Famous quotes containing the words standard, chartered and/or bank:
“The urge for Chinese food is always unpredictable: famous for no occasion, standard fare for no holiday, and the constant as to demand is either whim, the needy plebiscite of instantly famished drunks, or pregnancy.”
—Alexander Theroux (b. 1940)
“When he speaks,
The air, a chartered libertine, is still.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“... an adamantine island chained to the shifting bank of the Channel.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)