Standard Quotes - page 30

My standard uniform is a T-shirt and jeans. (Matt Bomer)
If you take 2001: A Space Odyssey as an example of somebody who creates a new language in film by what he was able to accomplish with art direction, photography, lighting, etc., it is still a gold standard for science fiction. View quote
Matthew Modine
I have to try and uplift the standard of living for the people in Zambia. If I cannot do that, I will have failed. View quote
Michael Sata
We ought to be doing that with decent standard housing but if we have people who are absolutely on the streets in this case, I think it makes sense that tent cities are preferred to not having tent cities. View quote
Mike Lowry
As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment. View quote
Myriam Miedzian
I think most people, no matter their status now, have big screen TVs, because they're the standard TVs now. And so why would you go to the cinema? View quote
Noel Clarke
I think more and more that I get to challenge myself and kind of raise the standard for myself every season. Even the term fashion is about change. It's about newness. And what that newness means is different every 10 years, every five years. View quote
Narciso Rodriguez
I believe that whenever I want to learn something I can learn it much better and faster by myself if I'm motivated to learn it as opposed to kind of doing it in more a standard, institutionalized way. View quote
Oren Peli
I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics. View quote
Oscar Pistorius
The first award that I recall having received was in the form of a scholarship when I was studying in the 5th standard. I was granted this scholarship for achieving academic excellence, and it continues to be one of the high points in my life. View quote
Pankaj Patel
I've had lots of replies, we're into the double figures now. And the overall standard is very good. In fact I've been feeling a little guilty, because I haven't replied to anyone yet - it is something I will be doing. (Peter Banks)
The beliefs expressed in the Declaration of Independence remain a standard for our nation today. They also remain a standard for those nations across the globe striving to achieve democracy. View quote
Paul Gillmor
I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies. View quote
Paul Thomas Anderson
For the standard of Christian life was to be strained to a higher pitch; more fasting was required, and more careful separation from the manners and enjoyments of the world; celibacy and martyrdom had great value set upon them, and second marriages were prohibited. View quote
Robert Rainy
The level of potential physical productivity of a society depends on both the development of the intellect of its members, and a minimal standard of both demographic characteristics and of consumption. View quote
Robert Trout
My childhood beliefs became so much a part of me that even today I find myself automatically living by a personal standard of conduct which can only be explained as resulting from my religious training. View quote
Robert Vaughan
Measured by any standard, white or black, Washington must be regarded today as one of the great men of this country: and in the future he will be so honored. View quote
Ray Stannard Baker
When we watch a play under the standard circumstances, we've lost volition and time is passing. A still play feels like an existential threat. View quote
Richard Greenberg
The object of man's worship, whatever it be, will naturally be his standard of perfection. He clothes it with every attribute, belonging, in his view, to a perfect character; and this character he himself endeavors to attain. View quote
Simon Greenleaf
In nine months, a group of children left alone with a computer in any language will reach the same standard as an office secretary in the West. View quote
Sugata Mitra
Let's face it: Engineering companies in general have more men than women. Google has tried really hard to recruit women. On the other hand, we have a standard. Google tries to recruit the best engineers. (Susan Wojcicki)
Being able to provoke a different point of view to the standard current ideological or political perspective as played out in conventional newspaper or radio reportage is what a public intellectual does. But it's not merely about being oppositional, because that's too negative. View quote
Susie Orbach
You get held to a high standard, almost an unmaintainable standard, in the public eye that you don't even come close to touching. View quote
Tiki Barber
Maintaining our standard; that's our challenge day-in and day-out. View quote
Tim Rice
The standard way to record a meeting is to list people's names, the topics, and action items. The visual way is to doodle a rectangle (the table) populated by figures (the participants) sitting around the table with their comments as cartoon word balloons. View quote
Tom Wujec