President Obama still places far too much emphasis on relentless testing with standardized exams.
I feel like obviously the standard for what TV looks like changes all the time.
I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.
The young very seldom lead anything in our country today. It's been quite some time since a younger generation pushed an older one to a higher standard.
More and more, as I get older, people come up to me and say, 'Thank you for all the laughter.' And my standard answer is, 'It was my pleasure.' But that's the truth.
The thinner a newspaper or magazine is - due to reduced revenue from advertising dollars - the less editorial content because of the standard ad-to-editorial ratio, and the less money there is to support investigative journalism.
It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.
People think of black English as ungrammatical, but it bears the same relationship to standard English as contemporary Hebrew does to ancient Hebrew.
Are we Darwinists - where we live and let live? Or are we nurturing as a society? There has to be a standard of living that we decide to support.
Standards of conduct appropriate to civil society or the workings of a democracy cannot be purely and simply applied to the Church.
You can't hold me to the same standard as the president or a school teacher. I'm just a comedian. My job is like Archie Bunker.
If you were to hold me to a standard of, 'What are you doing, singing about a scratch-off ticket at your level of success?' then my music's gonna be ridiculous.
I have always been very rebellious and gone against the grain. I've always challenged the standards set before me.
'J'eet jet?' is still the standard way for a Pittsburgher to ask if you're ready for a meal, but the meal itself is no longer limited to chipped ham and an Iron City beer.
In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain, somewhat indefinite, conventional standard of wealth.
Verily I say unto you all: Arise and shine forth, that thy light may be a standard for the nations.
The biggest insult to any parent is a child that lives up to society standards and not his or her full potential.
Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living.
American musicians are very giving - they have the highest standard in the world - but they are also very demanding in their conditions.
Capitalism has its weaknesses. But it is capitalism that ended the stranglehold of the hereditary aristocracies, raised the standard of living for most of the world and enabled the emancipation of women.
Though reason must guide us in laying down standards and laws regarding animals, and in examining the arguments of those who reject such standards, it is usually best in any moral inquiry to start with the original motivation, which in the case of an...
