Quotes of: High-standards Keyword

Cultural standards evolve. The meaning of the public interest also, of course, evolves.

Reed Hundt

I refuse to let the standards of evil people chip away at my capacity for integrity.

Stefan Molyneux

We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards.

Shirley Williams

I'm responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I'm not trying to live by another's standards.

Tom Bergeron

People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.

Tryon Edwards

Daphne’s thought in Nation: This was no time to go totally mad. You had to maintain standards.

Terry Pratchett

I'll be honest, there's a part of me that does think I'm held to a different standard than my contemporaries and peers, and it's a little frustrating.

Kathy Griffin

It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over her own body.

Lasse Hallstrom

Don't shrink your standards, link yourself with those who think and ink like you.

Michael Bassey Johnson

To talk of a modern work of art enduring is sillier than talking of the eternal values of Standard Oil.

Raoul Vaneigem

Moral certainty, clear standards, and a commitment to spiritual ideals will set you apart in a world that searches for meaning.

Mitt Romney

I have to try and uplift the standard of living for the people in Zambia. If I cannot do that, I will have failed.

Michael Sata

No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe or pious India.

Hu Shih

Every American president must be held to the highest standard. No president of any color should be given a free pass for screw-ups, lies or failure to keep a promise.

Juan Williams

Here in L.A. the standard of beauty is kind of ridiculous. I want to be doing this when I'm in my fifties and sixties and this isn't what I'm going to look like.

Rose Byrne

I think the 1970s will always be the decade for me. Obviously, I grew up in that era, but the beauty standard was touchable, kissable.

Tom Ford

You've got to quit lowering your standards. Set your requirements up front so when a guy hooks you, he has to know this is business.

Steve Harvey

I think integration in Norway is, by all standards, going relatively well. People are working, taking education, learning the language.

Jonas Gahr Store

Education, doing homework, is the way to lift up girls. Around the world, where girls are educated, the economy and the standard of living rise.

Karen DeCrow

There's a great deal of difference between thinking reflectively about moral issues and achieving higher standards of ethical behavior.

Derek Bok

I certainly didn't think of myself as gifted. The standards for being gifted in my environment were if you were good in Little League or if you were good in football.

James Cameron