Criterion

Famous quotes containing the word criterion:

    ... the condition of women affords, in all countries, the best criterion by which to judge the character of men.
    Frances Wright (1795–1852)

    Faith in reason as a prime motor is no longer the criterion of the sound mind, any more than faith in the Bible is the criterion of righteous intention.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    I divide all literary works into two categories: Those I like and those I don’t like. No other criterion exists for me.
    Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)