Standard Boiling Point

Famous quotes containing the words standard, boiling and/or point:

    “A dwarf who brings a standard along with him to measure his own size—take my word, is a dwarf in more articles than one.”
    —Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

    “‘Twas like a Maelstrom, with a notch,
    That nearer, every Day,
    Kept narrowing its boiling Wheel”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

    “Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point, which means at the point of highest reality.”
    —C.S. (Clive Staples)