Quotes About Standards

Philosophy is an odd thing... There is no particular Socratic or Dimechian or Kantian way to live your life. They don't offer ethical codes and standards by which to live your life.

Excellence implies striving for the highest standards in every phase of life.

Bad friends could ruin your whole life. Be wise when it comes to choosing your friends. You set the standard. You be the one who stands strong. Don't be a follower.

It's very difficult to do street casting with girls, because a beautiful girl in real life won't necessarily have the silhouette or the presence needed for a show.

Big can be beautiful - just not to me. I find you disgusting; freshmen 15 is not a life sentence.

Whenever "A" attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon "B," "A" is most likely a scoundrel.

Mediocrity always attacks excellence.

We knew they must be student inspectors. The newspapers had pointed out that the fourolds were also reflected in clothing, and now high school students had taken responsibility for eliminating such dress. For example, any pants with a leg narrower than eight inches for women or nine inches for men would be considered fourolds.

One particular Facebook policy, which the company has dubbed the "newsworthiness exemption," has come under fire from activists, who believe it privileges politicians' speech above their own. The policy allows posts that otherwise violate community standards to remain on the platform if the company believes the public's interest in seeing it outweighs the risk of harm.

marksmanship on the rifle range was not as good as his drill instructors expected. Some called his work "sloppy." When

The more we narrow the definition of beauty, the more beauty we shut out of our lives.

Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.

Visionary companies are so clear about what they stand for and what they're trying to achieve that they simply don't have room for those unwilling or unable to fit their exacting standards.

Standards of beauty change. If Mona Lisa went into a modeling agency today, they'd say, "Sorry, we don't need a janitor."

I enjoy about 1 out of 100 movies, it's about the same proportion to books published that I care to read.

organic apples at the supermarket may contain streptomycin and oxytetracycline, antibiotics that disqualify meat products from being labeled organic but are still used on apples and pears due to the regulatory quagmire. And

The new music is] building off something that wasn't very good in the first place. Back before the singer/songwriter, a very competent musician did the music, and a very competent lyricist did the words. But everybody does both now, so you've got a lot of mediocrity.

When people talk about "success" It's just an unfair standard that they created to apply to people in their own league

She felt her strong young body that she had never appreciated when she had it, constantly worrying that she didn't meet standards of beauty and not understanding how standards of health were so much more important.

The ideal beauty is a fugitive which is never found.

There is not one female comic who was beautiful as a little girl.

Physical beauty is such a strange thing.

Por qué las chicas nos obsesionamos tanto con nuestra apariencia? Es como si realmente creyéramos que lograr mantener nuestro pelo y maquillaje perfectos hará toda la diferencia. Como si cualquier hombre digno de nuestro tiempo dejaría de ver nuestra belleza debido a un clip de diamantes de imitación arreglado en un ángulo torcido.

We think fathers are supposed to be these perfect role models – and maybe they should be, but really their just men. I think most daughters lose sight of that fact and then when their dad's fall short of the 'God' status they get hurt. They're men. We need to keep it in perspective and not set our standards so high. Face it, most of them should have to apply for a license just to be able to procreate. Seriously