Standards Quotes
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Her beauty cannot be measured with standards of a colonized mind
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When I first came into international running, most runners did about 60-70 miles or running a week. I guess that is still the standard except for Kenya and Ethiopia. I was doing 150-250 a week and some weeks as high as 350. It was unheard of! But, because I did not have access to what was possible and standard, I had to set my own possibilities and standards. I was just lucky enough to be out of the loop and not know.
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We like people who look good, we like people who elevate our standards, who have things we do not have, it's all about our fantasies. Yes, you can make millions of people dream about somebody who's not good looking, and that's the beauty of cinema, but people don't take the chance that often.
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What is great now is not even close to what Jimmy Hendrix was. We need to reevaluate the standards of what's labeled great music.
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Only the mediocre are always at their best. If your standards are low, it is easy to meet those standards every single day, every single year. But if your standard is to be the best, there will be days when you fall short of that goal. It is okay to not win every game. The only problem would be if you allow a loss or a failure to change your standards. Keep your standards intact, keep the bar set high, and continue to try your very best every day to meet those standards. If you do that, you can always be proud of the work that you do.
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How could I have not known about Ume? An Austin trio fronted by a whirling dervish of singer guitarist who in the standard PR band head shot looks like she wouldn't hurt a fly; yet give her a guitar, a Marshall stack and a mic and stand back, way back. She shreds. File under - Do Not Overlook and Go Tell Your Friends
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The standards you establish for others must reflect the standards you set for yourself. No one will follow a hypocrite.
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If you want to change your life you have to raise your standards.
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We have been maintaining a standard of living by putting things on the debt of the next generation.
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The country has double standards - it's obsessed with fair skin on one hand, but if the woman is white, she is expected to be loose-moraled.
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Nothing is ever too expensive if it furthers the repertoire and artistic standards of a dance company.
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By any reasonable standard, Riverside Drive would be considered the best street in New York. Where else, after all, are there such views-not of a narrow river, as there is across town, but of one of the noblest rivers in the United States.
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We need to stand together. Since I was elected leader of our party, we have repeatedly defeated the government over its attacks on living standards.
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Half of our sorrows come from setting exalted standards for people and then breaking our hearts when they fail to live up to them.
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I couldn't say a specific thing, but the media is not really held to high standards anymore.
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I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.
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I got a standard box. I don't never want nothing special. Then if I drop my box, I can borrow somebody else's.
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I have no two separate moral standards for the sex.
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A leader should surround himself with persons who fit his requirements and standards—and then turn them loose to do their jobs. When you identify a toxic subordinate leader within your ranks, remove them. If you cannot remove them, reassign them to a role where their toxicity can be minimized. Their duty at their level was just as important as my duty at my level. Leaders lead from the front; managers lead from the rear. When the battle is over, there must be plans made in advance for follow-on actions. A leader must have clearly defined objectives. He must ensure these objectives are clearly understood by his subordinate leaders.
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The Internet challenges traditional ways of distributing and processing information and so encourages new standards and behavior.
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Even by rock star standards, I was pretty awful.
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Guy's a psychopath,even by vampire standards. And that's saying something.
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We cannot do better than to accept the standards of other times, and to adapt them to our uses.
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John Belushi was an extreme experience even by my standards.
