Standard

Famous quotes containing the word standard:

“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)

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

“A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)