Lowering Standards Quotes

I think that many Californians have been accustomed to, have normalized, that being good sometimes is good enough.

Expectations shouldn't be lowered, even if Donald Trump was just telling stories to impress the crowd around him and never grabbed as many women as he suggested. Lower the bar for what you can talk about, and you lower the bar for what is acceptable behavior.

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Lower the bar. Actually spending ten minutes clearing off one shelf is better than fantasizing about spending a weekend cleaning out the basement.

Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for purchasers you scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment's or a penny's worth of joy. Then all the things you buy will become, not a tribute to you, but a reproach; not an achievement, but a reminder of shame.

I learned early in my career that if you see something that is not to standard or not within the law, and you ignore it, you've set a new standard, and it's lower.

If you can't get the very best in this world, take nothing.

It's so much easier to have no expectations than to have big ones.

The day you settle for less is the day you will get less.

I set very high standards, normally for myself. For other people, I try to lower my standards.

I think it's a problem when something's a dream because it'll never live up to your expectations. It's better to go somewhere thinking it'll be horrible, and then be pleasantly surprised.

Perhaps McCain has opposed affirmative action for so long that he doesn't know it's about inviting more people to meet standards, not lowering them.

As to the matter of fusion I am for it, if it can be had on Republican grounds; and I am not for it on any other terms. A fusion on any other terms would be as foolish as unprincipled. It would lose the whole North, while the common enemy would carry the whole South.... I am against letting down the Republican standard a hair's breadth.

I really kind of set the bar really low, so I don't get disappointed.

The standards are being lowered, not just on the Internet, but in all of news and media.

Don't be on the side of the angels, it's too lowering.

Always live up to your standards — by lowering them, if necessary.

When you reach a place where you feel blocked, lower your standards and keep on going. There is no possible way to do permanent damage to a piece of writing. You cannot ruin it. You can only make it a little better a little at a time.

The dumbing down of the country reflects itself on Broadway. The shows get dumber, and the public gets used to them.

Never dip lower than you can dip.

Yes, bad or mediocre ballets can be useful to the dancers and temporarily fun for the audience, but in the long run, the lowering of standards can only erode the art form we all love.

Deep down? That sounds like settling to me. You shouldn't have to venture deep down in order to get to love.

We have repeatedly demonstrated our species's bottomless ability to lower our standards to make information technology look good.

Rock stars hawking Diet Cokes--are demons set loose on the Earth to lower the standards for the perfect & holy children of God!