Quotes About Standards

I'm not perfect. But I hold myself to a high standard every day.

There's no such thing as a standard size movie star, or woman for that matter.

If a Democrat took Republicans on rudely, they wouldn't be elevated in the Democratic Party. There's a different standard. We're supposed to be polite to people.

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

'Bridgerton' is actually delivering on changing the bar, and the standard, of representation.

For me, I think there is no absolute standard on masculinity.

I really care about what I put out, and probably more than the fans care. At times, I think I over-care. But I just know that the body of work has such a high standard that it's kind of like, in my own head, I need to at least match it if not get over that, so that's the challenge.

If the airline industry were to evolve a common fitness standard for both male and female employees, that would not just be acceptable, it would be entirely desirable.

Beauty has no set standard. It is honestly in diversity.

Sometimes people who are Jewish are held to a higher standard which sometimes we take great pride in.

To even get to the Olympics, I have to qualify for the 2013 World Championships and the standard is high. I know I am always going to be a few points behind the top guys.

I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of myself.

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.

In rap, as in most popular lyrics, a very low standard is set for rhyme; but this was not always the case with popular music.

You can't hold me to the same standard as the president or a school teacher. I'm just a comedian. My job is like Archie Bunker.

Obama is like the kid brother whose only standard for judging his own achievements is the records his big brother set.

American musicians are very giving - they have the highest standard in the world - but they are also very demanding in their conditions.

I grew up with my cousins, who were as close as brothers, and frankly, I didn't like what girls were expected to do. I liked horseback riding, playing football, going to rodeos. I wanted to be in jeans all the time, and I couldn't figure out why I was supposed to conform to a certain standard, so I didn't.

You may debate whether the Disney heroines fit the feminist standard, but they don't live in a democracy. Remember, they're princesses.

I think American Ballet Theatre is setting that standard now for classical ballet, that you can dream big, and it doesn't matter what you look like, where you come from, what your background is.

I'm not saying it's easy, and it's definitely harder for women. Because there is definitely a double standard about gorgeous older men, and it's different for older women.

The main criticism that I get is, 'Aren't you just conforming to a patriarchal standard of beauty?' Well, this is just the body I was given. I didn't do anything to it - it's just my body. But even if I had altered it, that would be fine, too.

I know when I left the game, I could have played more. There is no question. I think I could have played at a very high level, too. But I could not play the way everyone wanted me to play. And I was not willing to compromise what I felt was a standard that I had established in this league and, particularly, for our fans at home.

I hold myself to a very high standard. But you're going to make mistakes. You've got to erase it and move forward.