#standards

Wouldn't it be great if our national news media had standards as high as the National Football League's? ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#great #had #high #league #media

My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions. ↗

— Maya Lin

#both #college #made #me #parents

Is it possible that literacy standards are falling because young Australians are growing up in a culture in which they can be entertained and informed, and in which they can communicate effectively, without having to master any but the most rudimentary literacy skills? ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#australians #because #communicate #culture #effectively

It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am. ↗

— Elle Macpherson

#am #beautiful #cherish #else #enough

Once we thought, journalists and readers alike, that if we put together enough "facts" and gave them a fast stir, we would come up with something that, at least by the standards of short-order cooks, could be called the truth. ↗

— Melvin Maddocks

#called #come #cooks #could #enough

Votes in federal elections are cast and counted in a highly decentralized and variable fashion, with no uniform ballots and few national standards. ↗

— Thomas E. Mann

#cast #counted #elections #fashion #federal

Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#away #believe #best #continued #expectations

Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#being #entitles #free #like #literary

One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards of living are very low, and this creates a fundamental unease and discomfort in entire populations. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#creates #discomfort #entire #facing #fundamental

I do believe that the United Nations needs to have more exacting, more enhanced professional standards for the military peacekeepers that are deployed. ↗

— Alex Morrison

#deployed #enhanced #exacting #i #i do