#standard

What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities. ↗

— Augustus Hare

#condemns #even #his #information #own

Cosmoe works on any of the standard filesystems available for Linux. ↗

— Bill Hayden

#available #linux #standard #works

Something called 'the Oklahoma Standard' became known throughout the world. It means resilience in the face of adversity. It means a strength and compassion that will not be defeated. ↗

— Brad Henry

#became #called #compassion #defeated #face

The changing economic situation, the changing global market means it is understandable that employers are constantly raising the bar. It is challenging the education system to come up with ever higher standards to meet the expectation of employers. ↗

— Jim Knight

#challenging #changing #come #constantly #economic

The problem with a popular art form is that those who want something more are in a hopeless minority compared with the millions who are always seeing it for the first time, or for the reassurance and gratification of seeing the conventions fulfilled again. ↗

— Pauline Kael

#conventionality #quality #repetitiveness #standards #art

I sometimes make pictures which are not up to my standard, but then it can only be said of a mediocrity that all his work is up to his standard. ↗

— Ernst Lubitsch

#i #make #mediocrity #only #pictures

Music is a continuum and the modern and avant-garde composers of today will be part of the standard repertoire 30 years from now. ↗

— Neville Marriner

#composers #continuum #modern #music #now

There's a hardening of the culture. Reality TV has lowered the standards of entertainment. You're left wondering about the legitimacy of relationships. It's probably harder to entertain the same people with a more classic form of writing, and romantic comedies are a classic genre. ↗

— Nancy Meyers

#classic #comedies #culture #entertain #entertainment

The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. ↗

— Ken Olsen

#about #choose #many #nicest #standards

I've upped my standards. Now, up yours. ↗

— Pat Paulsen

#now #standards #up #upped #yours