Standard Time Zone

Famous quotes containing the words standard, time and/or zone:

“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)

“What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing its confines.”
—Italo Calvino (1923–1985)