Quotes About Standard

It's the default premise in science: If you observe something in nature only once, you assume that what you've seen is typical. That's because 'typical' is just another way of saying 'most probable.'

I think I'm pretty average. Typical.

To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.

Obviously, there is a high standard here of getting into the playoffs and having a chance at the ultimate goal, and that is the Super Bowl.

The deal is that I hold myself to an extremely high standard, and it's a standard that can never be... it's unattainable. But it drives me to be the very best in everything I do.

The principle on which to manage an army is to set up one standard of courage which all must reach.

And so, as in every other thing, we are always trying to ignore the standard of another, trying to bind the whole world to our standard.

Where there is no standard, there can be no improvement.

In my neighborhood, gossip is a competitive sport that's been raised to Olympic standard, and I never diss gossip; I revere it with all my heart.

The usual time, he'd said. The usual time.

In fact, when compared against the timepieces normally employed for such calibration purposes, the turret clocks were all found to have resumed keeping perfect time.

When you fail to hold out God's standard, you rob your children of the mercy of the gospel.

The law of God is not easy for natural man. Its standard is high and cannot be achieved apart from God's supernatural grace. God's law teaches us our need of grace. When you fail to hold out God's standard, you rob your children of the mercy of the gospel.

Every conscientious husband and wife should measure their marriage by the unchanging standard of the principles found in God's Word.

The current lack of a national standard for operators of medical imaging and radiation therapy equipment poses a hazard to American patients and jeopardizes quality health care.

The mind's the standard of the man.

If I could reach from pole to pole or grasp the ocean with a span, I would be measured by the soul The mind's the standard of the Man.

The standard of living of the common man is higher in those countries which have the greatest number of wealthy entrepreneurs.

Ask the first man you meet what he means by defending freedom, and he'll tell you privately he means defending the standard of living.

Nobody had told me I was common.

figures must be adjusted downwards to take account of the cost of living, which has risen by a factor of nearly seven in my lifetime.

The Bauhaus fights against the cheap substitute, inferior workmanship, and the dilettantism of the handicrafts, for a new standard of quality work.

In Africa, there is a birthrate trap: a higher standard of living will lead to smaller families but smaller families will not lead to a higher standard of living.

Not to dampen any parade, but if one asks if there is a single thing about Mr. Obama's Senate record, or state legislature record, or current program, that could possibly justify his claim to the presidency one gets ... what? Not much. Similarly lightweight unqualified 'white' candidates have overcome this objection, to be sure, but what kind of standard is that?