Quotes About Standards

Men automatically know from the moment she opens her mouth that if they want her, they'll have to get in line whith her standards and requirments, or keep it moving because she's done with the games and isn't interested in playing.

Men automatically know from the moment she opens her mouth that if they want her, they'll have to get in line with her standards and requirements, or keep it moving because she's done with the games and isn't interested in playing.

Ford and the government won't give a man benefits until he's been on the job and proven himself, why, ladies, are you passing out benefits to men before they've proven themselves worthy?

a man who loves you will be the man you need him to be if you have requirements—standards you set to make the relationship work the way you want it to.

she's making him aware of the standards he needs to live up to in order to stay in their relationship. Once it's said, the ball is in his court.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

As a rule, conventions only become conventions if they work.

I'd just like to meet a girl with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.

Perfectionism is procrastination masquerading as quality control.

Always I say, 'No. 1 in the world without a Grand Slam, you are not a real No. 1.'

I don't care about style, but I am a total clean freak, so a messy home is a deal breaker. I had one girlfriend who never wanted to go back to her place. When we finally did, it turned out that she was sleeping on her couch because her bedroom was so messy. That is a prime example of someone I don't want to be around.

I don't look at comedy as a sliding scale of offensiveness.

If you walk into any magazine store, I guarantee that nine out of 10 covers will feature white, blonde, blue-eyed, slim women because that's still the ideal of beauty. When a black or Asian figure shows up in a fashion magazine, she's the exception, not the rule.

It's a slim margin of error in this league.

If you are a plumber, there is an objective way to establish whether you put together a great piping system or not. Art is a bit more slippery than that.

You don't want a slob, but you don't want a guy who is constantly borrowing your tweezers.

Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope.

I was not into B-movies. A lot of it is sloppy.

I would say that I don't make music quickly; like, my process has been very slow, and my bar is very high, and I don't really rush to make music just to get something out there.

When you look at magazines, you feel so inadequate and so small and you feel really imperfect, when you're constantly seeing these images.

There's a small group of music critics in the States who will forgive you anything - jazz, a long prison term, or what have you - anything but scoring a Hollywood musical.

You can play for a smaller club, make a mistake, and no one will really highlight it, but when you play for a big club, whatever you do is going to be in the papers.

My body is not meant to small. I think even when I was at my fittest at 13 and 14 years old when I was dancing all the time and I was really active and constantly doing things, I was no smaller than an 8 and I was working my butt off for that.

A guy wants a classy girl who is smart and has goals - someone that he wouldn't be afraid to bring home to his parents.