Quotes About Standards

All cultures must be judged in relation to their own history, and all individuals and groups in relation to their cultural history, and definitely not by the arbitrary standard of any single culture.

Women not only bear the brunt of the equation of beauty with youth, we perpetuate it—every time we dye our hair to cover the gray or lie about our age, not to mention have plastic surgery to cover the signs of aging.

The British Board of Censors will not pass any seduction scene unless the seducer has one foot on the floor. Apparently sex in England is something like snooker.

El noventa y siete por ciento de las mujeres, en algunas sociedades modernas, no se sienten bellas. Por eso, en cada tienda de ropa y en cada etiqueta, debería haber una leyenda semejante a la advertencia contra el tabaco con frases como ésta: «Toda mujer es bella. La belleza no puede ser estandarizada».

we need to stand up for our own principles as liberals. Specifically, we need to say to offended Western Muslims (and their liberal supporters) that it is not we who must accommodate their beliefs and sensitivities. Rather, it is they who must learn to live with our commitment to free speech.

A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.

For the tendency of all "governments" is to infringe the standards of decency and truth; this is inherent in their nature and hardly avoidable in their practice.

The bar is so low in rap - mediocrity is king!

Perfectionism rarely begets perfection, or satisfaction - only disappointment.

I go to see maybe seven films a year at the most, and since I only go to see the best, it follows that I very rarely see my own.

I'm a perfectionist, and I very rarely satisfy myself when I come in and watch the film the next day.

If your ratings are high and there's money being made, you're allowed to be a perfectionist in television.

The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please.

Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.

I've spent my whole life in real estate, whether it's in our hotels or looking at the competition, and it's my curse to walk into every room and not be drawn to the flaws and have the little imperfections drive me crazy - because they didn't need to happen.

Models, even male models - how small they've gotten! It looks great for the clothes, but it's not what you want in real life.

When you're playing for Real Madrid, even when you're playing well, you're under scrutiny.

Cristiano left the bar very high at Real Madrid. You cannot cover the sun with a finger.

Real Madrid demands the maximum. You have to win and please.

I just have a real problem with people who seek to portray fatness or thinness as moral concepts.

I don't believe stuff should be made for the perfect model. I think that's where we go wrong right now in this day and age: We make stuff that's not realistic. I always told myself, if I ever did a fashion show, I'm not going to have models. I'm going to have regular-sized women.

Everyone is filtering their selfies to make them look perfect. We're seeing it more and more in my clinic - patients want to look like a photo they've tweaked. They show me the picture and say: 'This is the new me.' But many times it's not realistic.

I am a stickler for damn good writing.

Good-looking people are always looking for other good-looking people.