#standard

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

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

#in my opinion #interest #liable #majority #maxim

We may play in a contemporary rock vein, use standard bebop themes, and many other things besides. ↗

— Chuck Mangione

#besides #contemporary #many #may #other

I hate overweight, because it implies that there's a weight standard I should be adhering to. ↗

— Camryn Manheim

#because #hate #i #implies #overweight

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

While other state governments stiff their vendors, close parks, delay tax refunds, and ignore unacceptably poor service levels, Indiana state employees are setting national standards for efficiency. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#delay #efficiency #employees #governments #ignore

Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to. ↗

— Alfred A. Montapert

#affections #difficult #full #grateful #live

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

In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her? ↗

— Jessamyn West

#her #man #measured #my soul #my time