How comes it to pass, then, that we appear such cowards in reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the test of… — Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury Copy Share Image
The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
Apparently, everyone is most scared of the psychological tests. I didn't know how I'd fare. What I've found out is I may… — Sarah Brightman Copy Share Image
Money, big money (which is actually a relative concept) is always, under any circumstances, a seduction, a test of morals, a temptation… — Boris Yeltsin Copy Share Image
A Canadian psychologist is selling a video that teaches you how to test your dog's IQ. Here's how it works: if you… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such; it is an accident, not a… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The test of character is not persistence when you expect a light at the end of the tunnel. The true test is… — James Arthur Ray Copy Share Image
Letters have to pass two tests before they can be classed as good: they must express the personality both of the writer… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Many a young lady does not realize just how strong her love for a young man is until he fails to pass… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
The library in summer is the most wonderful thing because there you get books on any subject and read them each for… — Polly Horvath Copy Share Image
Before the first atomic bomb test, scientists took the time to calculate whether the blast would ignite the nitrogen in Earth's atmosphere… — Dennis Overbye Copy Share Image
Not only is [a half marathon] a good test for the marathon, it is also good for those who feel they were… — Grete Waitz Copy Share Image
The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and exclusive monastery is hidden in a really cool and laid-back valley in the lower Ramtops,… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I think there's a danger with any great art, that if you begin to test your ideas on other people, and get… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
Strange, when one thinks of all the other boys, infinite experimental kisses, test tube infatuations, crushes, pseudo-loves. All through this physical separation,… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Don't tell me what delusion he entertains regarding God, or what mountebank he follows in politics, or what he springs from, or… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
To give space when what one most yearns for is closeness, that is both the great test and great tragedy of love. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness,… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises, promotions, and… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Be comforted with this divine thought that your spiritual and physical pains are the test of the Divine Will. — Pio of Pietrelcina Copy Share Image
The test of an adventure is that when you're in the middle of it say to yourself, Oh, now I've got myself… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
The physicist can never subject an isolated hypothesis to experimental test, but only a whole group of hypotheses. — Pierre Duhem Copy Share Image
If kids are studying for a test, they're not going to learn anything. We all know that from our own experience. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Experience tells us that few matches are won on the back of one or two good sessions of play. To win a… — Justin Langer Copy Share Image
...HH Beard has perfected ...3 excellent (urine) cancer tests, all of proven accuracy of 95% or better… in 1942 and onwards. — Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
Evolution could so easily be disproved if just a single fossil turned up in the wrong date order. Evolution has passed this… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Papanicolaou published for 15 years before anyone would listen to him, but now you find (the) ACS extolling the virtue of the… — Daniel S. Greenberg Copy Share Image
It [preparing for a role] is just like studying for a test and making the test easy; it makes it a lot… — Gina Carano Copy Share Image
Be yourself-- Matthew Clairmont. Complete with your sharp vampire teeth and your scary mother, your test tubes full of blood and your… — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
Often when religious leaders come together, they talk about a particular sexual ethic, or an abstruse doctrine, as though this, rather than… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Making an investment decision is like formulating a scientific hypothesis and submitting it to a practical test. — George Soros Copy Share Image
In contrast with the law, which imposed giving as a divine requirement, Christian giving is voluntary, and a test of sincerity and… — C. I. Scofield Copy Share Image
Everything's the same; I'm living with cancer and it's not going to stop me. But until you really test yourself and challenge… — Robin Roberts Copy Share Image
I had to take the driver's test twice. And they don't make you parallel park anymore, but you can't hit the curb… — Miranda Cosgrove Copy Share Image
I have failed 'Star Wars' trivia tests. People come up to me at conventions and use terms that I've never heard of. — Mark Hamill Copy Share Image
Obedience is the only reality. It is faith visible, faith acting, and faith manifest. It is the test of real discipleship among… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The real test in golf and in life is not in keeping out of the rough, but in getting out after you… — Zig Ziglar Copy Share Image
Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
We're so used to the tests telling me if I'm smart or not. It's telling me if I know the material or… — Sal Khan Copy Share Image