#standard

If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism. ↗

— Irving Babbitt

#criticism #discipline #existing #get #must

Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look. ↗

— Martha Beck

#arbitrary #beauty #beliefs #body #exists

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

#another #i #i am #live #responsible

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#bold #craftsman #good #inspires #judge

There may be some backward countries where the mass of the people are on a subsistence level and where, as an aftermath of wars or partial crop failures, the standard of living has to be drastically reduced, but this certainly is not the case in our prosperous nations. ↗

— Charles E. Wilson

#backward #case #certainly #countries #crop

America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#burden #comes #cost #enormous #horrendous

Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization's history. For some reason that simple truth has evaded everybody. ↗

— Steve Wynn

#civilization #everybody #government #history #human

I should not be judged by a standard that's not applied to everyone else. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#else #everyone #i #judged #should

I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#i think #interview #interviewer #journalistic #name

The highest standards of conduct must be met by everyone in the NFL because it is a privilege to represent the NFL, not a right. ↗

— Roger Goodell

#conduct #everyone #highest #highest standards #met