Quotes about Standards
I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.
- John Malkovich
A lot of films seem to go to the lowest common denominator.
- Julie Andrews
The biggest fear in my life is being mediocre.
- Johnny Iuzzini
We live in an age of mediocrity.
- Lauren Bacall
Obviously, this whole 'no child left behind' idea is more rhetoric than actual practice.
- Hill Harper
God has high standard for art, and obviously he does not and cannot endorse the content of work that is pornographic or propagandistic, or that violates his character in some other way.
- Philip Graham Ryken
God's careful instructions for building the tabernacle remind us that his perfection sets the standard for whatever we create in his name.
- Philip Graham Ryken
four fundamental principles for a Christian theology of the arts: (1) the artist's call and gift come from God; (2) God loves all kinds of art; (3) God maintains high standards for goodness, truth, and beauty; and (4) art is for the glory of God.
- Philip Graham Ryken
Even top fashion models get critical about one certain part of their body that they do not like. So perfection is impossible.
- Ruth Westheimer
Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost.
- Joyce Meyer
Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along by every wind of teaching, look like the only attitude acceptable to today's standards.
- Pope Benedict XVI
If I say, "You are wrong for judging people" then by my own standard I am wrong for judging you.
- RC Sproul Jr.