Standard Quotes

"I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't."
-Mark Twain

"To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy. It merely requires a certain amount of sordid terror, a certain lack of imaginative thought, and a certain low passion for middle-class respectability."
-Oscar Wilde

"Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that we can be. If we do our best, we are a success. Success is the maximumutilization of the ability that you have."
-Zig Ziglar

"If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well."
-Lawana Blackwell

"There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong."
-James Madison

"I want to do more commissions and the very important second and third productions of new works - giving them the life that will bring them into the standard repertoire."
-Placido Domingo

"It has to do more with the standard of living than anything else. As the standard of living keeps growing, more people can afford these services, but how fast they will grow in China is anyone's guess."
-Corey Ostman

"That is the plan for our standard technology. Immersion is still an option that we're looking at for 32-nm."
-Mark Bohr

"It's a totally different standard."
-Bruce Poston

"This is better for the environment than the standard diesel we're using. And the second thing to consider is the cost."
-Chad Adams

"Rowan Regional is now capable of providing the gold standard in cardiology services, thanks to our partnership with Carolinas Medical Center and the Sanger Clinic. These additional services, provided in conjunction with the Carolinas' most experienced heart specialists, will enhance what we already have, and provide a great level of comfort for the residents in our community."
-Chuck Elliott

"The way he treated people and how he ran the company set an exceptionally high standard of personal decency."
-Mark Hurd

"When you add standard weather delays and labor issues to the mix, travel can be challenging for executives traveling for business during this peak time."
-Jack O'neill

"Because of its strong relationship with some of the carriers, as well as a relationship with Microsoft, that positions it differently than just a standard new entry. At this point they have few enterprise deployments, so their strength right now draws from their current position with service providers."
-Bern Elliot

"Even though [the Hartford speech] was one of his standard speeches, every time he gave it there were variations."
-Clayborne Carson

"We have tried to keep up a good standard, but it's been hard. We've really had difficulty maintaining what I feel is an adequate level of group time. What we have is minimally adequate."
-Adam Deming

"Engineering is a great profession. There is the satisfaction of watching a figment of the imagination emerge through the aid of science to a plan on paper. Then it moves to realisation in stone or metal or energy. Then it brings homes to men or women. Then it elevates the standard of living and adds to the comforts of life. This is the engineer's high privilege."
-Herbert Hoover

"The members of this 2006 board reflect the wide influence and broad applications of the IEEE 1394 standard. We have leadership and representation from a very broad range of markets, including consumer electronics, computers, peripherals, audio, and industrial. We anticipate a strong year for the standard, and excellent leadership from this diverse group."
-James Snider

"Men decide far more problems by hate, love, lust, rage, sorrow, joy, hope, fear, illusion, or some other inward emotion, than by reality, authority, any legal standard, judicial precedent, or statute."
-Cicero

"I try and hold up the ball in the same kind of role as [them], though obviously not at the same standard yet. That's the kind of role I'd be looking to fill in the future. "
-John Hartson

"A lot of vendors are just using the Internet standard SMTP as opposed to MAPI."
-Tom Austin

"We followed every standard protocol for hurricanes, but the flooding was just astronomical. Twenty to 50 percent of the population (of New Orleans) had not evacuated. That's going to take a while to ramp up the rescue operations and support operations. It just doesn't happen in the blink of an eye."
-Paul Bailey

"With ceramic capacitors, a lot of the content really is proprietary intellectual property. But with standard interconnects, it doesn't matter. Everybody knows exactly what's in the component. So in that case, the lack of full disclosure is a cop out."
-Michael Kirschner

"Colorado State is setting the standard for the 21st century land-grant university by seeking new ways to provide research, knowledge and information to the industries that drive our state economy. The Competitive Edge newsletter is one way to get the latest research on industry and issues directly to the people who can best use that information."
-Larry Penley

"Once people realized they could tag and they could follow organisms it just became a standard method. And once anything becomes standard, people sort of forget that it is an invasive treatment and it might have implications on the animals being tagged."
-James Cahill

"His standard line was, 'So what the ... do I know?' He knew about his own normal self, the ways he couldn't function."
-Dennis Mcnally

"The room was too warm, with the sort of cat-barf-beige carpet that has been standard for meeting rooms for a millennium because it hides coffee stains."
-John Barnes

"The list was conceived as a way to recognize some of the organizations leading the way in the knowledge economy. In particular, KANA warranted inclusion in our top 100 because its software continues to set a high standard for effectively leveraging knowledge management principles across customer service and support channels."
-Hugh Mckellar