Famous quotes containing the words standard and/or pattern:
“Where shall we look for standard English but to the words of a standard man?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way.”
—Iris Murdoch (b. 1919)