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Quotes About Standards

I watch TV more than I used to, and the commercials don't impress me. The standard of execution is very high, but the standard of ideas is appalling.
~ Paul Arden
I've watched women being hideously unattractive, personality-wise and physically, all the time. But these women never end up on screen.
~ Melissa McCarthy
'Sports Illustrated' does extremely minimal retouching. Other publications, however... phew. They do a lot; I've watched myself be Photoshopped before. It. Is. The. Worst.
~ Chrissy Teigen
I have a real problem with watching movies where I see this perfect woman who is married to the man in question, who has a perfect life, who has perfect hair, perfect clothes, and doesn't give you any of the kind of reality that you're used to.
~ Caroline Goodall
Watching the Dodgers perform at a really high level is a nice reminder to us as to how high the bar is.
~ Theo Epstein
As utility companies work to achieve full compliance with clean water standards, Congress must ensure our nation's most vulnerable are not priced out of life's most essential resource.
~ Marcia Fudge
I hate plastic bottles. Just think about it before you buy one. We pay more for a gallon of water than we do for a gallon of gas. I think people will realize that water quality standards in most municipalities are as good or better for the stuff coming out of the tap than bottled water companies. You'll save money and save the environment, too.
~ Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
Many of us endure pain in the service of beauty every single day. We rip off our hair with hot wax, jam our soft skin into modern-day corsets, and burn our scalps with dyes.
~ Rachel Simmons
Continue to do common things in an uncommon way. Continue to be 'all in.' Continue to apply 'best is the standard.' Continue to be a person of excellence in everything you do.
~ Dabo Swinney
The real challenge is if you don't look super sexy, like a Brad Pitt, you're going to have to try harder. You're going to have to make up for it in other ways.
~ Jack Black
Ultimately, very few people parent their kids in ways that strike anybody else as reasoned, appropriate or sane.
~ Adam Mansbach
As we look to the future, we cannot improve our living standards while simultaneously degrading the natural environment around us.
~ Ali Bongo Ondimba
I don't ever want to have a weak episode of television with my name on it.
~ Shawn Ryan
When it comes to the teapot tempest that is the Hillary Clinton email imbroglio, the real controversy isn't about politics or regulations. It's about journalism and the weak standards employed to manufacture the scandal du jour.
~ Kurt Eichenwald
When we speak about equality, you want to be playing on the best pitches with the best facilities. You want to be able to have a hot shower in the changing room. These are the things you need to get right if you want to be more professional on the pitch.
~ Toni Duggan
The world does not want to see a Pixar film that's not great.
~ Lee Unkrich
I don't care if you're doing haute cuisine or burgers and pizza, just do it right.
~ Grant Achatz
I had a nice, pert nose but a plain round face and a mop of curly brown hair. That was not the photograph of a successful model.
~ Eileen Ford
I really wanted to have a different approach of beauty because when I came to America, they were still heavily, heavily plastic. The ads were so heavily retouched.
~ Francois Nars
I really don't agree with people who look literally plastic like Barbie dolls. I just don't think that's attractive.
~ Megan McKenna
If a horse won't eat it, I don't want to play on it.
~ Richie Allen
Part of my job is to be looked at and I do think we live in a world where you are judged on your looks. If you look at someone you previously liked and they look old and decrepit, I don't think it's that pleasant.
~ Limahl
You know... the only person I really had to please after a point was the MPAA. Because Lions' Gate was like, hey, whatever you can get away with is fine, we don't care.
~ Rob Zombie
It's really hard for me to meet someone. I don't want to date actors. Been there, done that. Only one actor per household, please.
~ Jennifer Coolidge