Quotes About Standards

Americans deserve an attorney general that will be honest with them, they deserve an attorney general who will uphold the basic standards of political independence and accountability.

I will continue to work with state and federal partners to protect our state's values, and to uphold legal, ethical and moral standards - and the Constitutional rights and liberties - that have distinguished America from the rest of the world for generations.

People know Tyler Perry, and there are standards they've come to expect from him. His brand is uplifting, and it's something a lot of inner-city African-Americans can relate to.

When it comes to Kerala, reasoning gets the upper hand rather than emotions.Our political outlook is related to the educational standards and political consciousness.

I just don't like when there's a rumor that says I'm dating someone who is below my standards. But when I got divorced, my ex-wife said I was spending all my time with Lindsay Lohan and Angelina Jolie. I was like, 'Thank you for the big ups!'

I sort of set myself really high standards which is good and bad. If I know that I've done all I can to prepare, that's when I race the best and in '09 I was going through a lot of emotional ups and downs and I was never as fit as I would have liked to have been. So I never felt comfortable.

I looked up at my mom, and I was like, 'Well, Mom, uh, when you really think about it, C's aren't really that bad. C's are average.' And I've never seen my mom so upset, to this day. I just saw this flash of fire in her eyes, and she yelled, 'Average? You are never allowed to be average, because you look like me.'

I don't want to upset my husband but I don't really like people who are too handsome.

Upward mobility across classes peaked in the U.S. in the late 19th century. Most of the gains of the 20th century were achieved en masse; it wasn't so much a phenomenon of great numbers of people rising from one class to the next as it was standards of living rising sharply for all classes. You didn't have to be exceptional to rise.

The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.

Any woman of virtue won't be easy to come by. She will make you jump over hurdles to reach her.

We can't shame women for trying to be beautiful. That's so mean and unfair. But there's a part of me that thinks it's really sad, too. It's very complicated.

Productivity and efficiency can be achieved only step by step with sustained hard work, relentless attention to details and insistence on the highest standards of quality and performance.

Only the work of art itself can raise the standard of taste.

Most people, after one success, are so cringingly afraid of doing less well that they rub all the edge off their subsequent work.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

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

As a coach, your high standards of performance, attention to detail and - above all - how hard you work set the stage for how your players perform.

The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.

It distresses us to return work which is not perfect.

I have watched constantly that in our work the highest moral and spiritual standards are upheld, whether my productions deal with fable or with stories of living action.

IT professionals have a responsibility to understand the use of standards and the importance of making Web applications that work with any kind of device.

A centre of excellence is, by definition, a place where second class people may perform first class work.

I'm tough on myself in terms of the standards I want to live up to, but that's also part of my pleasure: Knowing you are being your fullest self. Being your fullest self is a lot of work.