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Quotes About Standards

The pace of the game demanded a referee who was fit. It is an indictment of our game. You see referees abroad who are as fit as butcher's dogs. We have some who are fit. He wasn't fit.
~ Alex Ferguson
We must always go for the best. Do not compromise on quality. Reject if it is not the best - not only the best in India, but globally.
~ Dhirubhai Ambani
Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company.
~ Mikhail Baryshnikov
What the average call excellent, the excellent call average.
~ Onyi Anyado
Good enough never is
~ Debbi Fields
Don't wish the world demanded less of you. Rise up and exceed its standards.
~ A.D. Posey
Three Ps that I can't sacrifice: Process, Purpose, and Principles.
~ Sharad Vivek Sagar
Expectation levels set can be directly correlated to the quality of the training provided.
~ Mark W. Boyer
I always remember Ted Sturgeon's statement when he joined us here to write for Star Trek. Some friend of his said, 'Ted, how can you possibly write for television? Don't you know that ninety percent of television is crap?' Ted looked back at him and said, 'Ninety percent of everything is crap.
~ James Van Hise
Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able to produce, not by the worst.
~ James Weldon Johnson
If you're a doctor or a lawyer or teacher, if you only get three things right out of 10, you're considered a failure.
~ Jamie Moyer
It's very clear that there's a lot of double standards going on. Should there be a 30mph speed limit? Of course there bloody should. And certainly with kids and school food, kids need to be nannied for sure. So give them a bloody good meal at school.
~ Jamie Oliver
Of course, all of the software I write runs on Linux that's the beauty of standards, and of cross-platform code. I don't have to run your OS, and you don't have to run mine, and we can use the same applications anyway!
~ Jamie Zawinski
boobs are twice as large as normal. From where I sit, that's pretty
~ Jana Deleon
I shook my head, amazed at how much women would lower their standards simply to avoid getting a job.
~ Jana Deleon
There certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them.
~ Jane Austen
There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them.
~ Jane Austen
The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!
~ Jane Austen
Where you stand should not depend on where you sit.
~ Jane Bryant Quinn
Despite Arizona's remarkable growth in recent years, we have met the current federal health standards for ozone pollution and the Environmental Protection Agency recently approved our dust control plan.
~ Jane D. Hull
You're only young once. That is all society can stand.
~ Jane Seabrook
I had ordered long legs, but they never arrived. My eyes are weird too, one is gray and the other is green. I have a crooked smile and my nose looks like a ski slope. No, I would not win a Miss contest.
~ Jane Seymour
Well, being a perfectionist seems okay from the outside, but a perfectionist never enjoys anything, no matter how well it goes, because nothing is ever perfect.
~ Jane Smiley
Any requirements on what this paragon should look like?" Henry started walking backward again. "We took care of that by saying she has to smile a lot. All women are pretty when they smile.
~ Janet Chapman