Famous quotes containing the words standard and/or account:
“As long as male behavior is taken to be the norm, there can be no serious questioning of male traits and behavior. A norm is by definition a standard for judging; it is not itself subject to judgment.”
—Myriam Miedzian, U.S. author. Boys Will Be Boys, ch. 1 (1991)
“Principles aren’t of much account anyway, except at election time. After that you hang them up to let them season.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
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