Standards Quotes
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I have never judged myself by other people’s standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail, I fail myself.
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As has been said, standards are always out of date - that is why we call them standards.
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One does not avoid incompetence if one makes an attempt whose likelihood of success is too low. This seems little more than analytic: when the performance is in a domain that imposes standards of risk, attempts may or may not meet such standards. And the relevant competence of agents then includes reliably enough meeting those standards.
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I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.
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I remember Secretary of State [George] Shultz one day saying that America is an economic model for the world. I replied to him that America represents 5 percent of the world's population and consumes 30 percent of the world's energy. What if everyone in the world lives like Americans? Where do we get the energy for this standard of living?
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The standard of success in life isn't the things. It isn't the money or the stuff. It is absolutely the amount of joy that you feel.
