Famous quotes containing the words standard and/or accent:
“... the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God’s will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility at a commensurate speed.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)
“I lost my ridiculous accent without acquiring another”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)