“(On Standards & Practices): “Where are your standards?…. Stupid to retarded, is that the level of standards you’re trying to put out to America?””

“… in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the level of coercion acceptable to men.”

“You cannot choose your battlefield,
God does that for you;
But you can plant a standard
Where a standard never flew.”

“You cannot choose your battlefield,
God does that for you;
But you can plant a standard
Where a standard never flew.”

“Where there is no standard, there can be no improvement. For these reasons, standards are the basis for both maintenance and improvement.”

“In evaluating the adequacy of the sampled and anticipated outcomes of a relationship, the members of a dyad will have need for some kind of standard or criterion of the acceptability of outcomes. At least two important kinds of standard for such an evaluation can be identified. To try to make the distinction between these two standards as intuitively clear as possible, we may begin by saying that the first of these, called the comparison level (or CL), is the standard against which a member evaluates the 'attractiveness' of the relationship or how satisfactory it is. The second, called the comparison level for alternatives (or CLalt), is the standard the member uses in deciding whether to remain in or to leave the relationship.”

“There are standards of immorality as well as standards of morality, Robert. Make sure yours are high.”

“Your life is a reflection of standards you set for yourself. Raise your standards so will your quality of life.”

“We have federal standards for everything in America except the one thing you need most — your health.”

“Do you subscribe to the Weekly Standard? Does that magazine hate America?”