Standard

Famous quotes containing the word standard:

“Where shall we look for standard English but to the words of a standard man?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Liberty requires opportunity to make a living—a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives a man not only enough to live by, but something to live for.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)

“Neither I nor anyone else knows what a standard is. We all recognize a dishonorable act, but have no idea what honor is.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)