“With stagnant hourly wages, the only way for working families to get ahead is by working more hours, ... certainly not the path to improving living standards that we'd expect in an economy posting strong productivity gains.” WayStrongHoursEconomyPathStandardsGainsProductivityImprovingWagesStagnantGet Ahead Author:Jared Bernstein
“The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences.” MayShowsSimpleEconomyTheoryStandardsConsequenceGainsCreditGravesInstanceConformity Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“Standardised tests cannot capture all, but on the other hand, students who are not capable of doing well on standardised tests are not well-equipped to thrive in today's world and so it's important for teachers to ensure that students gain the foundation necessary to meet the baseline educational standards these tests represent.” WorldWellsImportantHandsTodayTeacherStudentsCapableStandardsGainsTestsFoundationEducationalThriveCaptureToday's World Author:Wendy Kopp
“It's hard for me to say what would happen if I didn't go to art school. It wasn't that I learned any specific painting or drafting skills at school that I felt I couldn't have taught myself. However there is something quintessentially unique and important that you gain by immersing yourself in ascholastic and creative universe, and being held to certain academic standards while being surrounded by artists of varying disciplines.” IfsArtImportantHardHappensSchoolArtistCertainUniverseFeltCreativeTaughtPaintingDisciplineSkillsUniqueStandardsGainsAcademicArt SchoolDraftingImmersing YourselfAcademic Standards Author:John Dyer Baizley
“The past few decades of widening inequality can be summed up as significant income and wealth gains for those at the very top and stagnant living standards for the majority.” PastWealthStandardsGainsMajorityDecadesSignificantIncomeInequalityStagnant Author:Janet Yellen
“I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in the courage to live out my life more fully, enjoy more, experience more. I want to develop even more original and more unconventional traits” WantEnjoyNormalStandardsGainsOriginalsAverageTraitsUnconventional Author:Anais Nin
“To gain the acceptance of your peers is an admirable task, but to truly accept yourself requires a much higher standard.” AcceptingAcceptanceHigherStandardsGainsTasksPeersAdmirableAccepting YourselfHigher Standards Author:Wes Fesler