Low Standards Quotes

If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage

I see tens of millions of its citizens--a substantial part of its whole population--who at this very moment are denied the greater part of what the very lowest standards of today call the necessities of life.

They call television a medium because nothing's well done.

Low standards are a tactic that takes pressure off teachers' unions by accepting mediocrity and failure for kids.

There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.

It's hard to lose when your standards are so low.

I think the worst atmosphere for a six-year-old is one in which there are no expectations whatsoever. That is, it's worse for the child to grow up in a vacuum where "whatever you do is alright, I'm sure you'll succeed." That is a statement of disinterest. It says, "I really have no fantasies for you at all."

I didn't like most of my boyfriends. I'm a perfect example of somebody who will make it work no matter what. Like, I once had a guy move in with me. He was my least favorite. Nobody who went out with us knew that we were together. I just would not give off the vibe.

Hotel tea is when you have to mix together a plastic envelope containing too much sugar, a small plastic pot of something which is not milk but has curdled anyway, and a thin brown packet seemingly containing the ashes of a cremated mole.

If there's anything I hate more than a stupid action comedy, it's an incompetent stupid action comedy. It's not so bad it's good. It's so bad it's nothing else but bad.

Most rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, for people who can't read.

Expectations were pretty low and they are meeting them.

We are far too easily pleased.

Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making.

Set exorbitant standards, and give your people hell when they don't live up to them. There is nothing so demoralizing as a boss who tolerates second rate work.

Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in. In other words: Home has exceedingly low standards.

There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough.

The greatest danger to the Christian church today is that of pitching its message too low.

The height of mediocrity is still low.

It's much easier to have nothing to live up to. You surprise people when you form a full sentence.

When you are looking to meet someone, you are looking to settle. Becaue you are not looking for someone, you are looking for anyone

Reality shows have a lot to answer for. They applaud mediocrity.

People like to set the bar high. I like to put the bar on the ground and barely step over it. I like to keep the expectations really low.

Education in America stinks!

Ninety percent of everything is crap.