have them. -- Bette Midler
If you don't meet the standards, then you don't qualify. -- Harold Ford, Jr.
I have no two separate moral standards for the sex. -- Caroline Wells Healey Dall
I have very high standards for myself and my career. -- Ryan Kwanten
I have a strong moral sense - by my standards. -- Rex Stout
Web standards keep you out of the dustbin of history. -- Joshua Greenberg
Not everyone's high standards have to be the same thing. -- Aja Naomi King
The results of your life reflect the standards you've set. -- Robin Sharma
When you don't have standards, it's easier to exceed them. -- Jerry Scott
People are very inclined to set moral standards for others. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Whatever you really want, wants don't get met consistently, standards do. -- Tony Robbins
Alignment = Magic & Miracles ... Keep your standards high. YOU are worth it! -- Sheri Fink
Keep your standards even when everyone around you is losing theirs. -- Habeeb Akande
Don't judge yourself by someone else's standards. You will always lose -- Billy Corgan
Leaders set high standards. Refuse to tolerate mediocrity or poor performance. -- Brian Tracy
When the world becomes standard, I will start caring about standards. -- Rasmus Lerdorf
When faced with writer's block, lower your standards and keep going. -- Sandra Tsing Loh
Guy's a psychopath,even by vampire standards. And that's saying something. -- Kiersten White
I can't help it! I'm just a woman with high standards! -- Josie Maran
I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs. -- Carly Simon
Her beauty cannot be measured with standards of a colonized mind -- Meshell Ndegeocello
I have standards. Well, okay, they're love standards, but I have them. -- Rachel Vail
Issac Stern rule: the better your technique, the more impossible your standards. -- Richard Sennett
Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise. -- Condoleezza Rice
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I think charter schools, choice, and frankly school standards need a champion. -- David Brooks
When you fail by your own standards, it's a form of success. -- Bonnie Hunt

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