Standard Pitch Diameter

Famous quotes containing the words standard and/or pitch:

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

“I saw the Arab map.
It resembled a mare shuffling on,
dragging its history like saddlebags,
nearing its tomb and the pitch of hell.”
—Adonis [Ali Ahmed Said] (b. 1930)