Famous quotes containing the words standard, guest and/or rooms:
“A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.”
—Edmund Burke (17291797)
“Somebody said that it couldnt be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That maybe it couldnt, but he would be one
Who wouldnt say so till hed tried.”
—Edgar Albert Guest (18811959)
“Our treatment of both older people and children reflects the value we place on independence and autonomy. We do our best to make our children independent from birth. We leave them all alone in rooms with the lights out and tell them, Go to sleep by yourselves. And the old people we respect most are the ones who will fight for their independence, who would sooner starve to death than ask for help.”
—Margaret Mead (19011978)